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~ Janet Jackson
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  • Audio CD (18 May 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Polydor Group
  • ASIN: B00000714V
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,073 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Runaway - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Mike Scott
2. What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge
3. Nasty - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge, Jerome Benton, Jellybean Johnson
4. When I Think Of You - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge
5. Escapade - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge, Dave Barry, Johnny Gill
6. Miss You Much - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge
7. Whoops Now - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
8. Love Will Never Do (Without You) - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge, Herb Alpert, Rene Elizondo, Anthony Thomas
9. Alright - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
10. The Best Things In Life Are Free - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Luther Vandross, Terry Lewis, C.J. Mackintosh
11. Control - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Wiese, Steve Hodge
12. The Pleasure Principle - Janet Jackson, Monte Moir, Steve Wiese, Steve Hodge, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
13. Black Cat - Janet Jackson, Jellybean Johnson, Steve Hodge, Nuno Bettencourt, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Dave Barry, Jesse Johnson, John McClain
14. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, John McClain, Terry Lewis
15. That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
16. Come Back To Me - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Steve Hodge, Lee Blaskey, Steve Barnett, Julie Ayer, Carolyn Daws, Hanley Daws, Thomas Kornacker, Frank Lee, Carl Nashan, Elsa Nilsson, Romuald Tecco, Hyacinthe Tlucek, John Tartaglia, Tamas Strasser, Peter Howard, Joshua Koestenbaum, Chris Brown, Kathy Kienzle
17. Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Melanie Andrews, Steve Hodge, Steve Wiese
18. Twenty Foreplay - Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Mike Scott, Stokley, Carolyn Daws, Brenda Mickens, Helen Foli, Dick Massman, Laurie Hippen, Julia Persitz, Andrea Een, Liz Sobieski, Alice Preves, Hasan Sumen, Joshua Koestenbaum, Laura Sewell, Gregory Hippen, Kenny Holman, Lee Blaske

