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All For You - Janet Jackson
Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Sonicnet
    90
    All for You is every bit as impressive a collection as Control, her first collaboration with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis fifteen years ago.
  2. Spin Cycle
    88
    The album's meticulous attention to detail never overshadows Jackson's frisky good mood.
  3. E! Online
    83
    A packed 73-minute disc with breathy vocals, smooth R&B jams and seductive sentiments.
  4. Playlouder
    80
    She has rediscovered The Beat, giving us such funk-strewn gems as 'Trust A Try' and 'You Ain't Right'.
  5. All Music Guide
    80
    This is her sexiest-sounding record, thanks to Jam and Lewis' silky groove and her breathy delivery, two things that make the record palatable throughout too many spoken interludes and songs that just don't quite click.
  6. Billboard
    80
    All for You overflows with Parliament-etched funky beats, orchestral disco flourishes, and rich bursts of sensuality.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Sexy and big and brimming with left-field surprises.... Despite a few missteps, All for You is about as good as modern diva-pop gets. [4 May 2001, p.67]
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  8. Rolling Stone
    70
    But if Jackson tries too hard to meet a standard of sexual frankness that's heightened in the four years since her last outing, she more than delivers her quota of hits.
  9. Dot Music
    70
    This is a much more satisfying album than 'The Velvet Rope', even if most of the songs are overlong and a few juggle satin sheet-cliches with self-help ones to numbing effect.
  10. CDNow
    70
    In spite of the sudden changes of mood and style, the album coheres nicely around Jackson's strong personality.
  11. Wall of Sound
    63
    But for all its emotional directness and prodigious length, there's a point on All for You where it all starts wear thin and Jackson's moments of celebration and vindictiveness seem played out rather than genuine...
  12. Launch.com
    60
    The album, produced by her longtime collaborators Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, doesn't drift from their if-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it formula that supplies Janet with dreamy, radio friendly R&B/pop to balance the record's angst and lust.
  13. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    50
    Like her awkward lyrical ventures into S&M and bisexuality on The Velvet Rope, songs like "Love Scene (Ooh Baby)" and "When We Oooo" aim for hot-and-heaviness but have the chilliness of her brother's famous televised kiss with Lisa Marie Presley.
  14. Neumu.net
    40
    All for You is, for the most part, signature Janet.
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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. JayD
    10
    jamnet will forever give those other girls a run for their money. always a trend setter she has a misteek about her that these other femlae entertainers will never get or have even if they tried hard.… Full Review »
  2. DH
    9
    Up beat and full of funk and friskiness - love it!
  3. TerenceB
    10
    I love janet...the best artist ever...every 1 of her albums since Control has corrosponed with whatever was going on with my life.
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