HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I
by Michael Jackson
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HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I is ranked 5th best out of 25 albums by Michael Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Jackson is Thriller which is ranked number 64 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,046.
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HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 87 Music Albums of 1995 | 59/87 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum Zone 32 America Usa | 37/100 | - |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 87 Music Albums of 1995 | 73/87 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | All Time Pt 2 | 44/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 65 Music Albums of 1995 | 47/65 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1995 | 11/28 | 3 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | songs/music that have made me cry | 13/21 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1995 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1995 | 33/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 149 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 850 | |||
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| ! | 09/02/2026 20:01 | steve397 | 513 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 10:25 |  marcoshb | 63 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 16:55 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 10% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/06/2012 13:42 | #39551 | TOP COMMENT
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The first part of this album doesn`t count. It`s a compilation... Fantastic work, but available on proper albums. I rank this based on the second part - it`s almost better than Dangerous. Scream is underrated, and Stranger in Moscow is fantastic.
danmarzella 11/18/2016 16:43 | #178652 | TOP COMMENT
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This is by far his most under-rated album! So varied and personal and raw!
Off The Wall > HIStory > Dangerous > Thriller > Bad > Invincible
Thriller is over-rated. But all of his stuff is great!
It's one of my favorites. The compilation part doesn't count.
Highlights: They Don't Care About Us, Stranger In Moscow, Earth Song, D.S, Come Together*, Childhood, Tabloid Junkie, HIStory, Little Susie, Smile.
*actually I think it's better than the Beatles version, it's funkier and I love it.
HIStory is considered as the most personal album by MJ, mainly because it came after the 1993 allegations. It’s a powerful album with powerful songs, the opener Scream is perfect production, They Don’t Care About Us is a standout and one of the greatest song about racism, used by the BLM.
Stranger In Moscow is my favorite from the album and one of the best example of MJ’s songwriting genius. Earth Song is one of the best too.
But HIStory is the first inconsistant album by MJ, This Time Around isn’t as great as the 3 first songs.
It’s the same thing with D.S, Money, Come Together (released during Bad era) is completely out of place, Childhood, 2 Bad, and Little Susie.
You Are Not Alone, Tabloid Junkie and History are good songs but not standout.
Good album but far from his best.
8/10 (Edited)
This should be no.1 in 1995.
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