I have to agree with you there. Earth song for it's scale, epicness and originality (no other musician in 1990s deared this), and Dangerous because it have seven songs on there composed, arranged and co-produced by MJ, all from different angles both lyrically and sonically.
These are his seven most important songs off Dangerous that illustrate professional craftsmanship at it's peak:
*Jam
*In closet
*Black or White
*Who Is it
*Give in to Me
*Will You be There (second to Earth Song in sheer epicness)
*Dangerous
The thing that let's HIStory down is that it is almost too consistent in it's anger, bitterness and rage. But it's still a close second. The problem I have with Thriller is that while 3 of the most ingenious songs of his career are on Thriller (minus TGIM), it would have been more convincing he had more of his own compositions on their.