UMJKtF
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Before I start, I just wanted to clear that I absolutely adore Invincible and it has some of my all time favourite tracks on it!
But for my part, I always wondered how well Invincible would have done if the tracklist had been fundamentally changed -
Changing the positioning of songs, adding some unreleased tracks or removing released ones...
Of course I know that Invincible didn't do as well as Michaels other albums mainly due to Sony and the dispute between them, BUT it's fun to speculate and see other opinions on this topic.
So here would be my version of (in my opinion) PERFECT Invincible:
1. Unbreakable
2. She Was Loving Me
3. Heaven Can Wait
4. Another Day
5. You Rock My World
6. The Way You Love Me
7. Blue Gangsta
8. You Are My Life
9. Whatever Happens
10. Speechless
11. We've Had Enough
12. Hollywood Tonight
13. People of the World
14. Xscape
I know that Michael had a tradition of naming the album after songs, which wouldn't be possible because I cut Invincible from the tracklist... In this case I think 'Unbreakable' as the albums title, would've worked pretty well!
Unbreakable, Another Day, TWYLM, YRMW, WHE, Hollywood Tonight, POTW and Xscape could have all been single releases with short-films.
The album would have it's classic Michael-style songs (You Rock My World, The Way You Love Me)
It would have it's rock-anthem (Another Day)
It would have it's earth-based anthem (People of the World)
It would have it's protest anthems (We've Had Enough, Hollywood Tonight)
And I think Xscape is a perfect closing for the album.
I tried to exclude personal taste as much as possible and just thought about what would work the best. Hence why The Lost Children, Privacy or Heartbreaker don't appear on this list, even though I always have a great time listening to these songs...
But for my part, I always wondered how well Invincible would have done if the tracklist had been fundamentally changed -
Changing the positioning of songs, adding some unreleased tracks or removing released ones...
Of course I know that Invincible didn't do as well as Michaels other albums mainly due to Sony and the dispute between them, BUT it's fun to speculate and see other opinions on this topic.
So here would be my version of (in my opinion) PERFECT Invincible:
1. Unbreakable
2. She Was Loving Me
3. Heaven Can Wait
4. Another Day
5. You Rock My World
6. The Way You Love Me
7. Blue Gangsta
8. You Are My Life
9. Whatever Happens
10. Speechless
11. We've Had Enough
12. Hollywood Tonight
13. People of the World
14. Xscape
I know that Michael had a tradition of naming the album after songs, which wouldn't be possible because I cut Invincible from the tracklist... In this case I think 'Unbreakable' as the albums title, would've worked pretty well!
Unbreakable, Another Day, TWYLM, YRMW, WHE, Hollywood Tonight, POTW and Xscape could have all been single releases with short-films.
The album would have it's classic Michael-style songs (You Rock My World, The Way You Love Me)
It would have it's rock-anthem (Another Day)
It would have it's earth-based anthem (People of the World)
It would have it's protest anthems (We've Had Enough, Hollywood Tonight)
And I think Xscape is a perfect closing for the album.
I tried to exclude personal taste as much as possible and just thought about what would work the best. Hence why The Lost Children, Privacy or Heartbreaker don't appear on this list, even though I always have a great time listening to these songs...