Discipline
| Janet Jackson
Discipline
Discipline is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released by Island Records on February 26, 2008. It is her only album released on Island Records, after her five-album deal with Virgin Records America was fulfilled with the release of 20 Y.O. Jackson worked with producers such as Darkchild, Ne-Yo, Shea Taylor, Stargate, Johnt Austin, Jermaine Dupri, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream on the album. Jackson's long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, did not contribute to the project. The album was executive produced by IslandUrban president Dupri and Jackson. The album experimented with the electropop, house, and dance-pop genres, and also contained R&B and hip hop orientated tracks.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
February 21, 2008. Janet Jackson has abandoned the plastic R&B of 2006’s 20 Y.O. for a sexier brand of digitized megapop.
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Slant Magazine
February 20, 2008. At 22 tracks, Discipline is anything but disciplined, but it’s also Janet’s most cohesive album in a while.
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Albumism
February 26, 2018. Clocking in at 22 tracks, . . . Discipline was another effective R&B offering from Jackson. The question was did listeners want a new record from her in an epoch where they had been conditioned to be resistant and cynical to her creative charms?
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PopMatters
February 25, 2008. Janet Jackson makes yet another forgettable album that leaves you treasuring all of her pre-Nipplegate creations.
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AV Club - Music
March 10, 2008. It's hard to find Janet Jackson in the beginning of Discipline, or at least a Janet Jackson to use as a measure among all the others.
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Variety
February 26, 2008. Nothing on “Discipline” sticks to noggin or any other body part, although it hits its lowpoint early with the first single “Feedback,” which has little connection musically with the rest of the album. . . . it’s an impersonal album, one that find lust, subservience and the dance floor making odd musical bedfellows.
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Entertainment
February 15, 2008. Despite a couple of promising tracks . . . the music generally befits the absurd lyrics.
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BBC - Music
February 26, 2008. Discipline can be boiled down easily. A sexually charged first half is matched against a slushy, soppy second. A futuristic feel, a text speak track listing and painfully embarrassing interludes help you come to the conclusion that, at 41, Janet's musical life is not ageing well.
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IGN
February 28, 2008. Tenth album finds Ms. Jackson more tired than sexy.
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Vinyl Culture
February 8, 2018. Discipline is not the top-notch in Janet’s belt, but it’s in no way the last.
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Plugged In
This dance album is as soulless as the robot Jackson talks to between tracks. The artist's lascivious lyrics are on autopilot, giving young fans a hollow tease while getting no closer to the true intimacy and human affection she seems to crave.
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SoulTracks
With the exception of the overdone interludes that have become the staple of Janet's albums, Discipline is a great project.
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Rap-Up
January 6, 2009. Discipline is a pretty good album, but I was hoping for something completely new from Janet. Instead, what we get is an album where Janet takes her own sound and really hones it. It's confirmation that Janet still has 'it', but it isn't the envelope pushing, career defining album I was hoping for.
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Prefix Magazine
April 14, 2008. There is an endless stream of miserable slow jams, like the whiny "Greatest X” and the boring title track. But the album ends on a strong note with the soulful “Curtains.” No matter: The fact remains that Jackson needs to switch up her game is she wants to stay relevant.
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AllMusic
A few lines from a couple songs and some suggestive presentation guarantees that a significant amount of the reaction to Discipline, Janet's tenth studio album, will feast upon the singer's lack of judiciousness when it comes to expressing her sexuality. Leave the teasing and explicitness to the teens and younger twenty-somethings -- not the grown women -- right?
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NOW Toronto
February 28, 2008. This is Janet Jackson’s first album on Island, the first since the Control era made without long-time producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and her most modern and club-friendly in a long time.
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New York Daily News
February 25, 2008. Janet Jackson is now a 'Discipline' problem. "Discipline" may show real effort, but it does to the point of herniated strain. For an album that pines so hungrily to be seen as hot and sexy, the trying-too-hard air proves an ultimate turnoff.
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NewsOK
March 21, 2008. Listeners can appreciate feel-good dance tracks . . . . But her half-hearted attempt to expose her sexuality is laughable. Sticking to sunny, adventuresome, uncomplicated songs seems to be the best recipe for her.
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Common Sense Media
Overall, Janet is still a force to be reckoned with, and she still looks good on the cover. This may not be her comeback album, but she's still Miss Janet and she's still in control.
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d1esel6
January 21, 2015. Honestly, the album is front-loaded with amazing songs. . . . The rest of the album feels so incredibly dated, like they were pulled from old sessions and just added on to fill the album out.
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Talk About Pop Music
Although the album hit the top spot in the US it would be one of Janet’s least successful albums.
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NYLON
February 26, 2018. Discipline may not have been the album people thought they wanted, but it sure as hell was the album Jackson needed to release.
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Channel24
March 14, 2008. Discipline is filled with emotionless, monotonous and plastic R&B tunes we wouldn’t listen to if it wasn’t Janet Jackson singing.
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Cleveland Scene
Expectations may still dog Jackson nearly 20 years after she peaked with Rhythm Nation, but she seems content to release this sort of album — counting on naughty graphics, her buff body, and well-worn rhythmic tropes to appease whatever audience she has left.
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Digital Spy
March 3, 2008. Janet Jackson fails to regain her musical relevance on her eleventh studio album.
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boston.com
February 26, 2008. . . . she has trussed herself up in vinyl to coo another batch of digitized porn. Jackson's decision to recycle the nympho routine one more time is just boring.
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The Guardian
February 28, 2008. The non-X-rated half of Discipline is given over to swooning declarations of her love for producer/fiance Jermaine Dupri. Of these, Can't B Good is completely lovely; the rest are unmemorable.
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Guitar Chords
‘Discipline’ is indeed a great album from Janet. It will appeal to any Janet fans and non-fans alike. This album will however not appeal to anyone who doesn’t enjoy dance/pop songs with an R&B/urban twist. Nor will it appeal to anyone who dislikes in-your-face lyrics especially those centered on the subjects of love/lust/sex.
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Robert Christgau
Dud.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
Jam and Lewis are missing, and more curiously, so is Janet: she didn't co-write or produce anything (except for a ten-second seque). . . . Does Janet really think another disc of these retreads will return her to prominence, or does she just not care anymore?(DBW)
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Soul In Stereo
May 4, 2018. There were a few gems to be found but not enough to generate many repeat listens.
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Edge Media Network Miami, FL
March 1, 2008. No, this is not a comeback record nor will there be any number one singles, but it's tough to say this isn't a solid pop album.
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Sound Opinions
February 29, 2008. . . . Greg explains Janet appears to be erotica-obsessed on the entire album. He thinks she's become more and more one-dimensional over the last decade and wouldn't recommend anyone purchase this latest effort.
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Addison's Witt
March 7, 2008. MISS JACKSON'S "DISCIPLINE" IS YET ANOTHER FORMULAIC COMPILATION OF BREATHY VOCALS, SOPHOMORIC LYRICS, AND HEAVY HANDED PRODUCTION...IN A NUTSHELL, A TYPICAL OUTING FOR THE AGING POP DIVA.
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The Channels
March 27, 2008. It is classic Janet Jackson that fans are use to hearing, with a bit of a different direction.
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The Tufts Daily
March 18, 2008. Janet Jackson’s new album ‘Discipline’ fails to show just that
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