http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=27WJN9M1F3SNP163VDCUI8PC8P

Extended Smooth Criminal Dance Mix...I was planning to upload them all but it took me half an hour.

no no, not until you've read THIS post, CandaceS.

revolution75 said:

from http://www.prince.org/msg/8/149735

So is this the final cd of his contract with Sony??

I'm looking forward to this set to see if the radio edits of Black Or White, In The Closet, Will You Be There and Who Is It are included. Also, I still wish the UK version was being released here since it includes They Don't Care About Us and Earth Song.

Well, it was just a matter of time before someone at Sony BMG decided to "cash in" on the latest news. On July 5th, Epic will release the two-CD collection The Essential Michael Jackson. Although I'm a ted fed up with the slew of Jackson greatest hits releases over the past five years, I'm glad that the focus in now slowly returning back to his music.

Plus, Luther Vandross, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Simon & Garfunkel, etc. all have albums released under The Essential series so at least he'll be in good company. Plus, it's nice that there will finally be a decent 2 disc collection although the generic packaging does disappoint me.

Pleasant surprises: The inclusion of "Dangerous" (the title track that was never commercially released as a single). I believe it's inclusion is justified based on the number of times Jackson has performed the song in public and on award shows plus the fact it's the title track from a 28 million+ selling album. BTW, holy shit at the inclusion of eight songs from Bad, an album that always gets short changed by some but yielded quite the bucket load of hits.

Also, it's nice to finally welcome "Will You Be There" (#7 USA, #9 UK), "Who Is It" (#14 USA, #10 UK), "Leave Me Alone" (#2 UK), "Human Nature" (#7 USA), and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (#10 USA, #11 UK) to the fold as they all make their first appearance on a Michael Jackson greatest hits CD.

Songs missing: "One More Chance" (#81 USA, #5 UK), "Butterflies" (#14 USA), "Scream" (#5 USA, #3 UK), "Earth Song" (#1 UK), "They Don't Care About Us" (#30 USA, #4 UK), "Stranger In Moscow" (#4 UK), "Jam" (#26 USA, #12 UK), "Give In To Me" (#2 UK), "Liberian Girl" (#13 UK), "Girlfriend" (#41 UK), plus a slew of Jacksons/Jackson 5 hits that obviously couldn't make the cut due to time restrictions.

Disc/Side 1

1. I Want You Back
2. ABC
3. The Love You Save
4. Got To Be There
5. Rockin' Robin
6. Ben
7. Enjoy Yourself
8. Blame It On The Boogie
9. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
10. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
11. Rock With You
12. Off The Wall
13. She's Out Of My Life
14. The Girl Is Mine
15. Billie Jean
16. Beat It
17. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
18. Human Nature
19. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
20. Thriller

Disc/Side 2

1. Bad
2. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
3. Leave Me Alone
4. The Way You Make Me Feel
5. Man In The Mirror
6. Dirty Diana
7. Another Part Of Me
8. Smooth Criminal
9. Black Or White
10. Heal The World
11. Remember The Time
12. In The Closet
13. Who Is It
14. Will You Be There
15. Dangerous
16. You Are Not Alone
17. You Rock My World
[Edited 7/15/05 7:03am]

How in the hell did Scream or Scream Louder get overlook

TonyVanDam said:

Easy, it's crap.

The only time he didn't tag on a greatest hits package, It Bombed even with a $60 Million budget.

Granted, Invincible is his worst solo album. Yes, it didn't live up to expectations, but I just don't believe that inflation over 6 years could have affected the cost of things so much that it's promo budget was the same as HIStory.

ElectricBlue said:

Where are you getting $60 million from? It was more like $25-$30 million. And it hardly bombed. In fact, the entire "HIStory" project yielded a bucketful of successful releases:

- Blood On The Dance Floor: HIStory In The MIx (6 million)

amit1234 said:

Is that a worldwide number? It was finally certified for 1 million units shipped to retail in the USA in 2000 after three years of release.