JichaelMackson
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I personally kind of have this with HIStory. I find it incredibly bland and generic despite having some absolute killer tracks on it. I think back in the day I expected something as good as Dangerous which sis probably impossible to reach (it's my all time fave album).
I just never warmed to YANA, D.S., 2bad, This Time Around and even fan favorite Smile. These songs are too simple, they have nothing unexpected to them. The inclusion of come together was incomprehensible to me as well. On the other hand I thought TDCAU, little susie, childhood, earth song and SIM, HIStory were very creative and more in line of what I thought MJ was always capable of at the time.
Then there is also Invincible of course which I straight up dislike bar a handful of songs, it's incredibly rare to see that I almost like every outtake better than the stuff that ended up on the album. To me it feels like MJ was really scraping the barrel in terms of creativity for the album. I don't think he had better music in him after Invincible, like the well of talent had truly dried up.
It's very surprising though that MJ was apparently working on "killer" music after Invincible ( judged by Travis3000 comments). I simply don't believe it, I have to judge it myself.
I don't mean this in a bad way, it's natural, every artist goes through this. I also love Bob Dylan but he hasn't made a decent record in over 20 years for example.
I just never warmed to YANA, D.S., 2bad, This Time Around and even fan favorite Smile. These songs are too simple, they have nothing unexpected to them. The inclusion of come together was incomprehensible to me as well. On the other hand I thought TDCAU, little susie, childhood, earth song and SIM, HIStory were very creative and more in line of what I thought MJ was always capable of at the time.
Then there is also Invincible of course which I straight up dislike bar a handful of songs, it's incredibly rare to see that I almost like every outtake better than the stuff that ended up on the album. To me it feels like MJ was really scraping the barrel in terms of creativity for the album. I don't think he had better music in him after Invincible, like the well of talent had truly dried up.
It's very surprising though that MJ was apparently working on "killer" music after Invincible ( judged by Travis3000 comments). I simply don't believe it, I have to judge it myself.
I don't mean this in a bad way, it's natural, every artist goes through this. I also love Bob Dylan but he hasn't made a decent record in over 20 years for example.