Track Listing
1. I Want You Back - Jackson Five
2. ABC - Jackson Five
3. Love You Save, The
4. Got To Be There (single version)
5. Rockin' Robin
6. Ben (single version)
7. Blame It On The Boogie - Jacksons
8. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (single edit)
9. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (2003 edit)
10. Off The Wall (single version)
11. Rock With You (single version)
12. She's Out Of My Life (single version)
13. Can You Feel It (single version)
14. Girl Is Mine, The - Jackson, Michael & Paul McCartney
15. Billie Jean
16. Beat It
17. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
18. Human Nature
19. PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
20. I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Jackson, Michael & Siedah Garrett
21. Thriller
1. Bad
2. Way You Make Me Feel, The (single version)
3. Man In The Mirror
4. Dirty Diana
5. Another Part Of Me (single version)
6. Smooth Criminal (radio edit)
7. Leave Me Alone
8. Black Or White (single version)
9. Remember The Time
10. In The Closet (single version)
11. Who Is It (7" edit)
12. Heal The World
13. Will You Be There (single version)
14. You Are Not Alone (single version)
15. Earth Song (radio edit)
16. They Don't Care About Us
17. You Rock My World (with intro)
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 2 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
The title might sound like hyperbole, but this two-disc collection is, in fact, a pretty fair summation of Michael Jackson's career up to 2005. Of course, it's impossible for two discs to hold every hit single Michael Jackson has ever had, but THE ESSENTIAL MICHAEL JACKSON starts with the Jackson Five's debut single, "I Want You Back," and ends 38 tracks later with the 2001 comeback attempt "You Rock My World." In between is a chronological overview of some of the most significant pop music in the last three decades of the 20th century, climaxing with about two-thirds of THRILLER and half of OFF THE WALL, the album that in retrospect sounds even fresher and more exciting than its blockbuster follow-up. Disc Two starts in 1987 with eight tracks from the underrated BAD, and its second half does the listener the handy service of compressing the second act of Michael Jackson's life story (a time when the tabloid headlines were overshadowing his increasingly formulaic music) into nine entirely respectable, if not earth-shattering, singles.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [T]his is magical pop.
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