HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (studio album)
by Michael Jackson
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HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I is ranked 5th best out of 24 albums by Michael Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Michael Jackson is Thriller which is ranked number 70 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,155.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 days ago | IkoIko6 | 94 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2025 14:40 |  Tamthebam | 22,824 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 00:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 2,176 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2025 23:10 | davidbalo | 356 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2025 13:04 | habibi333 | 901 | 73/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 14% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.4/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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Tamthebam 07/04/2025 10:45 | #309896
70/100
Tamthebam 07/04/2025 10:41 | #309895
I am rating this album on the new songs only (tracks16-30.) You Are Not Alone, Earth Song, Stranger, Scream & They Don't Care are the stand out tracks. The remainder are a mixed bag of ok and just awful.
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1996 Grammys. The winner was Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
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
InsanityPrawnBoy 06/27/2019 02:57 | #238380
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This should be no.1 in 1995.
VictorVale 01/06/2019 18:53 | #229135
Mais alguns clássicos instantâneos do rei.
Goliath 11/11/2018 17:21 | #224325
Rating just the second disc at 80, Stranger in Moscow is the stand out track, but there is some real rubbish on here. Little Susie is terrible.
Boltzmann 08/13/2018 13:18 | #219641
A compilation and album in one, what a stupid idea. Anyway, let me just review the new songs:
“Stranger in Moscow” was the first time I was exposed to his music and trip hop (this or “Teardrop”), and it’s still an intriguing song. It took me a long time to bother to check the rest of his music, but when I finally did, it was clear that “Stranger in Moscow” is the best part of this album. But certainly not a bad album in general.
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.
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