Michael Jackson - Dangerous [1991]

Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum success! 'Dangerous - The Short Films' captures the visual and musical hightlights of his string of hit singles from the 'Dangerous' album. As well as extensive behind the scenes profiles of the making of Michael Jackson's state-of-the-art short films.

Track Listing:

01. Jam
02. Why You Wanna Trip On Me
03. In The Closet
04. She Drives Me Wild
05. Remember The Time
06. Can't Let Her Get Away
07. Heal The World
08. Black Or White
09. Who Is It
10. Keep The Faith
11. Give In To Me
12. Will You Be There
13. Gone Too Soon
14. Dangerous

Personnel includes: Michael Jackson, Heavy D, Christa Larson (vocals); Teddy Riley (guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drums); Paul Jackson, Jr., Tim Pierce, David Williams, Slash (guitar); Larry Corbett (cello); Jai Winding (piano, keyboards, programming, bass); David Paich (keyboards, synthesizers, programming); Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizers, programming); Rene Moore, Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Bryan Loren (Moog synthesizer, drums, percussion); Abraham Laboriel (bass); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Wayne Cobham (sequencing, programming); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Siedah Garrett, Shanice Wilson, The John Bahler Singers, The Andrae Crouch Singers (background vocals).

Producers: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bruce Swedien, Bill Bottrell.

Engineers include: Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley, Matt Forger.

Principally recorded at Record One Studios & Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles, California. Originally released on Epic/Sony (45400).

Digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman (Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, California).

After a lengthy gap of nearly five years, Jackson had to pull something out of the bag. BAD was, after all, a difficult act to follow, and the press were trying to prove he was bonkers. This was a pretty decent attempt and fell in with the hard dance beat of the early 90s. "Heal The World" was much like the old melodic Jackson, and it became a major hit. "Black Or White" was the best of the rest, a well-constructed song in which he attempted to repeat "Ebony And Ivory" in the context of 90s dance music.

Michael Jackson - Dangerous [1991]

Michael Jackson - Forever, Michael [1975]

The album was Jackson's fourth as a solo artist and would end up being his final album released with Motown before he and his brothers (The Jackson 5) left for CBS Records a year later. This album displayed a change in musical style for the sixteen-year-old, who adopted a smoother soul sound that would be a catalyst for later solo records on Epic. more

Michael Jackson - Forever, Michael

01-Michael Jackson
01-Michael Jackson .new
02-Take me back
03-One day in your life
04-Cinderella stay awhile
05-We've got forever
06-Just a little bit of you
07-You are there
08-Dapper-Dan
09-Dear Michael
10-I'll come home to you

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Michael Jackson with Will I Am - The Girl is Mine

Track List of Michael Jackson with Will I Am - The Girl is Mine

1. Girl Is Mind 2008 - Michael Jackson, will.i.am
2. Girl Is Mine 2008 Club Mix - Michael Jackson, will.i.am
3. Girl Is Mine [Original Demo Recording][#] - Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson ~ Thriller [1982]

Track list

1."Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Jackson) – 6:02
2."Baby Be Mine" (Temperton) – 4:20
3."The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)" (Jackson) – 3:42
4."Thriller" (Temperton) – 5:57
5."Beat It" (Jackson) – 4:17
6."Billie Jean" (Jackson) – 4:57
7."Human Nature" (Bettis/Porcaro) – 4:05
8."P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (Ingram/Jones) – 3:58
9."The Lady in My Life" (Temperton) – 4:12

Thriller is the sixth studio album by American pop singer Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records, quickly becoming the best selling album of all time, selling between 45 and 100 million copies worldwide. Seven of the nine songs on the album went on to be top 10 singles.

Thriller cemented Jackson as the predominant pop star of the late 20th century, enabling him to break down racial barriers by appearing on MTV and visiting the President at the White House. The album was the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools, with the videos for "Thriller", "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" all receiving regular rotation on MTV.

The album itself also received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with All Music Guide giving it a perfect score. Thriller won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year as well as six others, and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. As a sign of the album's longevity, in 2003 Thriller was ranked #20 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All time list.^[2]

In 2001, the album was reissued as Thriller: Special Edition, which contained additional audio interviews, a demo recording and the song "Someone In the Dark", featured on the Grammy-winning E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial storybook, a record that won Jackson a Grammy for "Best Album for Children".^[3] In 2008, the album was reissued again as Thriller 25, which contained remixes featuring contemporary artists, a previously unreleased song and a DVD.

