The Essential Michael Jackson Music Cd

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The Essential Michael Jackson      Artist : Michael Jackson      List Price : $24.98 USD        Your Price : $15.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2005-07-19      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (62 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for The Essential Michael Jackson      Looks Great ....      Rating:      but looks can be deceiving. I suppose it's understandable that devoted fans of Michael Jackson would automatically assign 5 stars to a release with two discs from Epic/Legacy (Sony) containing 38 tracks and, admittedly, one of the better pictures of him taken before things started to droop. And, certainly, it delivers quite a package in terms of his biggest hits as a solo artist. However, in view of the fact he had close to 50 of those, why did they feel it necessary to include seven tracks from his days as part of The Jackson 5/The Jacksons? (these are tracks 1 to 3, 7 to 9 and 14 on disc 1). It's not as if there aren't already enough compilations covering that aspect of his career from the same distributors! In taking that approach they omitted some significant solo efforts such as I Wanna Be Where You Are (# 2 R&B/# 16 Hot 100 in 1972), Just A Little Bit Of You (# 4 R&B/# 23 Hot 100 in 1975), Jam (# 3 R&B/# 26 Hot 100 with Heavy D in 1992); Scream (# 2 R&B/# 5 Hot 100 in 1995 with Janet), and They Don't Care About Us (# 10 R&B/# 30 Hot 100 in 1996). The added omission of the late 1983 # 1 Hot 100 (for 6 weeks) and # 2 R&B duet with Paul McCartney, Say Say Say, is simply due to the fact that that came out on Columbia, and this covers mostly his Epic releases (although some Motown cuts are here as well). The 8-page fold-out insert also has plus and minuses. On the plus side is the discography and sessionography of the contents covering four full pages and, on the reverse, the four pages of photographs showing him performing, including a kind of neat one of a very young Michael decked out in a suit and fedora holding onto a lamp post which, of course, will conjure up memories of Frank Sinatra. But I think a couple of those pages could have been sacrificed in order to extend the rather meagre one page of liner notes, written by the noted author/music critic Nelson George. It's a very good compilation that could just as easily have been turned into an excellent one.     Customer Reviews for The Essential Michael Jackson Cd      Blame it on the boogie      Rating:      This cd was the bomb and i love both disks! Even the one with the group on it. "Blame it on the Boogie" is my number one song. I love to dance and i get down on that song. Great condition..I love it and thanks again. Editorial Reviews for The Essential Michael Jackson Audio Cd      Album Description      The 2CD The Essential Michael Jackson takes you on a journey from budding star, to iconic legend and allows you to immerse yourself in the musical and emotional development of each track defining the story of a global superstar. Michael Jackson needs no introduction, as part of the Jackson 5 he helped make up a remarkable musical family and one of the biggest pop phenomenons of the early 70s. The Jacksons' infectious brand of funky soul and now iconic stage presence reached out globally and made them and Michael international stars. As the success of the band grew, Michael branched out with his own solo career first launching with "Got to be There" and then "Rockin' Robin". The momentum started to grow with the release of more successful singles and, as the hype surrounding the Jackson 5 slowed down towards the late 70s, Michael continued to develop and grow as an artist. With the release of Off the Wall, an immaculately crafted set of funky disco-pop, smooth soul, and lush, sentimental pop ballads, Michael cemented his place as a global star. The 1980s were a career-defining period with his instantly identifiable voice, eye-popping dance moves, stunning musical versatility, and loads of sheer star power Michael Jackson was unstoppable. The 1982 album Thriller became the biggest selling album of all time and combined his musical genius with an exceptional and ahead of its time music video epic. Bad (1987) was released with enormous public anticipation and spawned another succession of hit singles with "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Man in the Mirror."