Monday 29 June 2009

_All about Michael II.



_My Favourite Michael Cover - Dangerous, 1991. I think this was the first point I really fell for Michael, I was 8, and this cover was just everything to me, then the music inside (on cassette) blew my mind,

Facts:

The Dangerous album was released on November 26, 1991, and became the fastest selling number one album, breaking the records by entering the charts at #1 only 3 days after it's release, It was also the first album released by Sony music that had a Thursday release date, rather than the traditional Monday release.

This was the first solo album by Michael Jackson that was not produced by Quincy Jones.

The 'Dangerous' album produced 9 singles from it's 14 tracks; "Black Or White", "Remember The Time", "Jam", "In The Closet", "Heal The World", "Who Is It", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon". The "Black Or White" single made a 32-spot jump on the Pop singles charts, breaking the Beatles' record set by their song "Let It Be" in 1970.

The album has sold over 21 million copies worldwide to date.

Track Listings:
Jam (written by Michael Jackson)
Why You Wanna Trip On Me (written by Teddy Riley & Bernard Bell)
In The Closet (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
She Drives Me Wild (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
Remember The Time (written by Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley & Bernard Bell)
Can't Let Her Get Away (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
Heal The World (written by Michael Jackson)
Black Or White (written by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell)
Who Is It (written by Michael Jackson)
Give In To Me (written by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell)
Will You Be There (written by Michael Jackson)
Keep The Faith (written by Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett, & Michael Jackson)
Gone Too Soon (written by Larry Grossman & Buz Kohan)
Dangerous (written by Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell & Teddy Riley)

Just looking back through these track listings gives me goosebumps - The memories from each track - The incredible video with Michael Jordan and a plethora of other 90's music stars for 'Jam', it's still one of my favourite ever music videos (only Rivaled by Michael and Janets 'Scream' FYI - still the most expensive video ever made) Jam also has another of my favourite 'spots' - the infamous 'Kim Jones Crown' long before Kim ever made it. I also just remembered 'In The Closet' with a 'Rican themed' Naomi Campbell - IN-credible. Not to mention to more famous and more internationally groundbreaking - 'Remember the Time', 'Heal the World' and the track my Mom tells me is the first song I ever knew all thw words to 'Black or White' with a Guitar intro by rock Legend Slash and Macaulay Culkin and John Goodman, at thier peaks - GENIUS.

Michael, I love you xxx

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