Janet Jackson: Complete Control
David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 21 March 1987
'WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I USED TO TALK TO THE ANIMALS... THEY'RE GOOD LISTENERS, AND I ALWAYS FELT THEY UNDERSTOOD.' SO SAYS JANET JACKSON, IN TOWN TO PROMOTE HER NEW VIDEO COLLECTION. DAVID STUBBS IS BEMUSED, BUT FEIGNS NONCHALANCE.
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