I'll just rank the solo albums if you don't mind:

1. Off The Wall
2. Dangerous
3. HIStory
4. Bad
5. Thriller
6. Music & Me
7. Blood On The Dancefloor
8. Got To Be There
9. Invincible
10. Forever, Michael
11. Ben
12. Farewell My Summer Love

Marrk said:

great minds think alike. i second yo motion!

My top two:
1) Off The Wall - Thriller - Dangerous - HIStory
2) Bad - BOTDF - Invincible

Songs:
No friggin' id. Billie Jean and Will You Be There. And some 30 others.

Ellie said:

I only have his 'adult albums' but my order would be:

Off The Wall
Invincible (yep, for real)!
Thriller
Dangerous
History
Bad
Blood On The Dancefloor

Pagey said:

Me too!!

fave album: tie between Off The Wall and Dangerous

fave song: three-way tie between "This Place Hotel," "Wanna Be Startin Somethin" and "I Can't Help It"

song: Human Nature or Wanna Be Starting Something
album: Dangerous

song: "i wanna be where you are"
album: got to be there

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

handclaps take a bow. U went all da way back for a great
album and song! wasn't MJ BAD,then?

youngca said:

definitely! that album's one of my nearest and dearest, cuz my mom had a copy of it and i used to listen to it all the time when i wuz a little girl. i just found and bought a copy of it today at a record show i went to...listened to it earlier and it brought back a lotta memories.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

i think both of those songs you picked are two of the best
early MJ classics. Damn it brings a tear to my eyes remembering how great of a singer/performer he was back then!
pre-adult MJ rules!!!

youngca said:

He's still a great singer/performer. I just wish he'd sing live more often 'cos he's got such a powerful voice.

Cloudbuster said:

c-buster i'm not saying he's not still GOOD cuz he is.
but i go back a long way with him and most people my age
will say he was EVEN better circa 1969-72.

i was lucky to see him the year before he signed with
MOtown in 1968 on the south side at a small theater.
and I'm not lyin; the boy was incredible then.
think of a kid james brown and that the way he was then.

check out his vocal on "who's lovin' you' that is one of the
best vocal perfomance i EVER heard in my life!
and he was only 11!!!

youngca said:

I agree. It's a magnificant performance. I was just born too late, i missed him in his Jackson 5 years. A shame.

Cloudbuster said:

welll...the great thing is there's plenty of footage
out on him as a j5 member. so you can get a real good
idea how incredible he was. i was looking at an Ed
Sullivan best of DVd from rhino the other day and they
have some 69-70 J5 performances to whet your appetite
on the J5.

i'm still pissed cuz nobody i know has any footage
from that 68 show i was at!

mj said..."welll i put you down..."

album: Dangerous
song: can't choose a favourite

youngca said:

'A Fool For You' on the 'Soulsation' box set is even better IMO, and he was 11 then too, i think.

awesome.

Song- man in the mirror

Album- dangerous

song: smooth criminal or billie jean (not sure which one)
album: off the wall or dangerous (not sure which one)

Marrk said:

yep. great singing! i don't know if its out of print now-but
there was an cd out of their pre-motown material...which
had their first single called "big boy"..circa 1968.

It wasn't a big hit...locally in chicago it did alright...
the song is sort of "primitive" sounding but his vocal chops
are superb,even then!
i still play the single every now and then just to remind
myself how BAD he was then.

Song: Toss up between "Dirty Diana" and "Ghosts"
Album: Off the Wall

youngca said:

i've heard "big boy", that wuz tight...

How can that album be out of print??

2freaky4church1 said:

It's not. There are about 5 versions of CD compilations of all those songs. The original Steeltown recordings album should be out of print though, because that's the one with the 2 songs that the Jacksons were being sued over this year with that pathetic lawsuit.
[This message was edited Mon Aug 4 21:34:47 PDT 2003 by Ellie]