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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1748 items)
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The 25 Best Dance Music Songs 1980-1989 (26 items)
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Favorite Album Covers (1116 items)
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The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (150 items)
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Favorite albums of the year (827 items)
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Description: "Free at last / Out here on my own," Janet Jackson sings on the title track of her 1986 blockbuster, Control, an album about personal liberation, romantic longing, and, of all things, sexual responsibility. After two albums of middling dance-pop that were comfortably in the Jackson family mold, Janet dropped in on the burgeoning Minneapolis funk factory of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and came up with five top 10 hits, including the opening triad of "Control," "Nasty," and "What Have You Done for Me Lately," as well as the yearning "When I Think of You" and "Let's Wa ... (more)
Manufacturer: A&M
Release date: 25 October 1990
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0075021390522 UPC: 075021390522
Tags: Pop (2), Usa (1), 1980's (1), 1986 (1)
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Last 10 Albums (10 music items)
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Favorite R&B and Dance Songs: 80's: Vol. 1 (95 music items)

"Written by: James Harris III, Terry Lewis, and Janet Jackson"


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The 25 Best Dance Music Songs 1980-1989 (26 music items)

"What have you done for me lately (1986)"


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Favorite Pop Songs: 80's: Vol. 4 (92 music items)

"Written by: James Harris III, Terry Lewis, and Janet Jackson"


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The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women (150 music items)

"There would be no Rhythm Nation, Janet, or Velvet Rope without Control. This was the breakout album for then-19-year-old Janet Jackson, who until then was fondly known as Michael Jackson's little sister, Penny from Good Times and Willis' girlfriend on Diff'rent Strokes. She fired her dad as her manager, got with producers Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam from The Time, and made an album that clearly said "I'm a grown-ass woman," in case anyone was confused. The album, released February 1986, took on im"


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Favorite Songs of All Time: 1986-1987 (243 music items)

""What Have You Done for Me Lately" Runners up: "Nasty" "Control" "When I Think of You" "Let's Wait Awhile" "


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2,020 Albums You Must Hear Before the World Ends (1748 music items)

"CONTROL (1986) JANET JACKSON Review coming soon... FAV TRACKS: "Control"; "Nasty"; "Let's Wait Awhile"; "You Can Be Mine"; "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)"; "When I Think of You"; "The Pleasure Principle"; "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive"; "What Have You Done For Me Lately" "


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My Favorite Albums: 1986 (43 music items)
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