Best Ever Albums

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:05:46 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/30/2021 21:05

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Wow, that was so brutally harsh, wrong and uncalled for. You must be from a really great culture, huh?
Just kidding. I like Canada.

I'm sorry; I didn't mean to bash you personally & it was uncalled for. I thank you for liking Canada though; greatest country in North America. What's not to like; free medical care, gun control, clean air, maple syrup & nice people(except for me today) Happy New year!!

It's alright my friend. The MJ pedophilia thing is a really touchy subject anyway. I myself basically stopped listening to his music back in early 2000's when the second series of child molestation trials began. At that point I was convinced he was a child molester. I didn't like to listen to his music anymore. It was only recently that I started seriously doubting the whole thing and listening to his music again. Anyway, Happy New Year!

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

UofTBlues — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:37:36 GMT

Author: UofTBlues

Posted: 12/30/2021 20:37

Amirkhosro wrote:

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Wow, that was so brutally harsh, wrong and uncalled for. You must be from a really great culture, huh?
Just kidding. I like Canada.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

DommeDamian — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:13:48 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 12/30/2021 20:13

UofTBlues wrote:

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

So you didn't answer the question but only came here to bash an innocent dead man and another entire nationality? Not cool, dude. 🫵
And btw not all of men are innocent in my nationality, in fact most aren't.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 13:22:07 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/30/2021 18:22

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Wow, that was so brutally harsh, wrong and uncalled for. You must be from a really great culture, huh?
Just kidding. I like Canada.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 12:29:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/30/2021 17:29

baystateoftheart wrote:

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Really inappropriate (to put it mildly) to make it about Amirkhosro's nationality.

Agreed. Totally unacceptable to make a pejorative comment based on another’s nationality.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

baystateoftheart — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:59:09 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 12/30/2021 16:59

UofTBlues wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Really inappropriate (to put it mildly) to make it about Amirkhosro's nationality.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

UofTBlues — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:47:14 GMT

Author: UofTBlues

Posted: 12/30/2021 16:47

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Seriously? Maybe in your culture he's innocent like all men are. He was a pedophile; enough said!

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

DommeDamian — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:55:27 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 12/20/2021 14:55

1. Dangerous (100/100) - my all time favorite album.
2. Bad (100/100)
3. Off The Wall (100/100)
4. HIStory (95/100) - was my all time favorite for almost a decade.
5. Thriller (95/100)
6. Invincible (95/100)

7. Xscape (80/100)
8. Blood On The Dance Floor (55/100) <-- as a whole
9. Michael (20/100)

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Cyrax — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 03:53:39 GMT

Author: Cyrax

Posted: 12/20/2021 08:53

Amirkhosro wrote:

Cyrax wrote:

Simplest thing ever, they get worse chronologically!

Off The Wall > Thriller > Bad > Dangerous > HIStory > Invincible

I disagree but I kind of understand where you're coming from. One can hear the carefree joyfulness slowly diminishing album after album. Also more cheesy-sounding "universally appealing" songs that cash in on his worldwide superstar status. Bad and Dangerous can get pretty annoying in this regard. But History always sounded genuine to me. At least as genuine as Michael Jackson ever got. He felt all sorts of fucked up about the pedophilia allegations and it shows.

I like HIStory but as an album, it falls flat. Of course post Off The Wall he had a lot of styles mixed on one album but to me HIStory is the one where it feels forced. I have no idea why he had to work with Janet's producers out of all people, David Foster is also a poor choice and especially Smile adds nothing to the album. I don't mind Come Together but why did it have to be recycled here when he had several Dangerous leftovers instead (as seen on Blood On The Dance Floor)?

You Are Not Alone is not a bad song either but it could have been done by "anyone" at the time and One Sweet Day wiped the floor with it soon after. Earth Song is somewhat interesting but I believe it was meant to have a simple chorus like that to make sure it's a hit in non-English territories (which worked) so most of the album is very calculated...

They Don't Care About Us & Stranger In Moscow are among his best and I agree they are very genuine, moreso than Heal The World, Keep The Faith or Gone Too Soon! This Time Around is also a great, underrated song, wish he'd used Dallas Austin more instead of the others on the album.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Skinny — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:18:12 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 12/16/2021 21:18

Amirkhosro wrote:

Skinny wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Are you sure he didn’t? This is a fun game.

I don't know man. There were many courts and he was acquitted from all charges. So there's that. But you seem pretty sure he did it. That's why I asked.

Lots of guilty people never get caught. The chances of this happening are significantly higher when said people are rich and/or powerful.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 16:02:13 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/16/2021 21:02

Skinny wrote:

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Are you sure he didn’t? This is a fun game.

I don't know man. There were many courts and he was acquitted from all charges. So there's that. But you seem pretty sure he did it. That's why I asked.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Skinny — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:34:26 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 12/16/2021 19:34

Amirkhosro wrote:

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Are you sure he didn’t? This is a fun game.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:25:52 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/16/2021 17:25

Skinny wrote:

I mean, probably not as fucked up as his victims felt.

He still seems innocent to me. Weird guy for sure, but not a child molester.

Are you sure he did it?

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Skinny — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:18:58 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 12/16/2021 17:18

I mean, probably not as fucked up as his victims felt.

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:25:09 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/16/2021 14:25

Cyrax wrote:

Simplest thing ever, they get worse chronologically!

Off The Wall > Thriller > Bad > Dangerous > HIStory > Invincible

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

NoisyBeast — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:08:47 GMT

Author: NoisyBeast

Posted: 12/13/2021 21:08

Cyrax wrote:

Simplest thing ever, they get worse chronologically!

Off The Wall > Thriller > Bad > Dangerous > HIStory > Invincible

�'� well said!! �'�

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Cyrax — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:14:19 GMT

Author: Cyrax

Posted: 12/13/2021 19:14

Simplest thing ever, they get worse chronologically!

Off The Wall > Thriller > Bad > Dangerous > HIStory > Invincible

Re: How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:04:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/13/2021 14:04

I’ve never heard History. Will check it out.

Thriller (10/10)
Off the Wall (9/10)

Dangerous (8/10)
Bad (8/10)

If anything, those ratings are a bit harsh. Not heard the other stuff.

How would you rank Michael Jackson's albums?

Amirkhosro — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 16:54:02 GMT

Author: Amirkhosro

Posted: 12/12/2021 21:54

I'm more of an experimental music listener but MJ can be considered experimental is a bunch of ways, can't he?

Anyway, how would you rank his albums?

Personally I'd rank them like this atm:

1. History: it's a very honest piece of work by his standards, and the synthetic psycho funk is viscerally thrilling and well done all the way through. It's his only album that manages to make total sense when heard from beginning to end. A near-flawless album beat-wise.

2. Thriller: Needs no explanation

3. Bad: Dirty Diana >>>>

4: Off the Wall: The second half of the album almost brings the funky joyfulness to a halt but the last song saves it. Classic

4. Dangerous: The first 6 songs make up the worst section of the album. Go figure. Some great songs after that but this is not a classic. Paved the way for the greatness on History though.

5. Invincible: Slept-on album with a few really dope songs, as well as some super cheesy tunes and other stuff.

6. Blood on the Dance Floor: The OG tracks are good