Control

1	Control 5:53
2	Nasty 4:03
3	What Have You Done for Me Lately 4:59
4	You Can Be Mine 5:16
5	The Pleasure Principle 4:58
6	When I Think of You 3:56
7	He Doesn't Know I'm Alive 3:30
8	Let's Wait Awhile 4:37
9	Funny How Time Flies 4:28

Barnes & Noble

In 1985, Janet Jackson was basically Michael Jackson's kid sister. Twelve months later she was Janet -- Ms. Jackson, if you please -- and the author of one of the strongest musical statements made by a black woman in pop music during the '80s. CONTROL is a recording of astonishing rhythmic vitality (a product of her producers, former Time members Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis) and assertive lyrics, defined by the aggression of "What Have You Done for Me Lately," "Nasty," and the title song. More laid back are "Pleasure Principle" and "When I Think of You," yet even these tracks affirm Jackson as a young woman in control of her own destiny -- a message that comes through loud and clear. This album became the template for Jackson's three subsequent conceptual efforts, just as its attitude became a requisite for subsequent pop divas. Martin Johnson

All Music Guide

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis tailored their contemporary dance-pop to the emerging personality of Janet Jackson, who attempted to take control of her life on this record. In the course of that attempt, she came across as an aggressive, independent woman, notably on "What Have You Done for Me Lately." But the album was primarily a production showcase; it may have been tailored to Jackson's persona, but the real artists were Jam and Lewis. William Ruhlmann