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Michael Jackson - Bad [1987]

01. Bad | 04:07 |
02. The Way You Make Me Feel | 05:00 |
03. Speed Demon | 04:01 |
04. Liberian Girl | 03:54 |
05. Just Good Friends | 04:08 |
06. Another Part Of Me | 03:55 |
07. Man In The Mirror | 05:20 |
08. I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 04:25 |
09. Dirty Diana | 04:52 |
10. Smooth Criminal | 04:19 |
11. Leave Me Alone | 04:39 |

Wouldn't you have hated to be Michael Jackson around 1986 to 1987? You're fixing to release your 3rd solo album and the official follow-up to the most successful album ever in Thriller. The resulting work would be Bad which would sell around 20 million or roughly half what Thriller sold. Bad would be the first album ever to have 5 #1's on it. However, in my opinion unlike Off the Wall and Thriller in which every track was good there were some forgettable tracks on Bad. This would start an alarming pattern for Jackson as his following albums after Bad would be uneven at best. I really feel that he was never the same after Bad and alot of that had to do with the unrealistic expectations he had in topping Thriller. The best tracks in my opinion on the album are as follows:

1) Bad -- A great up-tempo song, it was a smart choice to kick off the album.

7) Man in the Mirror -- One of my all-time favorite MJ songs. It may be his greatest ballad as only She's Out of my Life gives it any competition. Great background vocals by MJ, Siedah Garrett (who co-wrote the song), the Winans, and the Andrae Crouch Choir (who MJ would use on other songs in the future).

8) I Just Can't Stop Loving You -- A song that I swear that I do not remember hearing when it first came out. MJ's vocals sound alot like his partner's, Siedah Garrett.

9) Dirty Diana -- A great rockin' track that was sort of the sequel to Beat It. Steve Stevens, who was Billy Idol's guitarist, gives a great performance here and he tells one of the funniest stories I've ever heard. In a book on Billboard #1 hits, he tells how Quincy Jones has all these unusual sayings including the classic, "Steve, could you put a little more custard in your cone, man?" (Q meant that Steve was playing behind the beat).

10) Smooth Criminal -- Great overall feel to this song as MJ sings the vocals in machine gun like fashion.

11) Leave Me Alone -- A bonus track, I just like the overall feel of this song. However, I did not like the video. It (the video) sorta enhanced MJ's weirdness.

IMHO, Bad was the last great Michael Jackson album. I really feel that since Bad he has put out mediocre material.

Michael Jackson - Bad [1987]

Michael Jackson - Thriller 25th Anniversary - BONUS DVD

Thriller 25 is a 25th Anniversary edition of Thriller by Michael Jackson, the world's best-selling album.[2] It was released internationally on February 11, 2008 and the following day in the United States.[3]. Thriller 25 was released on Sony BMG's re-issue division, Legacy Recordings; Legacy previously released Thriller Special

As a bonus, the disc is accompanied by a DVD that features the digitally restored videos for "Thriller," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean," plus the Emmy-nominated performance of "Billie Jean" from the Motown 25 television special, which introduced the world to the "moonwalk" and launched Jackson into superstardom. Barnes & Noble

Tracklist:

1. BILLIE JEAN
2. BEAT IT
3. THRILLER
4. BILLIE JEAN The Legendary Performance from Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever

This second re-issue of Thriller is a better re-issue than the 2001 Special Edition. The sound quality is a lot better. But I still find it a tad lacking. It is missing "Can't get Outta The Rain" Which appeared on side 2/B of the 45 release of Billie Jean and "Got the hots" (Which is appearing on the Japan Release). Those 2 tracks should have been added. I wouldn't be surprised if the album has a 30th anniversary edition 5 years later with those 2 songs adeed. Also, The Kanye West Remix of Billie Jean was a tad disappointing. Kanye gave the song a great new beat but I was hoping to get a rap verse out of him on the track. The Fergie remix to Beat It wasn't too bad either. I have nothing against Fergie but I think that P!nk would have been a better choice for the song. Anyways, Like I said, this is a big improvement from the 2001 Special Edition. I think it's well worth getting for the better sound quality.

I think these figures speak for itself.

Source: Michael_Jackson_album_discography

Links: homepage, wikipedia, amazon

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Michael Jackson ~ Got to Be There [1972]

1. Ain't No Sunshine
2. I Wanna Be Where You Are
3. Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me
4. In Our Small Way
5. Got To Be There
6. Rockin' Robin
7. Wings Of My Love
8. Maria (You Were The Only One)
9. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
10. You've Got A Friend

"Got To Be There" is a 1971 single released by Michael Jackson on the Motown label. It was the singer's first solo single following his successful tenure as the lead singer of The Jackson 5. Michael's solo career began in earnest after the success of "Got to Be There". The single, written by Elliot Willensky and produced by longtime Jackson 5 producer Hal Davis, was a success reaching number four on both the US pop singles and R&B charts, and reaching number five on the UK pop singles chart and helping to establish Jackson as a solo act while still with his brothers.

