Xscape
by Michael Jackson
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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 16,199.
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Xscape track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 03/05/2026 16:10 | mostlymor | 6,953 | 79/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 12:38 | downandout | 61 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2025 23:29 | davidbalo | 356 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2025 21:00 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,774 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2025 13:57 |  DommeDamian | 7,469 | 49/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 59.5/100, a mean average of 57.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 57.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.4.
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best phostumous album
InsanityPrawnBoy 07/05/2018 06:12 | #217785
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danmarzella 11/18/2016 16:46 | #178653
This is actually a pretty strong album! Definitely his best posthumous stuff yet.
z21 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.
makerofbuckets 01/22/2015 05:36 | #132215
i don't think anyone should promote grave robbery like this, it honestly feels like a crime.
paladisiac 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!)
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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