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Track Listings
| 1. Looking For Love (Interlude) | |||
| 2. Damita Jo | |||
| 3. Sexhibition | |||
| 4. Strawberry Bounce | |||
| 5. My Baby (Feat. Kanye West) | |||
| 6. The Islands (Interlude) | |||
| 7. Spending Time With You | |||
| 8. Magic Hour (Interlude) | |||
| 9. Island Life | |||
| 10. All Nite (Don't Stop) | |||
| 11. R&B Junkie | |||
| 12. I Want You | |||
| 13. Like You Don't Love Me | |||
| 14. Thinkin' Bout My Ex | |||
| 15. Warmth | |||
| 16. Moist | |||
| 17. It All Comes Down To Love (Interlude) | |||
| 18. Truly | |||
| 19. The One (Interlude) | |||
| 20. SloLove | |||
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It's a shame then, that Janet's new album lacks the same kind of impact. Damita Jo - Janet's eighth album - continues down the slightly downward path that kicked off around 1993's Janet. While there's been a handful of great singles "All For You", "Again", "That's The Way Love Goes", "Got Till It's Gone" - the accompanying albums have been gradually less than essential.
While there's nothing outwardly bad about Damita Jo, at 22 tracks over 65 minutes, your attention does start to wander and you almost forget it's playing. But after a third or fourth listen, the slick grooves of "Spending Time With You" and "Island Life" gain more identity. Largely produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - the team behind Janet since 1986's fantastic Control - it's tempting to think how much better this CD would have been if the likes of once mooted producers Timbaland, Basement Jaxx or The Neptunes had got their hands on it, shoving it more towards the 21st century.
There'sa noticeable absence of guests cluttering up proceedings. However, Kanye West does turn up on highlight "My Baby", and produces "I Want You" and the Jay-Z sampled "Strawberry Bounce". As far as proper boogie moments are concerned, "R&B Junkie" is a nice Evelyn Champagne King infused number that parties like it's 1982, and "Just A Little While" echoes the quintessential Janet of "Whoops Now".
Damita Jo heralds no real major leap forward, but it's no pig's ear either. A bit of editing and a couple of killer dance tracks would've made it even better. And although millions will remember what Janet Jackson did in 2004, it won't be for this album. --Ian Wade
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Customer Reviews
In my opinion, this album has it's high points and it's low points. The low points being the "sexy" songs which Janet just sounds like, well...desperate. The high points are definetly the singles (including the US only released I Want You) along with "RnB Junkie", "Thinkin Bout My Ex" and "My Baby".
If Janet had used these songs on All For You and merged them together, we would have a very strong album. Thiso n the otherhand, doesn't seem to go anywhere...if you like going up and down mountains, then this is for you
2. Damita Jo 10/10 definitely single material
3. Sexhibition 8/10 this song is a play on words. JALW is the better Dallas produced song
4. Strawberry Bounce 8/10 a lot of people seem to like this song, maybe it'll grow on me
5. My Baby (featuring Kanye West)9/10- Kanye West songs are always amazing this is no exception,
6. The Islands 10/10 this album is almost speak-easy, this is a good example of that
7. Spending Time With You 10/10 this song can be called that's the way love goes part 2, an excellent song!
8. Magic Hour 9/10 another great interlude where Janet talks about dusk
9. Island Life 9/10 another favorite, has a very summer fun vibe
10. All Nite (Don't Stop) 9/10 a possible next single
11. R&B Junkie 9 1/2/10 - I love this song, this song will make you dance!~ very old-school, has an 80's disco vibe to it?
12. I Want You 9/10 I love this song especially the boo-hoos, the original version is a classic also, very Stacy Lattisaw
13. Like You Don't Love Me 9/10 another sweet sexy Janet song, a mellow R & B groove, one of those songs you blast driving around in your car and you just BUMP! lol
14. Thinkin' Bout My Ex 10/10 a touching Babyface-produced song
15. Warmth 7/10 my least favorite track just me I'm a bigger fan of Moist ;), think would you mind part 2 total baby-making song!
16. Moist- 10/10 Moist is very sexxy. This song is influenced heavily by Jazz, if you like Jazz you're sure to like this song, one of the best songs on the album
17. It All Comes Down To Love 9/10
18. Truly -9/10 this is a very sweet song, Janet's vocals really sound like feathers in this one
19. The One 10/10
20. SloLove -10/10 this is my favorite dance track on the album,
21. Country 10/10 my favorite interlude, it's really funny, gotta hear it, Damita Jo is country! LOL
22. Just A Little While 10/10 I love this song, the guitar songs amazing, brings back the guitar memories of Black Cat, What'll I do, & If
notice I didn't mention the superbowl! oops LOL
but the last few tracks are definitely the best on the album
also Could this be love 10/10
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