Yes, it's another MJ topic! I'm starting to think we should all go and post about Prince on http://www.mjjforum.com just to even things out.

But back to my question - Invincible, is it any good? I just bought the special editions of Off the Wall and Thriller the other day, which I love, and I'm considering buying the rest of his albums on CD.

I have heard all his others except Invincible, because I have them on tape.

So, give me a rough idea. How does it rate with his others?

The first seven tracks are good, as is "Whatever Happens". That's half the album, the other eight vary between poor and average IMO.

If you like the laid back songs on off the wall like i cant help it and human nature on thriller, and u like the uptempo stuff on dangerous, u will love it. Heres a quick review

Invincible isnt mjs best album!!!

Unbreakable
Heartbreaker These opening tracks r killer!
Invincible

Break of Dawn
Heaven Can Wait
You Rock My World Amazing 5 Great Tracks in a Row
Butterflies
Speechless

2000 Watts
You are my life Things Take a bad turn, privacy is ok
Privacy

Dont Walk Away
Cry
The Lost Children Thank God we r saved
Whatever Happens w Santana

Threatened The new Thriller

I would buy it! its one of the best most up2date albums out there

I agree with Essence. Half of it is good.


It seems like that for every good song, there's a subpar twin song that might be decent itself, but doesn't measure up to the other one that sounds exactly like it.

Essence said:

I Agree.His Vocals truly are tight on the Album but the Instrumentation seems to thin to vibe with His Voice for my tastes.also the Up-Tempo Tracks aside from "Unbreakable" were kinda flat for Me.but His Slow Jams are Cooking IMHO.better than most of the stuff out now easily but coming from MJ some of it He could have done in His Sleep IMHO.

Essence said:

Essence hit it right on the head. I feel that makes it a very good album however. 8 good tracks make it a worth while buy.

intha916 said:

Hell with the Standards of Today that Makes a Great Album when you consider what goes for a SuperStar Release Now.

mistermaxxx said:

I agree. I rank among MJs best (as explained on another thread) I still play Butterflies and Break of Dawn

My opinion:

Unbreakable - great stuff
Heartbreaker - so-so
Invincible - funky
Break of Dawn - perfection
Heaven Can Wait - perfection
You Rock Mah Wooorrrld - I thought I'd get tired of it, but it's still hot.
Butterflies - 'nuff said
Speechless - cheesy, but pretty melody
2000 Watts - interesting
Privacy - blah
You Are My Life - cheese
Don't Walk Away -this is my song. She's Out Of My Life Pt. 2
Cry - trite crap.
The Lost Children - an MJ song. Is it my thing? No. But I can appreciate it for what it's worth.
Whatever Happens - perfection
Threatened - I think it's cheese, but many people dig.
[This message was edited Mon Feb 10 23:26:13 PST 2003 by Pepina]

It's nice to see people giving props for "Don't Walk Away". That's a really underrated track, and a strong emotional ballad. The slow songs on this whole CD are really strong, minus the Lost Children...

Cry and The Lost Children are the only two I'm not fond of.
I burned my own version and replaced them with Shout and Xscape.

jtgillia said:

that song only works for me on Cloudy Cold Days or when I think of a Soundtrack.I Like the Vocals but that's about it when the Weather is Warm.

Pepina said:

Pepina,that's an interesting review.I like what you wrote about "The Lost Children".It's not one of the best songs on the album,but I appreciate the sincerity of it all.

Pepina said:

That's a cool review, Pepina and I agree with it pretty much completely. Since starting this thread I have bought all of MJ's back catalogue and I'm loving rediscovering ALL of it (except for Invincible which I hadn't heard before and am digging, too).

As others on this thread have pointed out,the best thing about 'Invincible' are the slower tracks.


I consider "Butterflies","Heaven Can Wait","Break Of Dawn","Cry","Speechless"and "Whatever Happens" to be MJ's best work since the 'OTW' album.

DavidEye said:

Woah, that's a tough call!

I can't agree with you on that one, sir!

What about the whole of the Dangerous album?

He has done a LOT of great stuff since OTW... that's just to high a claim for me to agree with.

mrdespues said:

Oh,I like 'Dangerous' and the other albums.But the ballads on 'Invincible' are just so soulful and powerful.When I first played this CD,I nearly fainted when I heard "Heaven Can Wait".It was as if the 'Off The Wall' Michael was back! I went nuts!


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[This message was edited Mon Feb 10 4:52:23 PST 2003 by DavidEye]

IMO Invincible is a bad record. I have trouble listening it in one session. There's only a handful of good songs on it. This is his worst album ever...

**positive comment**

I may actually pick this up - Butterflies is nice...




**see, I'm not ALL nose jokes**

CalhounSq said:

You can get the original version of "Butterflies" by the writers of the song, on Floetry's Floetic album too.

I can't believe Heartbreaker has been described as so-so.
It's a real grower.

TURN IT UP!!!

Cloudbuster said:

"Heartbreaker" sounds like N'Sync produced by Timbaland.It's a very generic song.

DavidEye said:

Well, I've never listened to N'Sync so I don't have those comparisons. Lucky me, eh?

Cloudbuster said:

DavidEye said:

it has that Sound but the direct link of "Heartbreaker" is the Timberland Produced "Pony" on Ginuwine from back in 96.that was the first thought that came to my mind when I heard "Heartbreaker".aside from "Unbreakable" I really wasn't feeling MJ's Up-tempo tracks on here that much.

I classic tale of an album being too long. Should have been...

Unbreakable
Invincible
Break of Dawn
You Rock May World
Butterflies
Speechless
2000 Watts
Don't Walk Away
Cry
Whatever Happens

SquirrelMeat said:

How DARE you remove "Heaven Can Wait" from the CD!!

I don't like that 2000 watts song too much. It doesn't even sound much like Michael - the voice is too low.

My favourite songs are "You Rock My World", "Unbreakable" and


"Whatever Happens" - love this song!

That cd is about as good as N'syncs Celebrity...


and that cd was tighhht.. hahahahahahahahhahahah

honestly... eye would be embar. to buy a cd by him after all this sleepover crap..