I think this question is answered by which Michael you prefer. The buttery smooth ballad singer of the 70's and early 80's, or the gritty-in-your-face MJ we got from 1987 onward.
I feel this is unfairly limiting.
My wording is quite limiting, yes, but MJs style definitely changed from smooth to gritty somewhere in the late 80's. I don't think that's unfair to say at all.
I prefer to say he developed his capabilities at that point. I think saying he changed his style plays into the hands of a lot of Michael's critics.
Yeah, You Are Not Alone was real gritty
I think this question is answered by which Michael you prefer. The buttery smooth ballad singer of the 70's and early 80's, or the gritty-in-your-face MJ we got from 1987 onward.
I think this question is answered by which Michael you prefer. The buttery smooth ballad singer of the 70's and early 80's, or the gritty-in-your-face MJ we got from 1987 onward.
MJ did do a lot of grittier songs from 1987 onward, but he never lost his smooth buttery ballad singing either. Songs such as Liberian Girl, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Gone Too Soon, Heal The World, Childhood, Stranger In Moscow, You Are Not Alone, Speechless, Butterflies, You Are My Life etc show that MJ still had his smooth buttery ballad style.
Same here. I too love the Invincible ballads. MIchael went back to his roots with those ballads. The Invincible ballads get an unfair amount of criticism from some fans imo.Yeah, this is what I meant. There were more gritty songs from 1987 onward. I personally love the Invincible ballads, and think Michael's voice was wonderful on them. He didn't ever lose his smoothness.
Same here. I too love the Invincible ballads. MIchael went back to his roots with those ballads. The Invincible ballads get an unfair amount of criticism from some fans imo.
Imo the ballads are the highlights on the invincible album
I mean, they do make up like 80% of the album! My only criticism for Invincible has always been that it was far too ballad heavy.