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Need to replace your worn-out copies of CONTROL and RHYTHM NATION 1814? DESIGN OF A DECADE is the two-for-one answer, whittling those two '80s R&B landmarks down to their thirteenblockbuster hits, adding the 1993 single "That's The Way Love Goes" and two new tracks. It's one beat-crazy disc that will rival Madonna's THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION as the essential document of female pop of the '80s.
Janet Jackson's solo career began in 1982, but it didn't really take off until1986. CONTROL left everything else behind. The title track is a declaration of independence that explicitly dismissed her famous parents and her brief marriage to James DeBarge. In doing so, Jackson launched her music inexorably forward. CONTROL's songs are bottom-heavy, keyboard-controlled blasts of electronic pop that shook off her family's sweet soul in favour of the raw funk feel and steely techno sound of modern clubland. They continued the mid-'80s pop revolution started by brother Michael and Prince, and added an unmistakable feminist stamp. Yet the revolution also allowed such pillowypop moments as "Let's Wait Awhile", an apparent ode to virginity. RHYTHM NATION--from which seven of this compilation'stracks are drawn--went even further, blowing up the music'sfunky bottom and adding shots of heavy-metal guitar and heavy-mental social conscience.
DESIGN OF A DECADE begins and ends with new recordings. "Twenty Foreplay", a demand for total devotion from her lover, is a ballad on which Jackson sounds eerily like her brother, except in her sexual frankness. "Runaway" is a breezy, xylophone-driven pop tune that may seem like a retreat from her funkiest advances; then again, it may be just one more stretch in Janet Jackson's universal pop ambitions.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !, 1 Jan 2002
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This is a fantastic Greatest Hits CD from Janet Jackson and is up there with Madonna's The Immaculate Collection as one of the best Greatest Hits albums of the 90s. It boasts a fantastic collection of hits from 1986's Nasty and Control to 1996's Runaway and Twenty Foreplay. This Greatest Hits got to No.2 in the UK Charts. Janet's only UK No.1 album to date is Janet (1993). Albums such as All For You (UK No.2), Control (UK No.8) and Rhythm Nation (UK No.4) should have all made No.1, like they did in the US.
The album kicks off with a brand new track (or brand new at the time) Runaway (UK No.6). We then go all the way back to two of her first hits What Have You Done For Me Lately (UK No.3) and Nasty (underrated UK No.19). This is followed by When I Think Of You (UK No.10), Escapade (UK No.17) and Miss You Much (UK No.22). This is followed up by Whoops Now (UK No.9) from the Janet album. Following this is Love Will Never Do (Without You) (UK No.34!) released in 1990 from the Rhythm Nation album. Alright (UK No.20) is a fantastic track and is the best track on the album to dance to. The Best Things In Life Are Free, (UK No.2) a duet with Luther Vandross proved to be Janet's biggest hit in the UK to date. Control (UK No.42) is the only song from this Greatest Hits album to not make the UK Top 40. It was one of Janet's first ever singles back in 1986. This is followed by The Pleasure Principle (UK No.24) and Black Cat (UK No.15). The best track on the album Rhythm Nation (UK No.23) is a fantastic slice of dance, R'n'B and pop with the cool "woo!" every 4 seconds. That's The Way Love Goes proved to be Janet's biggest hit in the US. It was No.1 in the US for 8 weeks and was one of her 10 No.1s in America. The most recent been All For You (10 weeks at US No.1). This will probably be one of her 11 No.1s as Son of A Gun will probably go to No.1 too! That's The Way Love Goes (UK No.2) is without a doubt the best Janet ballad ever and is one of her biggest hits along with The Best Things In Life Are Free. Come Back To Me (UK No.20) and Let's Wait Awhile (UK No.3) come before the albums' final track, the new (in 1995) Twenty Foreplay (UK No.22).
This album only features 7 UK Top 10 singles but every track on the album made the Top 10 in America. Janet Jackson is a fantastic artist, actress, dancer, writer and producer and in my opinion is better than her brother. Most of the tracks on this album are dance tracks with 4 ballads. The songs after this album are from the Velvet Rope and All For You albums such as Together Again (UK No.4), All For You (UK No.3) and Doesn't Really Matter (UK No.5). It's hard to believe that Janet's never had a UK No.1 single, but I think her time will come...
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars come on !!! LOOK AT THE TITLE !!!!, 28 Nov 2001
yeah it is her greatest hits from 1896 to 1996 - so yeah you all have the songs on her albums, they arent the same though, these are edited (and better in my opinion) - but there are two new tracks - which you have also heard - 'runaway' - '24play' and the track with luther vandross - 'the best things in life are free'! yeah its mostly pop - coz its from the 80s mainly - its fun - fast - totally janet but if you like the velvet rope or janet or that style of janet however, this album is not for you -> unless you are a fan or if you like happy, fun, beaty and cool songs then get it :)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Should include more songs, 27 Nov 2003
By Cynthia Selene (Miskolc, Hungary) - See all my reviews
Janet, if you released a "best of" album in the same year your brother did, at least you should have made it a double album just like his. :) I think a "best of" album should include songs from all of the artist's previous albums. Her first two albums were completely (and the fifth was almost completely) ignored when she recorded "Design of a Decade", although there were pretty good songs on those albums. I also miss "Scream", the duet with her brother, it is really a cool song.
After the self-consciousness and freedom expressed by "Control", the social sensibility of "Rhythm Nation 1814" and the sexy spirit of "janet." this album seems like "a little bit of this, a little bit of that". But "Design of a Decade" is still worth buying, not only because the two bonus songs "Runaway" and "Twenty Foreplay", and the duet with Luther Vandross, "Best Things In Life Are Free" (this is the only Janet album which includes this song) but also because all the songs are slightly different versions than the ones on "Control" and "Rhythm Nation 1814" - most of them were only shortened, but "Alright", "Black Cat" and "Come Back To Me" were also remixed, and they're cool. Also includes a booklet in which you can learn more about the beginning of Janet's career.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Pefect Collection for all of Janet's "Control" and "Rhythm Nation 1814" hits. And two "janet." songs too!
In 1995 Janet released "Design of a Decade 1986-1996", a collection of her best known "Control" and "Rhythm Nation 1814" hits. e.g. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Janet Jackson - "Design Of A Decade"
This compilation is of Janet's hits from her A&M records down to very few Virgin songs plus two new recordings "Runaway" and "Twenty Foreplay". Read more
Published on 6 April 2005 by Josh

5.0 out of 5 stars Rhythm Icon
Design of a Decade: 1986-1996 is a misleading title. The bulk of Janet Jackson's greatest-hits collection concentrates on Control and Rhythm Nation 1814, simply by contractual... Read more
Published on 9 May 2004 by brklyn1052

2.0 out of 5 stars Is she all that?
First up, I do own this album and bought it because I enjoyed some tracks from 'Velvet Rope'. Janet Jackson is an artist who has enjoyed a steady popularity since the '80s, in... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2001 by dnf_harrison@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good.
I don't mind Janet, but this album is for true fans. Alot of the songs are very similar, very 80s pop. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2000

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