Don't Take It Personal | ||||
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Released | August 22, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 46:12 | |||
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Don't Take It Personal is a studio album by the American singer Jermaine Jackson, released in 1989. [1] [2] The title track became his second and final US R&B #1 single, and was followed by two more top 30 US R&B hits, "I'd Like to Get to Know You" and "Two Ships".
In 2012, the album was reissued by Funky Town Grooves with an extended track listing.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Robert Christgau | C− [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Robert Christgau wrote: "A mild-voiced journeyman whose heyday is 10 if not 20 years behind him, [Jackson]'s equally bland as love man (title hit promises they can still be friends) and stud (though he does thank six foals on the back cover)." [4] The Calgary Herald called the album "a bunch of sappy love songs that aren't particularly good." [6]
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