The album has its own distinct flow. It's probably for the best that he didn't overload the release with too many NJS-style tracks.So many 1989 songs didn't make it on to Dangerous.
I wonder what if the outcome of Dangerous would have been any different, if Decade was released in early 1990 & Dangerous later at the end of 1991 (or beginning of 1992).
Dangerous probably would've been much different as Decade was to include songs like Who Is It, Give In to Me, Heal the World and Black or White but even by then, the songs weren't completeSo many 1989 songs didn't make it on to Dangerous.
I wonder what if the outcome of Dangerous would have been any different, if Decade was released in early 1990 & Dangerous later at the end of 1991 (or beginning of 1992).
Production sounds dated but I do wonder how much of it is vocally complete.
I don't think Decade would've even had "Who Is It" and "Give In To Me." Didn't they come after Michael made the decision to make Decade into Dangerous?
I was always under the assumption that Man In Black would've been the lead single for Decade. A few new songs and the rest hits from previous albums.
We've known for a while that it was vocally completed and reworked in 2009. What we didn't know was that theres a possible more vocally finished version of the 1991 version
Me finding out there might be a more finished version of Ghost Of Another Lover
It's crazy how finding out one collaborators name, opens up so many possibilities of more unreleased material.
Who is we?
We have had no confirmation of the song being vocally completed. All we've heard is a mumbled demo.
The tracker has quite a bit of wrong/presumptuous information. The existence of 2009 mixes doesn’t mean those mixes have full vocals.Michael Jackson Tracker
docs.google.com
In the tracker someone wrote "A vocally complete rework from 2009. A CD dated April 29th, 2009 was found on a court document investigating LaToya's boyfriend, who was accused of stealing items owned by Michael upon his death. In total there are 7 mixes with different vocal arrangements". So where does this information comes from?
Earth Song Lo-Fi Mix
Another editor added the "vocally complete" part. I'm sure that info wasn't even there when I wrote it. I'll go delete it.
The track list for Decade was already configured in 1989 but the execs wanted him to add more of his previous hits. Michael didn't like the idea and began to create a brand new album. Decade was still due to be released in 1990 even after missing like 4 deadlines but by that time, Michael was over it.
the unreleased community in general
Yea I was a bit skeptical on the vocally complete part, but that info was there for so long that I thought it was confirmed
Change Seven Digits [V3] to unconfirmed, as it basically contradicts its description lol
Iive always been intrigued by the idea of a reimagined decade releasing today. Add his hit songs from each decade (70s, 80s, 90s, etc), include a few outtakes and demos, and rename the album to "The Decades". It probably wouldnt work though since we have Number Ones and TUC
Definitely an AI generated remake unfortunately. Does not match the available interview snippets and has several moments with distortion and artifacts.
Agreed i always thought the "i am" lyric had a better flow to it. I absolutely love the track not a fan of the 08 version
it was changed strictly for the reason that MJ Did not want (or need) a song where he says “I am a Loser”. And to be honest, that’s real. It’s a lesson in self esteem.
For the TYLA part and why two versions are listed, Bill Bottrell's session calendar details that an initial version was tracked December 15th-16th before it got scrapped and redone into the version we know today on December 22nd, 1986.
I wonder if the first TYLA is a totally different song or if it has the same structure as the one we have
I don't know about these unreleased tracks, but the title "Hot Fun In The Summertime" does not sound like a song MJ would sing.
