Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection

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Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection cover
Box set by Michael Jackson
Released November 16, 2004
Recorded August 1969 – September 2004
Genre R&B/Soul/Funk/Pop/Dance
Length 4:22:00
Label Sony Music/BMG
Producer(s) Various
Professional reviews
Michael Jackson chronology
Number Ones
(2003)		 Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
(2004)		 The Essential Michael Jackson
(2005)


Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection is a limited-edition boxed set of Michael Jackson's music, consisting of four audio CDs and one DVD. Sales of the album are around 250,000.[1]

Contents

[edit] Album information

Much of the music is drawn from the height of Jackson's career, particularly from the main five albums: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory. Notable tracks on the compilation include the first release of the demos of songs such as "PYT" and "Shake Your Body Down to the Ground", and rarities such as "We Are Here To Change The World" (from the film Captain EO), "Cheater" and "Monkey Business" (from the Bad and Dangerous sessions), and the original demo of "We Are the World", featuring Jackson as a soloist. The set also included three 'new' songs, "Beautiful Girl", "The Way You Love Me", and "We've Had Enough", all written by Jackson.

The fifth disc is a DVD of a Dangerous concert in Bucharest, broadcast by HBO in 1992.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "I Want You Back"
  2. "ABC"
    • The Jackson 5
  3. "I'll Be There"
    • The Jackson 5
  4. "Got to Be There"
  5. "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
  6. "Ben"
  7. "Dancing Machine" (Single Version)
    • The Jackson 5
  8. "Enjoy Yourself"
  9. "Ease on Down the Road" (w/Diana Ross)
  10. "You Can't Win" (From "The Wiz")
  11. "Shake A Body" (Early Demo)*
    • The Jacksons
  12. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
    • The Jacksons
  13. "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
  14. "Rock with You"
  15. "Off the Wall"
  16. "She's out of My Life"
  17. "Sunset Driver" (Demo)*
  18. "Lovely One"
    • The Jacksons
  19. "This Place Hotel"
    • The Jacksons

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  2. "The Girl Is Mine" (w/Paul McCartney)
  3. "Thriller"
  4. "Beat It"
  5. "Billie Jean"
  6. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (Demo)*
  7. "Someone in the Dark"
  8. "State of Shock" (w/Mick Jagger)
    • The Jacksons
  9. "Scared of The Moon" (Demo)*
  10. "We Are the World" (Demo)*
  11. "We Are Here to Change the World" (From "Captain EO")*

[edit] Disc three

  1. "Bad"
  2. "The Way You Make Me Feel"
  3. "Man in the Mirror"
  4. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
  5. "Dirty Diana"
  6. "Smooth Criminal"
  7. "Cheater" (Demo)*
  8. "Dangerous" (Early Version)*
  9. "Monkey Business"*
  10. "Jam"
  11. "Remember the Time"
  12. "Black or White"
  13. "Who Is It" (IHS Mix)
  14. "Someone Put Your Hand Out"

[edit] Disc four

  1. "You Are Not Alone"
  2. "Stranger in Moscow"
  3. "Childhood (Theme from "Free Willy 2")"
  4. "On the Line"
  5. "Blood on the Dance Floor"
  6. "Fall Again" (Demo)*
  7. "In the Back"*
  8. "Unbreakable"
  9. "You Rock My World"
  10. "Butterflies"
  11. "Beautiful Girl" (Demo)*
  12. "The Way You Love Me"
  13. "We've Had Enough"

[edit] Disc five (DVD)

Michael Jackson live in concert from the Dangerous Tour in Bucharest, Romania in 1992.

  1. "Jam"
  2. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
  3. "Human Nature"
  4. "Smooth Criminal"
  5. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
  6. "She's out of My Life"
  7. "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"
  8. "I'll Be There"
  9. "Thriller"
  10. "Billie Jean"
  11. "Working Day & Night"
  12. "Beat It"
  13. "Will You Be There"
  14. "Black or White"
  15. "Heal the World"
  16. "Man in the Mirror"

Tracks marked with an astericks (*) were previously unreleased.

[edit] Trivia

Unlike the original concert transmitted on American pay-per-view network HBO, the version on Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection contains crowd scenes taken from other concerts on the Dangerous World Tour, such as from the Wembley Stadium, London shows.

[edit] Music samples

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]The Ultimate Collection sales


 v • d • e Michael Jackson
Album discography
Got to Be There · Ben · Music and Me · Forever, Michael · Off the Wall · Thriller · Bad · Dangerous · HIStory · Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix · Invincible · Number Ones
Tours
Destiny Tour · Triumph Tour · Victory Tour · Bad World Tour · Dangerous World Tour · HIStory World Tour
Single discography
US #1's: "Ben" · "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" · "Rock with You" · "Billie Jean" · "Beat It" · "Say Say Say" · "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" · "Bad" · "The Way You Make Me Feel" · "Man in the Mirror" · "Dirty Diana" · "Black or White" · "You Are Not Alone"

UK #1's: "One Day in Your Life" · "Billie Jean" · "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" · "Black or White" · "You Are Not Alone" · "Earth Song" · "Blood on the Dance Floor"
Filmography
The Wiz · Captain EO · Moonwalker · Ghosts · Men in Black II · Miss Cast Away
Records and achievements
List of Michael Jackson awards
Controversies
Neverland Ranch · 1993 child molestation allegations against Michael Jackson · Living with Michael Jackson · People v. Jackson · Finances · Marriages and children · Physical appearance · Post trial lawsuits against Michael Jackson
Other related articles
The Jackson 5 · Jackson 5 discography · Lisa Marie Presley · Deborah Jeanne Rowe · Joseph Jackson · Katherine Jackson · The Michael Jackson Company, Inc. · Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special
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