La Toya (album)

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La Toya
Studio album by
La Toya Jackson
ReleasedOctober 25, 1988
RecordedMarch 1987–88
Genre
Length45:31
LabelRCA
Producer
La Toya Jackson chronology
Imagination
(1986) 		La Toya
(1988)
Bad Girl

(1990)
Singles from La Toya

La Toya (also known as You're Gonna Get Rocked!) is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter La Toya Jackson released in 1988 by RCA. While the cover and box states the album's name as La Toya, the actual disc and cassette tape state the name as You're Gonna Get Rocked!. Therefore, the album is interchangeably referred to by both names. The album includes "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" and "You're Gonna Get Rocked", which are, to date, two of only five songs by La Toya Jackson to have an accompanying music video. The album was re-released as an expanded 2-CD set under the name You're Gonna Get Rocked! by Cherry Pop Records in December 2013.

Album information

La Toya was the first album Jackson released since terminating father

Joe Jackson as her manager and signing with a new label, RCA.[1] Jackson's musical goal was to evolve her teen pop sound to something more substantial.[2] "I know what I wanted to do, I always wanted a street sound. Michael kept saying 'Do it, move away, do your own sound.' That's why I moved to New York, to stop living in a fantasy world, get out of my sheltered life. As far as I'm concerned, it's my first album."[3]

To help develop her sound Jackson recruited British producers Stock Aitken Waterman. Jackson was disappointed to find upon arriving at their studio that SAW had already completed their three submissions, requiring only Jackson's vocals. Jackson had hoped to collaborate with them from scratch.[4] Producer Matt Aitken described working with LaToya as "great", but added: "She wanted to do it, but somehow I got a feeling she was doing it because she felt that she ought to; because she was part of the family. I'm not sure there was that drive there. You can't wring that out of people if it's not there."[5]

"Just Say No" was composed for US first lady Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign. Their other two tracks, the "funky, gritty" "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" and melancholy ballad "(Tell Me) He Means Nothing to You at All" [sic] were starkly different from SAW's previous work.[6]

Jackson waited six months for US

You're Gonna Get Rocked!", "You Blew", "Such a Wicked Love
", and "Not Giving Up On Love."

Other contributions were from producers

synthpop.[9] Jackson had high expectations for the album, having worked on it for two years. "I've had no private life at all for two years. My whole life has been this record. It's hard work. It's not glamorous at all."[2]

Jackson dedicated the album to the children of the world due to her involvement in the "Just Say No" campaign which was designated for children between the ages of 3 and 7.[10]

The album is available on Spotify under the title You're Gonna Get Rocked, to which is Jackson's highest played album on the platform.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
NME[9]

San Jose Mercury News asserted that tracks "You Blew" and "Such a Wicked Love" "bristle with the torrid funk of Full Force."[13] AllMusic described the Full Force tracks as "clever jams which position Jackson as a street-hip artist" but while also being "somewhat vacuous." "Does It Really Matter" was complimented as "a genuine, insinuating club/house cut."[12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You're Gonna Get Rocked!"Full ForceFull Force5:03
2."You Blew"Full ForceFull Force4:55
3."Such a Wicked Love"Full ForceFull Force5:33
4."Not Giving Up On Love"Full ForceFull Force5:35
5."If I Could Get to You" Bobby Hart, Dick Eastman4:13
6."Turn on the Radio" Harold Faltermeyer3:52
7."Just Say No"La Toya Jackson, Jack Gordon, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman4:01
8."Does It Really Matter"La Toya Jackson, Jack Gordon, Linette McClellan, Phil ArmstrongSteve Harvey6:03
9."(Tell Me) She Means Nothing to You at All"La Toya Jackson, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman3:47
10."(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do"Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman3:49
Total length:45:31
Expanded re-release by Cherry Pop Records CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Trouble" (previously unreleased)Steve HarveySteve Harvey4:05
12."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (12" Remix)Full ForceFull Force7:19
13."Such A Wicked Love" (F.F. Remix)Full ForceFull Force5:54
14."(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" (Extended Version)Stock, Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman7:23
15."Trouble" (Extended Version)Steve HarveySteve Harvey6:46
Expanded re-release by Cherry Pop Records CD2
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (U.S. 7" Radio Edit)Full ForceFull Force4:45
2."Such A Wicked Love" (F.F. Remix 7" Version)Full ForceFull Force4:18
3."(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" (Remix)La Toya Jackson, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman5:02
4."(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" (Original 12" Mix)Stock, Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman7:18
5."Just Say No" (Original Mix)La Toya Jackson, Jack Gordon, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman7:18
6."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (7" Edit)Full ForceFull Force3:57
7."You Blew" (7" Edit)Full ForceFull Force3:20
8."Such A Wicked Love" (7" Edit)Full ForceFull Force4:32
9."Does It Really Matter?" (7" Edit)La Toya Jackson, Jack Gordon, Linette McClellan, Phil ArmstrongSteve Harvey5:02
10."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (F.F. Hard-Core Mix)Full ForceFull Force5:01
11."(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" (Instrumental)Stock, Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman3:48
12."(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" (Instrumental)La Toya Jackson, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman3:45
13."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (Dub)Full ForceFull Force7:36
14."Such A Wicked Love" (F.F.Remix Instrumental)Full ForceFull Force5:28
15."Trouble" (Instrumental)Steve HarveySteve Harvey4:04
16."(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" (Remix Instrumental)La Toya Jackson, Stock Aitken & WatermanStock, Aitken & Waterman5:02
17."You're Gonna Get Rocked!" (Bonus Beats)Full ForceFull Force3:10

