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Best album overall

What is your favorite album?

  • Off The Wall

    Votes: 38 10.9%

  • Thriller

    Votes: 39 11.2%

  • Bad

    Votes: 84 24.1%

  • Dangerous

    Votes: 120 34.4%

  • HIStory

    Votes: 43 12.3%

  • Blood On The Dance Floor

    Votes: 5 1.4%

  • Invincible

    Votes: 20 5.7%
  • Total voters
    349
HIStory. Sometimes it's Dangerous though. And often I'm in an Off the Wall mood. And Bad and Thriller always lift my spirits, and BOTDF has the nebest angry stuff. Invincible I rediscover every listen. I've gone from 'ok this is different' to 'brilliant, pure, delicious!' with this album. But HIStory made me a fanatic fan so it's special for all time :)
 
I'm going to go for bad because I only skip one song on that album and that one song is "Just good friends" I deleted it and replaced it with streetwalker and after the last song "leave me alone" I added fly away. Now it's the most perfect album where I don't skip a single song.
 
I can't even answer this ... it changes all the time depending what album I have on high rotate that particular month. At tho mo its invincible .. but I know it's not really my number 1. That'd more likely be off the wall .. or dangerous ... or history ... or bad .... who can choose.
 
I just cant really decide between dangerous and history. But finally i voted for dangerous.
 
Thriller. Thriller. Thriller.

The absolute perfect album. Michael has so much energy here, and you can hear that smile in his voice when he sings. His range on this album is just astounding. Listen to Baby Be Mine (which is so underrated) and he's just got so much command and strength in his vocal ability. I could listen to this album for eternity and never be sick of it. I can't put into words how good it is. It was the first album to really show case Michael's true ability - a chameleon when it comes to mastering different musical genres. Thriller has a bit of everything, and retains that classic smooth sound without becoming too dated.

I think in a way limiting Michael to just 9 tracks ensured that the best possible material would appear on the album. It's the same case with Bad. Hit after hit after hit. I do love the freedom that Michael gained with the creation of the CD (in regards to space) but Thriller is just such a wonderful record that I don't ever think it could be topped. Dangerous had its flaws. I do like the NJS style but three of those tracks TBH are forgettable. I think if SDMW, WYWTOM and ICLHGA were excluded - the album would be a lot tighter in my opinion. Maybe then Someone Put Your Hand Out could have been included - a beautiful love song which Dangerous really lacked.

After Thriller, my favourite (or at least most listened to album) would be Invincible. Maybe it's my love for that smooth RnB sound or the great amount of love songs on there - but this album has a special place in my heart. It was also the first Michael Jackson studio album that I ever bought. It's criminally underrated and I listen to it almost everyday looking for new passages of magic that I may have missed on first listen. The album has always fascinated me most for some reason. Could Invincible have been stronger? Yes. IMO it needed Escape, We've Had Enough and Blue Gangster - possibly in replacement for the middle section of the album (I'd replace DWA, Privacy .. and not sure about the last one). The album just lacked that classic, high tempo, up-beat Jackson sound at some points. I still love the album dearly - but this is where it slips up a little.

Thriller for me however is flawless. Absolutely flawless. This is why it's my number one; and always will be.
 
Gonetoosoon said:
Dangerous had its flaws. I do like the NJS style but three of those tracks TBH are forgettable. I think if SDMW, WYWTOM and ICLHGA were excluded - the album would be a lot tighter in my opinion. Maybe then Someone Put Your Hand Out could have been included - a beautiful love song which Dangerous really lacked.
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Initially I didn't care for "She drives me wild", but recently I love it a lot. I also like "Why you wanna trip on me". The only song that, in my opinion, should have been excluded from Dangerous is "Can't let her get away".
 
I voted Bad. Not only is it my favourite, I think it's a work of genius. No other album of his tops it, IMO.
 
I voted for DANGEROUS. Because it always been my favourite album :)
 
I'm not very surprised to see many fans voted on Dangerous Album. I'm happy to be part :girl_smile:
 
Okay, I chose Thriller cause that is the album I listen most too.
Of course on a close 2nd it's BAD and OTW ;)
Yeash, Thriller is the one that 'started' it all. The one that made me discover Michael :wub:
 
Mystic said:
Has Michael ever said if he considers BOTDF a studio album or not? I've never even seen him mention it. Ot the pre-OTW albums either.
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Wow, this just got me. Didnt realise I was in a thread that was created before he died.
 
Hahaha, glad to see MJ fans are maturer than most critics; HIStory > Thriller - Yayy!
 
I have to choose between three
1.Thriller
2.Bad
3.Dangerous
 
Even though I love Thriller, it isn't on my top 3. There was a time where Bad was my all time favorite. But then I switched over to Dangerous and then back again to Bad. But now I'm 100% sure it's Dangerous. I love Dangerous. It's his most creative album EVER. I don't get why critics don't consider Dangerous as one of his best albums. I swear if the media didn't bash on Michael, Dangerous would have been bigger than Bad.

1. Dangerous
2. Bad
3. HIStory
 
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Dangerous is so musically and sonically diverse and out of the twenty or so tracks of MJ's that I rate 5* or better 7 or 8 are on that album.
History to me is number 2 because in my opinion it features four of his greatest tacks in TDCA, SIM, ES and LS. Four songs that are nothing short of incredible in their depth and power.
Then it is Bad. His last "fun" album so to speak. Incredible energy and has to be just about every dancers favorite album ever.
I actually think that Invincible as a whole is better then Thriller but Thriller has at least two absolute classics in WBSS and BJ. Then again Invincible has Speechless.
Then it is OTW. Great grooves but the disco element just doesn't appeal to me.
 
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