Militant said:

Great article and still one of my favorite albums of all time after all these years. Most of my Janet collection is things related to this album, various promo vinyls, CD and cassette singles, etc.

This one might be my favorite though, the limited edition "Come Back To Me/Alright" 12" with included giant 1990 poster/calendar.

Always LOVED that photo!

jbrown83 said:

All the critical acclaim, and sales, yet she was still stiffed at the Grammys .

I know, right! RN not getting at least an Album of the Year nod is ridic. It's good the film short won for Best Long Video, but that album and some of those singles were royally shafted.

It pisses me off because the only Grammys shes ever had, were never shown on the telecast . Ahhh, screw 'em, Janet doesn't need 'em anyways, she became a legend all on her own!

jbrown83 said:

It pisses me off because the only Grammys shes ever had, were never shown on the telecast . Ahhh, screw 'em, Janet doesn't need 'em anyways, she became a legend all on her own!

Right! And a legend she is.

SEANMAN said:

Timmy84 said:

I was around 5, 6, 7 but it was huge in my view. She was all over MTV and BET then and all over the radio. In fact it was so big I was surprised it only sold the amount of copies it did. There was definitely a lot of good hype surrounding it.

LOL, I was 13 when it came out and yes, it was HUGE. I'm sure that if it was recertified (which a lot of her albums need to be), it would be close to if not pass diamond status.

[Edited 8/1/11 13:33pm]

Ain't American sales of this album like around 10 million? I think it sold more in America than Control, right?

Timmy84 said:

Looking back at Janet's career, I'm almost saddened it didn't reach like bigger levels than it should've. Maybe it was because she was with Virgin idk... I don't know, for some reason I think she had reached more people when she dressed all black and got hardcore with her dancing. Maybe that's just me though I liked it when she went sensual (and sexual) too.

She DID reach more people and till this day she is more respected and acknowledge for that era. When people think of Janet they automatically think of Rhythm Nation and miliatary style dancing. Its really a shame because she could have did alot of creative things with that theme and could of even though it is not possible AT LEAST try at being right up there in popularity as her brother. She should have STAYED with that and just reinvented it with each era.

What went wrong with her was she soon took a decline in her music and to me became more about being a sex symbol. After she got her self esteem up and became more comfortable with her body all she wanted to sing about was sex etc etc...

Timmy84 said:

SEANMAN said:

LOL, I was 13 when it came out and yes, it was HUGE. I'm sure that if it was recertified (which a lot of her albums need to be), it would be close to if not pass diamond status.

[Edited 8/1/11 13:33pm]

Ain't American sales of this album like around 10 million? I think it sold more in America than Control, right?

Yeah, I think RN sales are stated at 8 million, but it would most certainly have to be more than that by now. She should really look into getting her catalogue recertified, because her albums have sold a lot more than what is documented.

Speak truth orgers....... RN1814 is Janet at her absolute BEST. She ain't been the same since SMH