Rhythm Nation 1814

Tracklist

1	Interlude: Pledge	0:47
2	Rhythm Nation	5:31
3	Interlude: T.V.	0:22
4	State Of The World	4:48
5	Interlude: Race	0:05
6	The Knowledge	3:54
7	Interlude: Let's Dance	0:03
8	Miss You Much	4:12
9	Interlude: Come Back Interlude	0:21
10	Love Will Never Do (Without You)	5:50
11	Livin' In A World (They Didn't Make)	4:41
12	Alright	6:26
13	Interlude: Hey Baby	0:10
14	Escapade	4:44
15	Interlude: No Acid	0:05
16	Black Cat	4:50
17	Lonely	4:59
18	Come Back To Me	5:33
19	Someday Is Tonight	6:00
20	Interlude: Livin'...In Complete Darkness	1:07

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Black Ice Publishing Company
• Copyright (c) – Flyte Tyme Tunes
• Distributed By – Polydor
• Distributed By – Polygram
• Printed By – Montreuil Offset
• Produced For – Flyte Tyme Productions, Inc.
• Recorded At – Flyte Tyme Studios
• Overdubbed At – Flyte Tyme Studios
• Recorded At – MPR Studios
• Mixed At – Flyte Tyme Studios
• Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Made By – Cinram Optical Discs

Credits

• Arranged By [Rhythm] – Jackson* (tracks: 2, 4, 12, 16, 18, 19), Johnson* (tracks: 16), Jam* (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19), Lewis* (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Arranged By [Strings] – Lee Blaskey* (tracks: 11, 18)
• Arranged By [Vocal] – Johnson* (tracks: 16)
• Arranged By [Vocals] – Jackson* (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19), Jam* (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19), Terry Lewis (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Art Direction, Design – Richard Frankel
• Backing Vocals – Janet Jackson (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 16 to 19), Jimmy Jam (tracks: 6), Lisa Keith (tracks: 2), Terry Lewis (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16)
• Bass – Chris Brown (tracks: 11, 18), Terry Lewis (tracks: 10, 14, 16)
• Brass [Tijuana Brass] – Herb Alpert (tracks: 10)
• Cello – Joshua Koestenbaum (tracks: 11, 18), Peter Howard (tracks: 11, 18)
• Classical Guitar – O. Nicholas Raths* (tracks: 17, 18)
• Co-producer – Janet Jackson (tracks: 1 to 15, 17 to 20)
• Concertmaster – Hyacinthe Tlucek (tracks: 11, 18), Romuald Tecco (tracks: 11, 18)
• Conductor, Contractor – Steve Barnett (tracks: 11, 18)
• Drum – Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 16)
• Drum Programming – Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 16), Jimmy Jam (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Drums – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 2)
• Electric Guitar [6 & 12 String] – Dave Barry* (tracks: 16)
• Executive-Producer – John McClain
• Finger Snaps – Johnny Gill (tracks: 14)
• Guitar – Dave Barry* (tracks: 14), Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 16), Jesse Johnson (tracks: 16), John McClain (tracks: 16)
• Harp – Kathy Kienzle (tracks: 11, 18)
• Keyboards – Janet Jackson (tracks: 2, 4, 8), Jimmy Jam (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Mixed By – Steve Hodge
• Organ – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 16)
• Percussion – Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 16), Jimmy Jam (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19), Terry Lewis (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Photography By [Cover & Pages 8-9] – Guzman
• Photography By [Pages 5, 10] – Greg Gorman
• Piano – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 11)
• Producer – Janet Jackson (tracks: 16), Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 16), Jimmy Jam And Terry Lewis* (tracks: 1 to 15, 17 to 20)
• Programmed By [Computer Programming] – David Eiland (tracks: 16)
• Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)
• Recorded By – Steve Hodge
• Sampler [Sampled Voices] – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 6)
• Synthesizer [Bass Synthesizer] – Jimmy Jam (tracks: 16)
• Trumpet – Herb Alpert (tracks: 19)
• Viola – John Tartaglia (tracks: 11, 18), Tamas Strasser (tracks: 11, 18)
• Violin – Carolyn Daws (tracks: 11, 18), Hanley Daws (tracks: 11, 18), Julie Ayer (tracks: 11, 18)
• Violin [Principal Second] – Elsa Nilsson (tracks: 11, 18), Frank Lee (tracks: 11, 18), Carl Nashan* (tracks: 11, 18), Tom Kornacker* (tracks: 11, 18)
• Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Anthony Thomas (tracks: 2, 10), Clarice Rupert (tracks: 11), James "Popeye" Greer* (tracks: 2, 16), Jamila Lafleur (tracks: 11), Jellybean Johnson (tracks: 2, 16), Jimmy Jam (tracks: 16), John McClain (tracks: 2, 16), Randy Ran (tracks: 2), Rene Elizondo* (tracks: 2, 4, 10, 16), Reshard Taylor (tracks: 11), Shante Owens (tracks: 11), Sonja Robinson (tracks: 11), Steve Hodge (tracks: 4, 10), Steven Wilson (tracks: 11), Tarnika McDaniel (tracks: 11), Tsehaye Marks (tracks: 11), Warlesha Ryan (tracks: 11)
• Voice [Newscaster] – Amy Powell (tracks: 11)
• Written-By – James Harris III (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19), Janet Jackson (tracks: 2, 4, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19), Terry Lewis (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 to 12, 14, 17 to 19)

