Xscape
by Michael Jackson

Xscape by Michael Jackson
Year: 2014
Release date: 2014-05-09
Overall rank: 15,998th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 80 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2014 (361st)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (3,379th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,998th)

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Michael Jackson bestography

Xscape is ranked 8th best out of 24 albums by Michael Jackson on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Michael Jackson is Thriller which is ranked number 66 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,204.

Michael Jackson album bestography « Higher ranked (13,282nd)
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This album (15,998th)
Xscape
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Xscape rankings

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Overall rank: 15,998th | 2010s rank: 3,379th | 2014 rank: 361st

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Xscape ratings

Average Rating: 
59/100 (from 80 votes)
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03/05/2026 16:10 mostlymor  Ratings distribution  6,81579/100
 
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03/06/2025 21:00 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distribution  1,74282/100
 
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03/05/2025 13:57 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,33049/100

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From 04/22/2021 18:06 | #268863
best phostumous album
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From 11/18/2016 16:46 | #178653
This is actually a pretty strong album! Definitely his best posthumous stuff yet.
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From 05/13/2015 16:05 | #141395
Original MJs versions are amazing. All remixes except "Love Never Felt So Good" and "Slave To The Rhythm" are total crap.
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From 01/22/2015 05:36 | #132215
i don't think anyone should promote grave robbery like this, it honestly feels like a crime.
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From 12/30/2014 22:53 | #130480
Man, that first track is so R&B funky-hot it could fit on "Off the Wall". The rest, well, feels like a hodgepodge of good Jacko ("chicago") to songs that didn't make a previous album for a reason ("slave to the rhythm"). LA Reid curated "Xscape" so it feels fairly cohesive and what were once demos feel fairly fleshed-out, it's just that this album kind of feels like a cash grab (probably the first of many in a 2pac style release-a-year-cash-grab) which makes it less-enjoyable than it could be... (But DAMN that 1st track is HOT!)
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From 09/09/2014 15:11 | #121583
This album luckily had his original untarnished tracks released when some of the remixes had the songs destroyed if we didn't hear the originals too. A Place With No Name is the standout for me. Well done to the demos being amazing :) I rate the deluxe a 8.5/10 but the standard I give a 5.5/10.
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