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Michael Jackson - Invincible [2001]

Coming from a man who once stood on stage at a music awards ceremony and took on a persona of some modern day Christ figure, his choice of title, “Invincible”, comes as no surprise. And, in the eyes of thousands of die-hard Michael Jackson fans, the name is no doubt very fitting.
But, for the rest of us; those who choose to view Mr Jackson through specs of a slightly paler shade of pink, the answer may not be so irrefutable. more...

Track List of Michael Jackson - Invincible

1. Unbreakable - 6:27
2. Heartbreaker - 5:10
3. Invincible - 4:45
4. Break Of Dawn - 5:32
5. Heaven Can Wait - 4:49
6. You Rock My World (with intro) 5:39
7. Butterflies - 4:40
8. Speechless - 3:19
9. 2000 Watts - 4:24
10. You Are My Life - 4:33
11. Privacy - 5:04
12. Don't Walk Away - 4:25
13. Cry - 5:01
14. The Lost Children - 3:59
15. Whatever Happens - 4:57
16. Threatened - 4:19

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Michael Jackson - Off the Wall

Track List of Michael Jackson - Off the Wall


1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2. Rock with You
3. Working Day and Night
4. Get on the Floor
5. Off the Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She's Out Of My Life
8. I Can't Help It
9. It's the Falling in Love
10. Burn This Disco Out

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Michael Jackson - Number Ones

Track List of Michael Jackson - Number Ones

1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Billie Jean
4. Beat It
5. Thriller
6. I Just Can't Stop Loving You - (with Siedah Garrett)
7. Bad
8. Smooth Criminal
9. Way You Make Me Feel, The
10. Man In The Mirror
11. Dirty Diana
12. Black Or White
13. You Are Not Alone
14. Earth Song
15. You Rock My World
16. Break Of Dawn
17. One More Chance
18. Ben (Live)

Michael Jackson - Number Ones

Michael Jackson - Music and Me [1973]

Track List of Michael Jackson - Music and Me

1. Rockin' Robin
2. Johnny Raven
3. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
4. Happy (Love Theme From 'Lady Sings The Blues')
5. Too Young
6. Up Again
7. With A Child's Heart
8. Ain't No Sunshine
9. Euphoria
10. Morning Glow
11. Music And Me
12. All The Things You Are, Are Mine
13. Cinderella Stay Awhile
14. We've Got Forever

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Michael Jackson - 7even

Track List of Michael Jackson - 7even

01 Gangsta (No Friend Of Mine) with Fugees
02 Xcape
03 Why (With 3T)
04 What More Can I Give
05 Todo Para Ti (What More Can I Give (Spanish Version)
06 What More Can I Give / Todo Para Ti (Spanglish Version)
07 Let Me Let Go
08 Someone Put Your Hand Out
09 Shout
10 I Need You (With 3T)
11 Ride With Me (with Rodney ?Darkchild? Jenkins)
12 Biggerman
13 Get Out Of My Mind
14 Mamacita (With Santana)

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Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix [LIMITED EDITION] [1997]

Track List of Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix [LIMITED EDITION]

1. Blood On The Dance Floor (Album Version) 4:15
2. Morphine (Album Version) 6:29
3. Supafly Sister (Album Version) 6:28
4. Ghost (Album Version) 5:13
5. Is It Scary (Album Version) 5:36
6. Scream Louder (Flyte Tyme Remix) 5:27
7. Money (Fire Island Radio Edit) 4:22
8. 2 Bad (Refugee Camp Mix) 3:32
9. Stranger In Moscow (Tee's In-House Club Mix) 6:54
10. This Time Around (D.M. Radio Mix) 4:05
11. Earth Song (Hani's Extended Radio Experience) 7:55
12. You Are Not Alone (Classic Club Mix) 7:37
13. History (Tony Moran's HIStory Lesson) 8:00

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Michael Jackson - Motown's Greatest Hits

Track List of Michael Jackson - Motown's Greatest Hits

1. I Want You Back
2. Doctor My Eyes
3. One Day In Your Life
4. Lookin' Through The Windows
5. Got To Be There
6. I'll Be There
7. Love You Save
8. ABC
9. Rockin' Robin
10. Happy
11. Ben
12. Never Can Say Goodbye
13. Farewell My Summer Love
14. I Want You Back (Original)
15. Mama's Pearl
16. Ain't No Sunshine
17. Girl You're So Together
18. Hallelujah Day
19. Skywriter
20. We're Almost There

Michael Jackson - Motown's Greatest Hits

Michael Jackson ~ Ben [1972]