Expanded re-release

The album was re-released as an expanded 2-CD-set under the name You're Gonna Get Rocked! by Cherry Pop Records in December 2013 including all of the remixes plus previously unreleased material, such as Jackson's version of the Nia Peeples hit single "Trouble" (originally recorded by Jackson) and original versions of "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" and her anti-drug song "Just Say No". The 16-page booklet contains all the lyrics, additional information and a page written by Jackson herself. The re-issue was digitally remastered from the original tapes.

Unreleased songs

A song called "Men Be Illin'" was originally recorded for the album, but not used. The song was recorded in early 1987 and copyrighted with the U.S. Copyright Office under the registration number PAu-986-950 on July 7 of that year. Jackson co-wrote the song with John F. Wilson, who she had previously worked with on the track "Love Talk" from her Imagination in 1986. According to U.S. Copyright records, the song was simply recorded on a cassette tape and claimed by Jackson, while another Jackson/Wilson track entitled "I Really Want to Do It Tonight" was claimed by Wilson.[14] Neither of the tracks were ever released on an album, although because of the dates of the recordings, it is widely believed that "Men Be Illin'" was intended to be released on Jackson's 1988 La Toya album.

Jackson also worked with Steve Harvey, whom she wrote songs with. One of the songs, "Does It Really Matter?", ended up on this album. She also originally recorded the Harvey penned song "Trouble", which was later given to Nia Peeples and became a No. 1 on the US Dance Charts. Jackson's version remained unreleased until December 2013, when it was added to the expanded re-release by Cherry Pop Records.

References

  1. USAToday
    Jan 27, 1989
  2. ^ a b Hickley, David. La Toya Jackson steps away from brother's shadow New York Daily News 21 November 1988
  3. ^ Zekas, Rita. "LaToya lives up to image with a new rockin' album"[permanent dead link] Toronto Star Nov 2, 1988
  4. ^ a b c Will the Next Jackson Kindly Step Forward?[permanent dead link] Blues & Soul 1988
  5. ^ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 41: Looking Back with Matt Aitken on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  6. ^ a b c Tarradell, Mario. La Toya struggles in Michael's shadow The Miami News Nov 26, 1988
  7. Daily News of Los Angeles
    October 29, 1987
  8. ^ Discogs
  9. ^ a b c Quantick, David (26 November 1988). "Full Force La Toya". NME. Archived from the original on 10 September 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  10. ^ Brian Huggins, Andrea Roberson, Antonio Rodriguez KIDSDAY TALKING WITH LA TOYA JACKSON Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback MachineNewsday Long Island, N.Y. Feb 19, 1989
  11. ^ AllMusic review
  12. ^ a b AllMusic
  13. San Jose Mercury News
    Dec 18, 1988
  14. ^ United States Copyright Office
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