The Velvet Rope (Deluxe Edition) Tracklist
The Velvet Rope: Deluxe Edition is a re-release of Janet Jackson’s album The Velvet Rope, released on October 7, 2022, via Virgin Records. The release of the deluxe edition coincides with the twenty-five year anniversary of the album, which was originally released on October 7, 1997. The release date was confirmed via Pitchfork on October 3, 2022.
The deluxe edition features the original twenty-three tracks, as well as two bonus tracks released digitally for the first time: “God’s Stepchild” and “Accept Me”. The album will also feature several remixes of songs from the album.
“The Velvet Rope (Deluxe Edition)” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
Jackson reflecting on the album during an Instagram Live on October 7, 2022:
This album is so, so close to me. It was, I would say, out of all the albums that I’ve created, and especially with Jimmy [Jam] and Terry [Lewis], it was the most difficult … the most difficult album for me to create. I was going through so much in my life and it was so deep, in trying to find and figure out who I am, where I stand. And at the end of the day, like I did with the other albums, just putting it down, never keeping a journal. I’m sure a lot of you already know this. And I didn’t know if my fans would like it. But one of the… I guess one of the best moments of my life connected to this album [was on] the day that it was released. I was on the 405 freeway, and I was in traffic, I was headed toward the Valley, coming from Malibu, and someone honked their horn. Now by then, at that time, we had CDs. And this person kept honking their horn and I happened to look over, and there was a girl in the car, and she held up The Velvet Rope CD. And she smiled at me and she just nodded. It made me feel so good. That was the first person to acknowledge to me that, ‘Yeah, you did somethin’ that I really do appreciate.’ And 25 years later, it being No. 1, again?”. Thank you so, so much. I am so thankful to God, and thankful to all of you. You guys, I am so blessed. God has truly blessed me. Thank you so much for this. Thank you Jimmy and Terry for always being my two dads. Always there for me through thick, thin and the worst.
–via Billboard (October 7, 2022)
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What have Jimmy Jam said about the album?
I agree that it was probably the most difficult album to do, but I knew you had a lot that you needed to get off your chest. Because normally when we did the albums, we would do the music and then you’d do lyrics for the music. But this album, you had the lyrics before we even did the music. A lot of it was , you would give us the lyrics and then we’d create the music around it. So, almost like we did it backwards. But it’s the reason why it’s so personal to you.
–via Instagram Live (October 7, 2022)
