Unlike his recent HIStory Greatest Hits Vol. 1 package, these songs are the versions as they were released as singles, some slightly edited. All in all, it is a great collection that includes the great "Smooth Criminal" and "Dirty Diana" not included on the previous collection.
My only disappointment is that we were given an unecessary live version of "Ben" instead of another new song. I like "One More Chance" as it brings us back to the older, less harsh and more pop Michael Jackson.
Even if you already have all his CD's this is still a worthy CD to add to your collection.
1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough- 1 for 1 week (1979) 2. Rock With You - 1 for 4 weeks (1980)3. Billie Jean- 1 for 7 weeks (1983)4. Beat It - 1 for 3 weeks (1983)5. Thriller - number 4 (1984)6. I Just Can't Stop Loving You- 1 for 1 week (87) 7. Bad - 1 for 1 week (87)8. Smooth Criminal- number 7 (88)9. The Way You Make Me Feel- 1 for 1 week (87) 10. Man in the Mirror - 1 for 1 week (88)11. Dirty Diana - 1 for 1 week (88)12. Black or White- 1 for 7 weeks (91) 13. You Are Not Alone- 1 for 1 week (95)14. Earth Song - did not chart in the US, however #1 in UK15. You Rock My World - #1016. Break of Dawn- did not chart17. One More Chance- new song 18. Ben - 1 for 1 week (72)
In the 80's, Michael Jackson recorded some incredible music that was really cool and innovative at the time. His singles are still cool, but have grown kinda tired over time as classics sometimes do. But by the early 90's Michael was really starting to change and now he seems like a completely different person and with the exception of "You Are Not Alone", his music after the "Dangerous" album just falls flat. This collection really was not needed at all. His "History" album or "Vol. 1 Greatest Hits" are completely suitable collections. This does include his new song "One More Chance" .... Still, there were already collections avaliable and this really doesn't offer much.
