Album info

• Title The Velvet Rope
• Artist Janet Jackson
• Year 1997
• Genre Pop

Tracklist

1. Interlude: Twisted Elegance
2. Velvet Rope
3. You
4. Got ‘Til It’s Gone
5. Interlude: Speaker Phone
6. My Need
7. Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
8. Go Deep
9. Free Xone
10. Interlude: Memory
11. Together Again
12. Interlude: Online
13. Empty
14. Interlude: Full
15. What About
16. Every Time
17. Tonight’s the Night
18. I Get Lonely
19. Rope Burn
20. Anything
21. Interlude: Sad
22. Special

Thoughts

Ordinarily, I would shy away from this album. Firstly, it’s long, and secondly it has all those pesky interludes in there. But you know what? I really liked it, despite both of those things! The length didn’t feel too onerous which means the songs flowed well and were never dull. And the interludes worked, rather than being a distraction they were an enhancement.

I really love Together Again, personally, but I also think there’s a real flow to the album - highs and lows that lead you to a lovely conclusion. Good times.

Rating: 5 / 5