Quite literally the second coming of Christ in music form. Has the musical equivalent of that floating picture of SpongeBob with earbuds on him - it is angelic as hell. Dedicates to the past member Syd Barrett and also basically says "Fuck you!" to the modern music industry basically saying that they are fucked up and just want to make money, and they released this ON A MAJOR LABEL. No wonder I got the 50th Anniversary 3LP box set just to listen to the remastered version of this album.
As bad as the sever album bloat is, every song on this part compilation part album is on a generational level and holds up the fancy and expensive presentation very well. The production is great and creative as always, and the songwriting is finally unique! One of his best albums to date up with Thriller and OTW. Holy underrated within his discography.
Michael Jackson embraces a new era of sound with the ditching of Quincy Jones and the first album of his to be one of the most expensive of all time, and for good reason.
The production team:
"Alright, we've got thousands of songs in this vault to keep him alive. Let's grab the songs that have a little bit of radio potential, suck 'em till they're dry, add production that makes it feel like a Michael impersonator, and lets hire an impersinator for some songs, and lets present it like a new album! Surely nothing would go wrong!"
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