The 'Off The Wall' album was Michael Jackson's first solo album since leaving Motown Records in the mid 1970s. The album was released in August, 1979.The album contained 10 tracks, with 4 tracks being released as singles around the world; "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Rock With You", "Off The Wall" and "She's Out Of My Life".
A special edition of 'Off The Wall' was released, with some of the early copies of the album including a 7" picture disc of "You Can't Win"
The track listing for 'Off The Wall':
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Rock With You
Working Day And Night
Get On The Floor
Off The Wall
Girlfriend
She's Out Of My Life
I Can't Help It
It's The Falling In Love
Burn This Disco Out
To date the 'Off The Wall' album has sold over 15 million copies.
THRILLER
The 'Thriller' album was released on December 1, 1982 and became the largest selling album of all time! A year following its release the album had already sold over 10 million copies, and has sold over 51 million copies world wide to date.
The album contains 9 tracks, seven of which became hit singles; "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine", "Thriller", "Beat It", "Billie Jean", "Human Nature", and "P.Y.T".
The track listing of the 'Thriller' album :
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life
Guest appearances on the album were made by Paul McCartney, Vincent Price, Eddie van Halen, and Janet & LaToya Jackson, to name a few.
BAD
The 'Bad' album was released world wide on August 31, 1987 quickly reaching the top of the charts around the world and holding the #1 spot for 38 weeks in the USA.
The Bad album produced 8 singles; "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Man In The Mirror", "Bad", "Dirty Diana", "Another Part Of Me", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Smooth Criminal", and "Liberian Girl". All the money nade from the single "Man In The Mirror" were all donated to Ronald McDonald's camp 'Good Times'.
Special appearances on this album were made by Siedah Garrett, Stevie Wonder, Steve Stevens, and the Andre Crouch Choir.
The track listing of the 'Bad' album :
Bad
The Way You Make Me Feel
Speed Demon
Liberian Girl
Just Good Friends
Another Part Of Me
Man In The Mirror
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Dirty Diana
Smooth Criminal
Leave Me Alone
The 'BAD' album has sold over 25 million copies world wide to date, and was named the second largest selling album of all time.
DANGEROUS
The Dangerous album was released on November 26, 1991, and became the fastest selling number one album. This was the first solo album by Michael Jackson that was not produced by Quincy Jones.
The 'Dangerous' album released 9 singles from it's 14 tracks; "Black Or White", "Remember The Time", "Jam", "In The Closet", "Heal The World", "Who Is It", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon".
Guest appearances on this album were made by rapper L.T.B, Princess Stephanie of Monacco (credited as the "Mystery Girl"), and Slash.
The track listing of the Dangerous album :
Jam
Why You Wanna Trip On Me
In The Closet
She Drives Me Wild
Remember The Time
Can't Let Her Get Away
Heal The World
Black Or White
Who Is It
Give In To Me
Will You Be There
Keep The Faith
Gone Too Soon
Dangerous
The album has sold over 21 million copies worldwide to date.
HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE BOOK I
The HIStory album was released on June 20, 1995, and was Michael's first solo album to contain a greatest hits package along with new tracks! In total the two-disc album contains 30 songs adding up to over 150 minutes of music!
The first disc "HIStory Begins" of this album contains 15 of Michael's number one hits - songs that made him the ''King of entertainment''
The second disc "HIStory Continues" of this album contains 15 brand new songs. Special appearances on the album were made by Janet Jackson, Shaquille O'Neal, the late Notorius B.I.G, Boyz II Men, and Slash. The album was controvercial, with many angry songs - Michael's reply to the press and allegations that had been plaguing his life and career over the previous few years, as well as had a softer edge with ballads such as "You Are Not Alone", "Earth Song", "Stranger In Moscow" and "Smile". Shortly after it's release the 'HIStory' album was pulled from the shelves due to the the controvercial lyrics in the song "They Don't Care About Us", and new copies of the album were released with a formal apology written by Michael to those who may be offended by the lyrics.
The track listing of 'HIStory' :
DISC ONE:
Billie Jean
The Way You Make Me Feel
Black Or White)
Rock With You
She's Out Of My Life )
Bad
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Man In The Mirror
Thriller
Beat It
The Girl Is Mine
Remember The Time
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Wanna Be Startin' Somthin'
Heal The World
DISC TWO
Scream
They Don't Care About Us
Stranger In Moscow
This Time Around
Earth Song
D.S
Money
Come Together
You Are Not Alone
Childhood
Tabloid Junkie
2 Bad
HIStory
Little Susie
Smile
5 singles were released off of this album; "Scream", "Earth Song", "You Are Not Alone", "Stranger In Moscow", and "They Don't Care About Us".
BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR
This 13 track album was released in May, 1997 and contains 5 new songs in addition to 8 remixed tracks from the HIStory album. Due to the fact that Michael was touring at the time of recording the album, many of the tracks were recorded and mixed in countries around the globe such as Sweden, Switzerland and Germany. The album was originally planned to be a promotional tool for the European leg of the HIStory tour, and for this reason was not widely publisized in most of the world. The album ended up being widely successful around the globe, despite the low promotions.
There were two singles released for this album. The first one 'Blood On The Dance Floor' was released around the world, and the second single 'History/Ghosts' was released in Europe and Australia.
The track listing of 'Blood On The Dance Floor' :
Blood On The Dance Floor
Morphine
Superfly Sister
Ghosts
Is It Scary
Scream Louder - Flyte Time Remix
Money - Fire Island Radio Edit
2 Bad - Refugee Camp Mix
Stranger In Moscow - Tee's In-House Club Mix
This Time Around - D.M Radio Mix
Earth Song - Hani's Club Experience
You Are Not Alone - Classic Club Mix
History - Tony Moran's History Lesson
To date the Blood On The Dance Floor album has sold 4 million copies world wide.
INVINCIBLE
Released in 2001, Invincible got mixed reviews. With some Michael classics and incredible vocals, the album Invincible shows that Michael still holds the crown for King of Pop.
The track listing for 'Invincible' :
Unbreakable
Heartbreaker
Invincible
Break of Dawn
Heaven can Wait
You Rock my world
Butterflies
Speechless
2000 watts
You are my Life
Privacy
Don't Walk Away
Cry
The Lost Children
Whatever Happens
Threatened
The 'You Rock my World' music friends special guest and friend of Michael's , Chris Tucker