![]() ![]() The album’s weakest and least successful material is saved for its second half. Slightly less effective is the similarly large sounding “Take Me Away,” which falls into the album’s second half-a song that, while catchy, feels a little less sincere in its execution. It’s a gigantic, frisson inducing, go for broke statement, and man, does it work-it gives chills where it’s supposed to, and you just want to pump your fist along with the refrain when it kicks in again. ![]() While those albums didn’t exactly succumb to the popular styles of the time, but rather defined a specific sound, in a sense, one of the problems with Unbreakable is that it tries too hard to cater to today’s pop landscape.Īnd in some cases, that works-like the HUGE sounding “Shoulda Known Better” which sounds like the kind of thing that Zedd would have produced. Unbreakable reunites her with the dream team of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who are responsible for the sound of her trilogy of unbeatable albums- Rhythm Nation, Janet, and The Velvet Rope. The answer is both yes, and no, because Unbreakable is a total mixed bag-it buckles under its own weight by the second half, it’s got its fair share of songs that are tepid at best, but it also shines at moments-showing Jackson’s weirdness, as well as that her voice (when not assisted by a multi-tracker) is still phenomenal. ![]() Unbreakable is also the first album she’s put out since the untimely passing of her brother Michael in 2009-something that she discusses on the rather poignant, but uplifting “Broken Hearts Heal.”
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