These segues were pretty cool I have to admit.

I returned this CD to the wrecka stow for a refund the week it was released.

This to me, was her best CD since, Control. It all went to SHIT after this CD.

shorttrini said:

U didn't like Velvet Rope? It is her most creative project and still sounds great today.

One of my favorites and her best era.

daPrettyman said:

Her most experimental. And....2nd best album in my opinion

I feel like I heard the whole album after listening to those interludes though... my brain fills in the rest.

I fammed out on this album hard from the summer of 1993 to the next summer!

daPrettyman said:

Nope! To me, that Velet Rope, sounds dated. You can still rock "Janet".

shorttrini said:

I LOVE "janet", but VR (after recently listening to it) sounds just as current today as it did in 97 (with a couple of exceptions). "Janet" sounds dated in compairson. Especially with the engineering on tracks like You Want This and New Agenda.

I was in the 8th grade when this dropped. I love this cd.

ugh she should have stopped making interludes after this album. the ones on 20 YO are so fucking annoying

Does anyone know if Janet has any demos that leaked? We've heard a lot of Mikes but has anyone heard a Janet demo?

ViintageJunkiie said:

Have u checked janetmedia? They have the most comprehensive Janet collection I've ever seen.

The fact that she added interludes on every album thereafter took away the specialness of doing it for the janet album. Something that was neat and different became redundant and annoying.

JackieBlue said:

Especially when they become juvenile like they did on Discipline.

daPrettyman said:

BUT they were great on this album... right? I mean I really enjoy those parts.

Cinnie said:

To me they were the best ones...Morning, Rain, Are You Still Up... it helped set the mood. On later albums I think they're a little intrusive or break the flow.

Was there already a thread of favorite Janet interludes? Other memorable ones are You are Blanche, you are and mmm my lips hurt

JackieBlue said:

I totally agree with u. I loved "Are you still up". I used that on a few mixed cds.

daPrettyman said:

I was just sayin' how I wanted to close my next mixtape with "Are You Still Up"!

this is the last time the interludes really worked for me, and probably when they worked best. they were extensions of the songs rather than just random, contrived screwing around in the studio or ham-fisted monologues.

InsatiableCream said:

I bought "20 YO" on vinyl for five bucks last year at a closing down sale that a DJ/record store was having.

Needless to say, I still haven't been able to bring myself to listen to the album from beginning to end.

I don't know what it is... but somethin about the album puts me right off.

anc282 said:

I wouldn't worry about it too much. Aside from a few tracks, it's just plain terrible and not worth your time.

I love the interludes on the Velvet Rope album
It all flows well

I like every moment of this album, including the interludes.. most of them are just short lines said at the beginning of the song. Velvet Rope has entire skits that I just don't find necessary.

anc282 said:

To me, it comes across as a singer trying to be "hip" and "cool" and it didn't work for her. That happens to a lot of artists. I think that is why so many people don't care for Prince's 90s work. He was still trying to be relevant in the early 90s.

Interludes DON'T work on the ipod when shuffling songs!

tricky2 said:

They do to me. I love to have interludes from TGE, Janet, and a few other cds mixed into my ipod.

shorttrini said:

Janet is her best album. Period.

prolly the last "great" set
of interludes from her CATALOG

I remember STANNING for Penny
during that era
every household had one
of those CDs...

that's the way love (left pan)
that's the way love (right pan)
that's the way love (left pan)
that's the way love (right pan)
that's the way love (left pan)
that's the way love (right pan)
that's the way love gooooes...
BOOM!

dreamfactory313 said:

6th grade here

I loved it then
love it now