...I'll vote for "Anytime Anyplace," though "Come Back to Me" is a close second...third would be "Lets Wait Awhile" and fourth "Better Days."

anytime anyplace
lonely
tonights the night (cover)
thats the way love goes
come back to me
[Edited 4/25/06 9:02am]

Not a big fan of her ballads at all, but Let's Wait Awhile is lovely.

Come Back 2 Me is so beautiful, followed by Again.

'Someday Is Tonight'

For very personal reason....

"Come Back To Me", and any reprise/version attached to it.

Lonely

funkpill said:

thats a good one. i forgot about that song

lonely & one more chance

One More Chance is the best thing she's ever done.

Come Back to Me

jayaredee said:

Co-sign. Like Madge's "Oh Father", it'd make me cry everytime I listened to it.

one more chance
i'm here
someday is tonight ( but its not really a ballad, more of a baby making song)

and i love

anything

Any Time, Any Place
Anything


What's this One More Chance? On a newer album? Never heard it

ITunes

CalhounSq said:

I think it's a bside, i never heard it either but apparently it's really good.

Can't find it

jayaredee said:

Ohhhhh... thanks

jayaredee said:

It's actually a cover of the song Randy wrote and sung from the Victory album. It's almost exactly the same as the original.

The 3 songs that close Rhythm Nation are her best 3 ballads ever, IMO.

Lonely
Come Back to Me (although I do prefer the Design of a Decade version)
Someday is Tonight

jayaredee said:

B-side to if.

CalhounSq said:

I think it was the b-side to 'If'.

i like Empty too... for some reason i might be alone on it but i like it

ehuffnsd said:

Empty is the shit.

ehuffnsd said:

I like Empty, but didn't really think of it when I thought of Janet's ballads.

Axchi696 said:

Never heard "Lonely." For some reason I've always skipped past it. It's like the one Janet song I don't know...

badujunkie said:

That's probably because it's one of the few songs on RN that was not a single.

Put me in the "One More Chance" camp. Gorgeous!

badujunkie said:

You should play it the next time you listen to RN1814. Lyrically, it isn't much to speak of; the chorus is just a bunch of cliches strung together. Musically, however, Jam and Lewis shine here. It's one of Janet's prettiest sounding songs. I really love that siren that pops up throughout. This is also when the thunderstorm effect actually worked on a Janet CD.