Tuesday, August 23, 2005
"Diamonds," Herb Alpert (Janet Jackson) (6/20/87)
Now, this is more fucking like it. When you're the label boss, you can call in favors galore, and when it came time for his 1987 comeback album Keep Your Eye On Me, that's exactly what Herb Alpert (the "A" in A&M Records) did. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, damned near ruling the world by this time thanks largely to Miss Jackson, sat behind the boards for this au courant effort, and Alpert drafted Jackson herself to lace the first single with her dulcet tones. The song itself is a sassy reminder to a would-be suitor: "I don't want your money/I don't want your key/Diamonds!/Love don't come for free." Janet does her thing while the Jam and Lewis production crackles and pops behind her, and Alpert blows his horny horn (a trumpet) over it all. The result is lots of guilt-free fun. (Also: if you can track down a copy, spin Keep Your Eye On Me again [or for the first time]. It's much better than it has any right to be, particularly the sexy slow jam "Making Love In the Rain" and the instrumental non-single "Traffic Jam.") A-
Now, this is more fucking like it. When you're the label boss, you can call in favors galore, and when it came time for his 1987 comeback album Keep Your Eye On Me, that's exactly what Herb Alpert (the "A" in A&M Records) did. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, damned near ruling the world by this time thanks largely to Miss Jackson, sat behind the boards for this au courant effort, and Alpert drafted Jackson herself to lace the first single with her dulcet tones. The song itself is a sassy reminder to a would-be suitor: "I don't want your money/I don't want your key/Diamonds!/Love don't come for free." Janet does her thing while the Jam and Lewis production crackles and pops behind her, and Alpert blows his horny horn (a trumpet) over it all. The result is lots of guilt-free fun. (Also: if you can track down a copy, spin Keep Your Eye On Me again [or for the first time]. It's much better than it has any right to be, particularly the sexy slow jam "Making Love In the Rain" and the instrumental non-single "Traffic Jam.") A-
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