All for You
| Janet Jackson
All for You
All for You is the seventh studio album by American singer Janet Jackson. Released on April 24, 2001 by Virgin Records America, its development and theme was rooted in Jackson's separation from husband Ren Elizondo, Jr, getting to know what dating is like for the first time. Unlike The Velvet Rope, which saw Jackson tackling darker issues such as domestic violence and depression, All for You showcased a mix of upbeat dance-pop and slow R&B sounds, incorporating rock, disco, and funk, as well as soft rock and Oriental music. Its lyrics focus on passion, romance, and intercourse, also discussing themes of betrayal and deceit. The explicit language and sexual content of several songs drew media controversy, causing the album to be banned in several countries.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
May 1, 2001. All for You admittedly does not break much new ground, but it’s just as fresh, familiar and appealing as you’ve come to expect from Jackson, and that’s no small achievement.
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Slant Magazine
June 14, 2001. Interestingly, this is her first album that doesn’t include at least one socially conscious tune. In an attempt to make fun and cheery pop music, Janet & Co. have completely abandoned introspection and relevance, leaving behind a generally banal and unchallenging collection of songs.
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Talk About Pop Music
November 14, 2018. The “All For You” campaign was an enormous success with the album hitting number 1 in the US and the top five in most international territories. The album enjoyed the biggest opening week sales of Janet’s career in the US and selling over 7 million copies worldwide.
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AllMusic
It'd be nicer if the album was leaner, concentrating on just the great songs, but indulgence is what this record encourages. Janet sprawls out throughout the album, indulging her whims, desires, and fantasies, but -- fortunately for us -- her indulgences are alluring in their self-absorption.
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NME
September 12, 2005. While readers of celebrity magazines might be thrilled to learn of Janet’s new-found proclivity for dating and her sexual reawakening, its translation into gooey clichéd lovespeak and slick power-balladry on ‘All For You’ is, for the most part, roughly as erotic as receiving a parking ticket.
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d1esel6
January 21, 2015. Almost a regression from the previous album. It’s fine though, maybe she just wanted to have fun and do feel-good pop records, it just doesn’t provide enough real substance to stand against her best work.
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EST. 1997
April 24, 2016. In a way, All For You marked the end of a Janet Jackson who was sorting through the struggles of life and sharing those struggles through her music.
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Soul In Stereo
May 4, 2018. It’s a bit too lengthy (a common problem among almost all of Janet’s albums) and can’t reach the extremely high bar set by her four previous efforts but All for You still presents a winning formula.
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Robert Christgau
Once Janet was a repressed young thing discovering her sexuality, and that was fun for everybody; now she's a rich 35-year-old demanding sex, and even if her body wisdom is manifestly subtler than Carly's, the thrill is gone.
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