Album · 1986
Control
Control is a 1986 pop album by Janet Jackson. It runs 9 tracks across 42 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.8/5 from 2 ratings.
Pop · Synthpop · Contemporary R&B
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- 2 ratings
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- 7 critics
- 9
- Tracks
- 42 min
- Runtime
- 114 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
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2 ratings · avg 4.8
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- AllMusic5/5
- The Guardian5/5
- Paste8.7/10
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5
- Slant Magazine4/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5
- Christgaus Record GuideB
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Control album cover
The Control cover was photographed by Tony Viramontes and art-directed by Chuck Beeson and Melanie Nissen.
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- Tony Viramontes
- Art direction
- Chuck Beeson, Melanie Nissen
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Tracklist
9 tracks · 42 min
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Control is the third studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on February 4, 1986 by A&M Records. Her collaborations with songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis resulted in an unconventional sound: a fusion of rhythm and blues, funk, disco, rap vocals, and synthesized percussion that established Jackson, Jam and Lewis as the leading innovators of contemporary R&B. It enabled Jackson to transition into the popular music market, becoming one of the defining albums of the 1980s and contemporary music. Containing autobiographical themes, a majority of the album's lyrics came as the result of a series of changes in her life: a recent annulment of her marriage to R&B singer James DeBarge, severing her business affairs from her father and manager Joseph and the rest of the Jackson family, hiring A&M executive John McClain as her new management, and her subsequent introduction to Jam and Lewis. The album has been praised by critics as both an artistic feat and as a personal testament of self-actualization.
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Control is widely regarded as the breakthrough album of Jackson's career. It became her first album to top the Billboard 200 and five of its commercial singles—"What Have You Done for Me Lately", "Nasty", "Control", "When I Think of You", and "Let's Wait Awhile"—peaked within the top five of the Billboard Hot 100. Music videos created to promote the singles showcased her dancing ability and became a catalyst for MTV's evolving demographics. The album went on to receive several accolades, including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and winning Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for Jam and Lewis in 1987. It is listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 200 Definitive Albums of All Time. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and has sold over fourteen million copies worldwide.
In brief
- Is Control good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Control 4.8/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Control released?
- Control was released in 1986.
- How many tracks are on Control?
- Control has 9 tracks, with a runtime of 42 minutes.
- What genre is Control?
- Control is catalogued under Pop, Synthpop, Contemporary R&B.
- What BPM is Control?
- Control runs at a median tempo of 114 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Control?
- Listeners of Control also rate Thriller by Michael Jackson, Merry Christmas by Mariah Carey, Never Say Never by Brandy.
Control at a glance
- Label
- A&M Records
- Produced by
- Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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