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No Relations (1991)

Where the lyrics of No Relations take you, and where it was really made.

Officially released in only four countries, this seventh album by La Toya Jackson still reached listeners across Europe and the rest of the world through imports.

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Album story

Overview

• No Relations: seventh studio album by American singer La Toya Jackson
• Released in 1991
• Came out shortly after La Toya's autobiography, La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family, was published
• Officially released only in Spain, Colombia, Germany and the Netherlands
• Imported throughout Europe and the rest of the world
• Track listing: ten tracks, including Sexbox (Album Version) at 7:22
• Songs include Wild Side, Submission, Reggae Nights, Could This Be Love We're Making, To Prove My Love, Times Are Changing, Be My Playboy and Let's Rock the House
• Writing credits: Menace, John Bartels, Victor Franco, Damon Rochefort, Anthony Monn, Marc Hartman and Micro Mania

Background

• Released shortly after the autobiography La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family
• Menace, a European production team, produced most of the album
• Be My Playboy had already been recorded for Jackson's album Bad Girl
• The album was positioned as a European-focused release, with distribution limited to a few countries

Recording

• Be My Playboy appears in one of its original demo versions
• A proper remix by Menace was originally intended for the album and for release as a single
• For unknown reasons, that remix was replaced by one of the original demos
• The album includes a rendition of Reggae Nights

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born May 29, 1956 in Gary, Indiana; the fifth of ten children of the Jackson family.
• First gained recognition on the family variety series The Jacksons on CBS in 1976–1977.
• Began a solo recording career in 1980 with her self-titled debut album.

Career

• Scored her biggest Billboard Hot 100 hit with the title track of the 1984 album Heart Don't Lie, peaking at number 56.
• Released nine studio albums over 15 years on labels including Polydor, Sony Music and RCA.
• Wrote the 1988 song "Just Say No" for the Reagan administration's anti-drug campaign.
• Posed for Playboy in 1989 and again in 1991 to promote her autobiography La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family.
• Signed in 1992 with the Moulin Rouge in Paris to star in the revue Formidable, reportedly the cabaret's highest-paid performer.
• Returned to music in 2004 with the singles "Just Wanna Dance" and "Home"; "Just Wanna Dance" reached number 13 on the US Billboard Hot Dance chart.
• Appeared on reality television, including Celebrity Big Brother (2009), The Celebrity Apprentice, Life with La Toya, and The Masked Singer.

Reception

At release

• Sexbox released as a single in Europe
• Sexbox peaked at number 25 in the Netherlands, her second biggest hit there
• Let's Rock the House released afterward, with no chart success
• Wild Side released as a promotional single in the Philippines
• Album released only in Spain, Colombia, Germany and the Netherlands
• Imported copies circulated throughout Europe and the rest of the world

Records

• Sexbox: number 25 in the Netherlands
• Sexbox: second biggest hit for La Toya Jackson in the Netherlands
• Let's Rock the House: no success on the charts
• Wild Side: promotional single in the Philippines
• Sexbox single length 4:02, album version 7:22
• Let's Rock the House written by Marc Hartman and Micro Mania

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Reggae Nights is a Grammy-nominated song that Jackson originally wrote for reggae artist Jimmy Cliff.
• Be My Playboy was already recorded for the Bad Girl sessions and is included here in one of its original demos.
• The Be My Playboy remix by Menace was dropped for reasons that are not known, and an original demo took its place.
• Menace, a European production team, produced most of the album's tracks.
• The album's release came shortly after La Toya's autobiography was published.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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