All For You album debuted at No 1 on Billboard's Hot 200.
The song All For You was Janet's 10th No 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.
All For You is Janet's fourth tour.
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. You Ain't Right
3. All For You
4. 2wayforyou (Interlude)
5. Come On Get Up
6. When We Oooo
7. China Love
8. Love Scene (Ooh Baby)
9. Would You Mind
10. Lame (Interlude)
11. Trust A Try
12. Clouds (Interlude)
13. Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) - With Carly Simon
14. Truth
15. Theory (Interlude)
16. Someone To Call My Lover
17. Feels So Right
18. Doesn't Really Matter
19. Better Days
20. Outro
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Janet Jackson April 19, 2001
All for You
(Virgin)
This latest offering from Janet Jackson, which arrives four years after her multi-platinum The Velvet Rope, has a split personality. At first, it's a crescendo of increasingly more vivid sexuality, from the title track's "nice package, aiight, guess I'll have to ride it tonight" to "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)"'s final refrain's "when you're fucking me" to the culminating "Would You Mind," which belies its diffident title in the chorus, including "I'm gonna kiss you, suck you, taste you, ride you / Feel you deep inside me."
Maybe Jackson's just keeping up with the Foxy Browns and Lil' Kims, but even the most luridly soft-core porn moments project sincerity, not mere aggression (and between tracks, she shows a sense of humor, too).
Jackson's tone is more caustic on "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" -- on which Jackson tells a "baby gigolo" "I'll never be your lover / I'm gonna make you suffer / you stupid motherfucker" -- and the autobiographical "Truth." Her mood improves considerably on the last four songs (with "Doesn't Really Matter" from the Nutty Professor II soundtrack included near the end).
The album's dichotomy is musical as well. As usual, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produce along with Ms. Jackson, but Rockwilder co-produces the five tracks with a more current dance edge. The vaguely retro title track recollects Jam & Lewis' old sound, but with subtle current touches (like the electronic treatment of some background vocals) and "Come On Get Up" has a neo-House vibe.
There's also a poem/rap by Carly Simon on "Son of a Gun" (to go along with the references to "You're So Vain"), one of the record's many backward looks. There's also a reworking of the Five Stairsteps' "Ooh Child" on "Truth" and the acoustic guitar riff of America's "Ventura Highway" on "Someone to Call My Lover."
In spite of the sudden changes of mood and style, the album coheres nicely around Jackson's strong personality. It's a fine addition to her small but consistently excellent discography.
Steve Holtje
CDNOW Senior Editor
