The sequencing is completely haphazard, for one thing, and doesn’t present the songs in chronological order, and there are too many key songs that are absent, namely the Top Ten hits “Off the Wall,” “P.Y.T.,” “Human Nature,” “Smooth Criminal,” “In the Closet,” and “Will You Be There,” and the Number One hits “Dirty Diana” and “Say Say Say.” For all the major hits missing in action here, the hits disc bizarrely not only finds room for but closes with “Heal the World,” which is one of Michael’s least successful singles, having stalled on the Top 40 at #27. The first disc ( HIStory Begins) is a fifteen-track greatest-hits package, which obviously sports a lot of truly great music, but it’s also really terribly executed. One of the more utterly bizarre and unbelievably egotistical mainstream pop records of the ‘90s, History is a very frustrating album. HIStory Begins: A – / HIStory Continues: C – HIStory: Past, Present and Future – Book 1 (1995, Epic) Like Bad, though, none of the non-singles here really leaves any kind of impression, and the album lacks the variety of an Off the Wall or Thriller, the hip-hop beats and icky ballads get really old after a while. The lyric of “Heal the World” is perhaps a bit too schmaltzy for its own good, but the melody is quite pretty.
“Jam” is somewhat abrasive, but it’s also got a real kick to it that makes it the most successful of Michael’s many ventures here into New Jack Swing territory. The gritty rock/hip-hop hybrid “Black or White” has a great groove to it that’s hard to resist, and the danceable “Remember the Time” showcases Michael’s smoother vocal side and, with more organic production, might have worked on an album like Thriller. Dangerous consequently shares Bad’s trait of sounding very dated today, and its cold production makes it a tricky album to warm up to, but like Bad, there are also some good songs here to make up for the album’s iciness. Under Quincy’s direction, both Michael’s albums and singles tended to be very tight and to the point, but both Dangerous and its individual songs feel way too long, and five of the fourteen tracks here top the six-minute mark, “Will You Be There” going on for nearly eight minutes. Quincy’s absence is greatly felt, not just in the lack of warmth in the production (and this is a very cold-sounding album, if only for the overreliance on drum programs) but in the sheer sprawl of the album. Quincy Jones is sadly no longer in the production chair, Michael himself co-producing the album with the assistance of Bill Bottrell (who also produced Sheryl Crow’s Tuesday Night Music Club and Shelby Lynne’s I Am Shelby Lynne), Bruce Swedien, and New Jack Swing pioneer Teddy Riley (from the R&B groups Guy and Blackstreet). Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (2003 Edit) - Michael Jackson, 4.Just like its predecessor, what ultimately keeps Dangerous from reaching the greatness of Thriller is its production. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (Single Edit) - Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, 3. Blame It On The Boogie (Album Version) - The Jacksons, 2. 2011 English music album by The Jacksons. Listen to The Essential Michael Jackson songs now on Saavn. While die-hard fans will already have every single song contained herein and may be weary to purchase another greatest-hits compilation short of a greatest-hits compilation including his backing vocals on Rockwell's 'Somebody's Watching Me,' this may be the only one fans and casual listeners will ever have to purchase to get their fill of the King of Pop's magic. From Off the Wall to Dangerous, it's all here in one concise package, making it the ideal reference point from which exploration into his deeper catalog can begin. Starting with his campaign with his brothers in the Jackson 5, this two-disc set tours through every important single and every important fan favorite short of including his duet with Paul McCartney on 'Say Say Say' (the Beatle does, however, make an appearance here on 'The Girl Is Mine'). This has finally been rectified with this installment of Sony's outstanding Essential collection. Each one of these collections, while commendable in its attempt to thoroughly document Jackson's accomplishments, has fallen woefully short in one aspect or another. The Ultimate Collection, The Essential Collection (different from the one here), and Number Ones have all surfaced in 20, and HIStory a few years prior. There are several Michael Jackson greatest-hits compilations out there, each one its own take on what should be the definitive portrait of the gloved one's career.
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