Woah! Now hold on one gawd damn minute! I like Xscape taken on face value it's the most fun I've had with an MJ release in a long time...But....but... Unbreakable, Heartbreaker, Invincible, Break of Dawn, You Rock My World, Butterflies, Speechless, You Are My Life, Whatever Happens and Threatened are all somewhere between great and superb!I know, I'm probably on my own here, but in terms of pure musical enjoyment, I rate Xscape massively better than Invincible.
Woah! Now hold on one gawd damn minute! I like Xscape taken on face value it's the most fun I've had with an MJ release in a long time...But....but... Unbreakable, Heartbreaker, Invincible, Break of Dawn, You Rock My World, Butterflies, Speechless, You Are My Life, Whatever Happens and Threatened are all somewhere between great and superb!
Heaven Can Wait and The Lost Children; ones a grower and the other is marmite. Cry and Privacy somehow ended up on it. If the album had been mastered as good as Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory it would have made a massive difference.
Those songs are good, but they don't sound like MJ songs (except Speechless & The Lost Children), the songs on Xscape do.
I can't believe any amount of re-mastering can make the songs sound that much better, it's not sound quality that makes the songs sound poor, it's the lack of heart.
Xscape sucks donkey balls compared to Invincible. Although I do agree that the song Xscape should've been on Invincible in place of Privacy. And Don't Walk Away should've been replaced with We've Had Enough.
But then I also think MJ made a mistake not putting Behind The Mask on Thriller, and that idea went down like a led balloon when I suggested it on here once, so what do I know?
From what I've heard he's not a fan of the Invincible album but remains diplomatic. Nice to hear Brad likes Butterflies, gutted I couldn't make his seminars last year.Here's an unpopular opinion, Brad Sundberg prefers Butterflies to Liberian Girl..
yes indeed. It makes no sense that anyone would here those three songs and choose privacy.
Actually i've just remembered that i hate don't walk away more than privacy!
I'm listening to that sequence of tracks right now (Side 4 of the MOV) and Cry is better than I remember although it is something of a poor mans MITM right down to the "change the world" at the end. Side 1 is brilliant; Unbreakable, Heartbreaker, Invincible, Break of Dawn, and Side 2 is mature r&b slick; Heaven Can Wait, YRMW (I like the placing of YRMW as it sprinkles a bit of catchy pop between Heaven Can Wait and) Butterflies, Speechless. Side 3 is a bit iffy but I must say the sequencing makes more sense divided into 4 sides.I agree with both of these.
I love the last four songs of the album and think they flow really well together. The only part of the album that doesn't work 2000 Watts/YAML/Privacy/DWA. The only track that I'd keep from that section is YAML and I'd replace the other three with Xscape, WHE and Hollywood Tonight.
I don't think his other albums are exempt from this, it's just that they're so iconic as they are, you struggle to imagine them any other way. But there is no doubt in my mind that Bad would've had a stronger first half if they replaced Speed Demon with Streetwalker and Just Good Friends with Fly Away or a more completed version of Abortion Papers (that song is very underrated).
You have to be smoking the ganja to think that Behind The Mask is inferior to Baby Be Mine, PYT and The Girl Is Mine.
And HIStory would've been better replacing Come Together with Why or On The Line. Dangerous should've had Someone Put Your Hand Out in place of CLHGA.
I do agree there are a few examples of Invincible outtakes that are stronger than some of the album cuts. Hollywood Tonight could've replaced 2000 Watts imo. And it's a no brainer about We've Had Enough and Xscape. But the point I'm trying to make (albeit in typically long-winded MattyJam fashion), is that each MJ album had examples of outtakes which were stronger than some of the tracks which made the final albums.
you shut your mouth!!!!!
Threatened is said to be one of the most expensive tracks he ever made because of what it cost to use the Rod Sterling monologues. Imagine what the short film would have cost! Would have been incredible though.If only Threatened got that short film that Michael wanted.
APWNN, Xscape, We've Had Enough, Hollywood Tonight, Another Day and that's just off the top of my head right now.
I agree about APWNN, Xscape, WHE, HT but what's the MJ fam obsession with Another Day? It's such a boring and poor song. It's the worst MJ song by far and one of the worst songs that I've ever heard from any artist.
I see people say the bolded a lot (that those who don't like Invincible don't realize that it has some kick ass R&B on it).Invincible is my favourite MJ album along with OTW, probably because it's more R&B/soulful. Bad is too pop for my tastes, I love Dangerous, but HIStory is too angry and dark. Invincible has lots of beautiful, soulful harmonies and is up there with Thriller and OTW in being one of those albums that you can play and it makes you feel positive and uplifted.
I really didn't care for the rap parts on Unbreakable, Heartbreaker and Invincible. I wish they were cut out to be honest
Privacy is the worst song Michael Jackson ever officially released. True fact.
I can't believe that made the album, but Xscape and We've Had Enough didn't.
Here's some unpopular opinions
The Lost Children is one of the best songs on Invincible
Cry isn't as bad as people say it is
I agree about APWNN, Xscape, WHE, HT but what's the MJ fam obsession with Another Day? It's such a boring and poor song. It's the worst MJ song by far and one of the worst songs that I've ever heard from any artist.
Worst song from any artist...?? really. That does seem a bit drtamatic. I agree Another Day is not a song I hear much. It's not at all among his best work, BUT it is not among his worst either IMO. - 2000 Watts and Privacy is a lot worse...
Yes!! The demo is waaaay better!!I wanna hear the demo of Another Day. The guitar on the snippets sounds a lot better than what they did with the remix on Michael.
He tried to funk it up and he failed (Lenny). The original had power and energy. The 2010 version just seemed forced and artificial.I wanna hear the demo of Another Day. The guitar on the snippets sounds a lot better than what they did with the remix on Michael.
I know people are shocked I love Cry and Privacy, but Im gobsmacked that The Lost Children is held in such high regard...
Diff'rent strokes eh?
I know people are shocked I love Cry and Privacy, but Im gobsmacked that The Lost Children is held in such high regard...
Diff'rent strokes eh?
I like privacy personally, but I understand why people don't like it. The intro is insulting to fans, portraying them as an annoyance and something he has to deal with, and the lyrics are a retread of most of the HIStory album. Retreading the same themes that he'd done to death already.
Plus the chorus is awful and it goes on way too long.
I like privacy personally, but I understand why people don't like it. The intro is insulting to fans, portraying them as an annoyance and something he has to deal with, and the lyrics are a retread of most of the HIStory album. Retreading the same themes that he'd done to death already.