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| 1 | Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | 6:03 |
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| 2 | Jam | 5:39 |
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| 3 | They Don't Care About Us | 4:44 |
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| 4 | Human Nature | 4:05 |
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| 5 | Smooth Criminal | 4:11 |
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| 6 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 4:58 |
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| 7 | Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) [Single Version] | 3:45 |
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| 8 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 4:12 |
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| 9 | Thriller | 5:58 |
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| 10 | Beat It | 4:18 |
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| 11 | Black or White | 4:16 |
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| 12 | Earth Song | 6:46 |
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| 13 | Billie Jean | 4:53 |
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| 14 | Man in the Mirror | 5:19 |
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| 15 | This Is It | 3:36 |
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| 16 | This Is It [Orchestra] | 4:54 |
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| 17 | She's Out of My Life [Demo Version] | 3:19 |
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| 18 | Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' [Demo Version] | 5:43 |
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| 19 | Beat It [Demo Version] | 2:03 |
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| 20 | Planet Earth (Poem) | 3:13 |
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Overview
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Production Details
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Editorial Reviews
Michael Jackson's This Is It
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Sony Music Distribution
Style: Dance-Pop
Michael Jackson's This Is It
UPC: 886976067427
Release Date: 10/27/2009
Original Release Date: 10/27/2009
Number of Discs: 2
- Michael Jackson
Main Performer
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
This Is It was designed as a comeback tour, not a movie, with the rehearsals taped not for exhibition, but rather instruction, possibly some video bonus down the line. Of course, Michael Jackson's tragic passing created considerable demand for those final rehearsals, so they were packaged as the This Is It film, released almost five months after his death, with a soundtrack as an accompaniment. Since there were no real live recordings made, at least not any to fill a big-budget blockbuster like this, the soundtrack consists of almost nothing but the hits repackaged one more time, with the title track -- an '80s leftover co-written by Paul Anka and released under the name "I Never Heard" by Safire -- added as an enticement in two separate versions, the second being orchestral with an opening straight out of Sgt. Pepper's. The song does feel like a demo, right down to how it fades out mid-chorus, but there's no denying the thrill of hearing an unheard vocal track of Michael at his prime. There's a second disc containing demos of "She's Out of My Life" (just Michael and an acoustic, quite nice), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (full demo, with identical rhythm and guitar lines, close to the final but lacking its horns), and "Beat It" (a true writers' sketch, all vocals and harmonies, no lyrics or instruments, kind of awesome), plus a "poem" of "Planet Earth." All these bonus tracks are a greater enticement to purchase than anything on the album proper. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
