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The Velvet Rope | ||||
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Released | October 7, 1997 | |||
Recorded | January – July 1997 | |||
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Label | Virgin | |||
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Janet Jackson chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Velvet Rope | ||||
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The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. The album was released on October 7, 1997 through Virgin Records. It was the last album that Jackson would use her full name on the title. The Velvet Rope was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1][2]
Reviews[change | change source]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Robert Christgau | A–[4] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | A[6] |
Los Angeles Times | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Slant Magazine | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
USA Today | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Velvet Rope received mixed to positive reviews.
Track listing[change | change source]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Interlude: Twisted Elegance" | 0:41 | ||
2. | "Velvet Rope" (featuring Vanessa-Mae) |
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4:55 | |
3. | "You" |
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4:42 |
4. | "Got 'til It's Gone" (featuring Joni Mitchell and Q-Tip) |
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4:01 |
5. | "Interlude: Speaker Phone" | 0:54 | ||
6. | "My Need" |
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3:44 |
7. | "Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts" | 0:19 | ||
8. | "Go Deep" |
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4:42 |
9. | "Free Xone" |
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4:57 |
10. | "Interlude: Memory" | 0:04 | ||
11. | "Together Again" |
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5:01 |
12. | "Interlude: Online" | 0:19 | ||
13. | "Empty" |
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4:32 |
14. | "Interlude: Full" |
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0:12 | |
15. | "What About" |
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16. | "Every Time" |
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4:17 |
17. | "Tonight's the Night" |
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5:07 | |
18. | "I Get Lonely" |
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5:17 |
19. | "Rope Burn" |
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4:15 |
20. | "Anything" |
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4:54 |
21. | "Interlude: Sad" | 0:10 | ||
22. | "Special" (Hidden track "Can't Be Stopped" starts at 3:42) |
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7:55 |
Japanese bonus tracks | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
22. | "Special" |
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3:21 | ||||||
23. | "God's Stepchild" (Hidden track "Can't Be Stopped" starts at 3:42) |
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7:55 |
Australian tour edition bonus CD | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
1. | "Got 'til It's Gone (Armand Van Helden Bonus Beats)" | Armand Van Helden | 5:05 | ||||||
2. | "Together Again (Tony Humphries 12" Edit Mix)" | Tony Humphries | 9:57 | ||||||
3. | "I Get Lonely (Janet vs Jason – The Club Remix)" | Jason Nevins | 8:10 | ||||||
4. | "Go Deep (Vocal Deep Disco Dub)" | Masters at Work | 8:12 | ||||||
5. | "Every Time (Jam & Lewis Disco Remix)" | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | 4:10 |
B-sides | |||||||||
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No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | ||||||
1. | "Accept Me" |
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4:12 | ||||||
2. | "Ask for More" |
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5:49 | ||||||
3. | "Together Again (Deeper Remix)" |
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4:00 | ||||||
4. | "Together Again (DJ Premier 100 In A 50 Remix)" | 5:22 | |||||||
5. | "Together Again (Jimmy Jam Deep Remix)" |
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5:46 |
- Samples
- "Velvet Rope" samples "Hobo Scratch" by Malcolm McLaren and The World Famous Supreme Team and "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield.
- "You" samples "The Cisco Kid" by War.
- "Got 'til It's Gone" samples "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell.
- "My Need" samples "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross and "You're All I Need to Get By" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
- "Together Again" samples "Bridge Zone" by Yuzo Koshiro.
- "Free Xone" samples "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins, "Tighten Up" by Archie Bell & the Drells, and "Joyous" by Pleasure.
Personnel[change | change source]
Credits adapted from AllMusic.[12]
- Musicians
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- Production
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Charts[change | change source]
Weekly charts[change | change source]
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Year-end charts[change | change source]
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Certifications[change | change source]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[35] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Belgium (BEA)[36] | Gold | 25,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[37] | 3× Platinum | 300,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[38] | Gold | 50,000^ |
France (SNEP)[39] | Platinum | 300,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[40] | Gold | 250,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[41] | Platinum | 100,000* |
Japan (RIAJ)[42] | Platinum | 200,000^ |
Netherlands (NVPI)[43] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[44] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[45] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[46] | Gold | 40,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
Taiwan (RIT)[25] | Gold | 25,000 |
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[49] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[50] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Lathwell, David. "Janet Jackson at her best - Queer Sighted". queersighted.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2010.
- ↑ "The Velvet Rope Certification". RIAA.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson". AllMusic.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (1997). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (November 4). New York.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ↑ Considine, J. D. (October 10, 1997). "Music Review: 'The Velvet Rope' (1997)". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ Gardner, Elysa (October 5, 1997). "These Days, Janet's the Thriller : JANET JACKSON, "The Velvet Rope" Virgin". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Hardy, Ernest (October 30, 1997). "The Velvet Rope". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). "Janet Jackson". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 411. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (November 11, 2006). "Post-Katrina Music…and an American Idol Dropout - The House Next Door". Slant Magazine.
- ↑ McLean, Va (October 7, 1997). "Raising the bar -- and soaring". USA Today.
- ↑ Credits: The Velvet Rope. AllMusic. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 Hung Medien. "Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope – World Charts". Ultratop 50.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
- ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard.
- ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 109 (44). November 1, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ "Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope". musicline.de. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Archívum - Slágerlisták - MAHASZ - Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). mahasz.hu.
- ↑ Hits of the World. Billboard.
- ↑ Craving Janet. "Craving Janet - Chart History - The Velvet Rope (1997)". Archived from the original on August 28, 2008.
- ↑ Hits of the World. Billboard.
- ↑ "JANET JACKSON". The Official Charts Company. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1997". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Rapports annuels 1997" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 27, 1998 – January 3, 1998). Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1998". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1998" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Rapports annuels 1998" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ↑ "RPM Year-End 1998". RPM.
- ↑ "Jaaroverzichten - Album 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "Classements Albums - année 1998". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (in French).[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1998". hitparadeitalia.it.
- ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1998" (in German). Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien.
- ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 26, 1998). "1998 The Year in Music". Billboard. 110 (52). ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1998 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 1998". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope". Music Canada. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ Billboard Magazine Nov 1, 1997. Billboard. Google Translate. December 27, 1997.
- ↑ "French album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Janet Jackson; 'The Velvet Rope')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Italian album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved June 15, 2015. Select "1998" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "The Velvet Rope" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
- ↑ "Japanese album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Dutch album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Retrieved June 15, 2015. Enter The Velvet Rope in the "Artiest of titel" box.
- ↑ Scapolo, Dean (2007). The Complete New Zealand Music Charts 1966–2006. ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8.
- ↑ "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
- ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
- ↑ "Awards 1998". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- ↑ "British album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 15, 2011. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type The Velvet Rope in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- ↑ "American album certifications – Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 15, 2015. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 1998". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
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