Notes

Although PMDC France is mentioned as the manufacturer on the CD face, this is a Universal M & L of the CD as the mould area of the CD reveals.
The other European editions with the same catalog numbers:

– Rhythm Nation 1814 has the same POL 900 distribution code but has BIEM/STEMRA as rights societies and is actually made by PMDC France
– Rhythm Nation 1814 has the same POL 900 distribution code but has B.I.E.M./STEMRA as rights societies and is made by PDO Germany
– Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 has the same BIEM MCPS rights societies and POL 900 distribution code but is made by PMDC France
– Rhythm Nation 1814 is made by PMDC France but has POL 899 distribution code and BIEM / STEMRA as rights societies
– Rhythm Nation 1814 has a similar Matrix/Runout, but is made by Cinram Optical Discs

Catalog numbers:

- 393 920-2 on spines and insert
- 393 920 2 on back cover
- 393920-2 on disc

Rhythm tracks and vocals recorded at Flyte Tyme Productions Studio "A & B", Minneapolis, MN.
Additional overdubs recorded at Flyte Tyme Productions Studio "B", Edina, MN.
Orchestra recorded at MPR Studio "M", St. Paul, MN.
Mixed at Flyte Tyme Productions Studio "D", Edina, MN.
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA.
Track 16: Leopard roaring courtesy of "The Sound Recorders", Omaha, Nebraska.

All songs © 1989 Black Ice Publishing Company (BMI)/Flyte Tyme Tunes (ASCAP) except tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 17 © 1989 Flyte Tyme Tunes (ASCAP) and track 16 © 1989 Black Ice Publishing Company (BMI).

Back cover:
℗ 1989 A & M Records, Inc. Los Angeles
© 1989 A & M Records, Inc. Los Angeles
Distribution Polydor/Polygram
Imprimé en France. Montreuil Offset

CD face:
℗ 1989 A&M Records, Inc. Los Angeles
Made in France by PMDC

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 82839 39202 0
• Barcode (String): 82839392020
• Rights Society: BIEM MCPS
• Label Code: LC 0485
• Other (Distribution code): POL 900
• Other (SPARS code): aad
• Matrix / Runout: 393 920 2 00B 1B Made in France by Universal M & L
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L004
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 0243

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814 ‎(CD, Album)	A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment, A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment, A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment	393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Europe	1989
393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814 ‎(CD, Album)	A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment, A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment, A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment	393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Europe	1989
393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Janet Jackson	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 ‎(CD, Album, RE)	A&M Records, A&M Records, JDJ Entertainment	393 920-2, 393 920 2, 393920-2	Europe	Unknown
CD 3920	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814 ‎(CD, Album)	A&M Records	CD 3920	US	1989
AMC 3920	Janet Jackson	Rhythm Nation 1814 ‎(Cass, Album)	A&M Records	AMC 3920	US	1989