1. "Ben" (Black/Scharf)
2. "The Greatest Show on Earth" (Larson/Marcellino)
3. "People Make the World Go Round" (Bell/Creed) (as originally performed by The Stylistics)
4. "We've Got a Good Thing Going" (The Corporation)
5. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" (Adams/Hampton) (as originally performed by The Heartbeats)
6. "My Girl" (Robinson/White) (as originally performed by The Temptations)
7. "What Goes Around Comes Around" (Levinsky/Stokes/Meyers/Weatherspoon)
8. "In Our Small Way" (Verdi/Yarian)
9. "Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (Cosby/Moy/Wonder) (as originally performed by Stevie Wonder)
10. "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" (as originally performed by Brenda Holloway) (Gordy)

The album sold on the strength of Jackson's first number-one pop single with the title track and was named as the album title to help boost up album sales. None of the other songs from the album were issued as singles and one of the songs, "In Our Small Way", originally issued on Got to Be There, was featured on this album.

The original release of Ben's cover art contained Michael and a large army of rats near the bottom of the cover. However, Motown feared that the rats would scare some of the children from having their parents buy the album, and later pressings contained Michael without the rats. The original cover is now a rarity.

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VA - Motown Christmas [1999]

Track List:

1. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town - The Jackson 5
2. What Christmas Means To Me - Stevie Wonder
3. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Temptations
4. My Favorite Things - Diana Ross & The Supremes
5. Deck The Halls/Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
6. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - The Jackson 5
7. Ave Maria - Stevie Wonder
8. Silent Night - The Temptations
9. Little Christmas Tree - Michael Jackson
10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
11. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) - The Jackson 5
12. Joy To The World - Diana Ross & The Supremes
13. The Little Drummer Boy - The Temptations
14. Silver Bells - Diana Ross & The Supremes
15. Someday At Christmas - Stevie Wonder
16. Frosty The Snowman - The Jackson 5
17. Jingle Bells - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
18. My Christmas Tree - The Temptations
19. White Christmas - Diana Ross & The Supremes
20. One Little Christmas Tree - Stevie Wonder
21. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Jackson 5
22. It's Christmas Time - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
23. Children's Christmas Song - Diana Ross & The Supremes
24. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - The Jackson 5
25. I Want To Come Home For Christmas - Marvin Gaye

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Michael Jackson - Forever Michael

Track Listings
1. We're Almost There
2. Take Me Back
3. One Day in Your Life
4. Cinderella Stay Awhile
5. We've Got Forever
6. Just a Little Bit of You
7. You Are There
8. Dapper-Dan
9. Dear Michael
10. I'll Come Home to You

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Michael Jackson - Got to Be There

1.	"Ain't No Sunshine"	Bill Withers	4:09
2.	"I Wanna Be Where You Are"	Leon Ware, T-Bone Ross	3:01
3.	"Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me"	Willie Hutch	3:46
4.	"In Our Small Way"	Beatrice Verdi, Christine Yarian	3:34
5.	"Got to Be There"	Elliot Willensky	3:23
6.	"Rockin' Robin"	Thomas	2:31
7.	"Wings of My Love"	Corporation	3:32
8.	"Maria (You Were the Only One)"	L. Brown, Linda Glover, George Gordy, Allen Story	3:41
9.	"Love Is Here and Now You're Gone"	Holland-Dozier-Holland	2:51
10.	"You've Got a Friend"	Carole King	4:53

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Dolapdere Big Gang ~ Local Strangers [2006]

1. Sting - Englishman in New York
2. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
3. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
4. The Weather Girls (1982) (identified as a Geri Halliwell (2001) "cover" on the CD) - It's Raining Men
5. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
6. Simply Red - Something Got me Started
7. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
8. Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up
9. Robbie Williams - Feel
10. Steve Miller Band - Serenade
11. Madonna - La Isla Bonita
12. Frankie Valli (1968) (identified as a Gloria Gaynor (1990) "cover" on the CD) - Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Dolapdere Big Gang established in the middle of 2004 by DJ producer Önder Ulugür. With 8 musicians mostly from the district of Dolapdere, İstanbul, the gang was formed. They perform the songs with their "Dolapdere Sound" by the "Alaturca" way.

Group members state their way of making music as follows: "Turkey is a country that mixes different cultures in its own because of its position in the world, it's a passway through eastern to western civilization. This mixture is very effective in Turkish way of life. We see that music gets its part from this mixture of different cultures. Till this day, Turkish music tried to adapt western vision, rhythms and style. What we are trying to do is completely the opposite way. We think, to get us listened worldwide goes through our local music from Turkey's multi cultured roots; not trying to be like western artists and imitating them. All these years we admired their songs; from Sting to Madonna, Deep Purple to Michael Jackson we performed their songs like 'us' in our own way. Now it's their turn to admire."^[1]

Dolapdere Big Gang ~ Local Strangers [2006]