Rating:
Genre:
R&B
Release Date: 10/10/1995
Run Time: 75:22
Design of a Decade: 1986-1996 is a misleading title. The bulk of
Janet Jackson's greatest-hits collection concentrates on
Control and
Rhythm Nation 1814, simply by contractual necessity. That is far from a fatal flaw. The hits from those two albums were state-of-the-art
dance-pop productions at the time of their release, filled with bottomless beats and memorable, catchy hooks. None of the songs has lost any of its impact, from the
funk of
"Miss You Much" and
"What Have You Done for Me Lately," to the
ballads "Let's Wait Awhile" and
"Come Back to Me." In addition to all 13 Top 40 hits from
Control and
Rhythm Nation -- all but one went into the Top Five --
Design of a Decade includes the biggest and best hit from
janet., the sultry
"That's the Way Love Goes," and two new songs,
"Runaway" and
"Twenty Foreplay." It's a credit to
Janet that the two new numbers feel like genuine hits, not tacked-on filler, and help make the album a compulsively listenable greatest-hits collection.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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