Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Want You Back
2. ABC
3. I'll Be There
4. Got To Be There
5. I Wanna Be Where You Are
6. Ben
7. Dancing Machine- Single Version
8. Enjoy Yourself- The Jacksons
9. Ease On Down The Road
10. You Can't Win
11. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)- Single Edit
12. Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)- Early Demo
13. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
14. Rock With You
15. Off The Wall
16. She's Out Of My Life
17. Sunset Driver- Demo
18. Lovely One- The Jacksons
19. This Place Hotel- The Jacksons

Disc 2:

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2. The Girl Is Mine- Michael Jackson (With Paul Mccartney)
3. Thriller
4. Beat It
5. Billie Jean
6. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)- Demo Version
7. Someone In The Dark
8. State Of Shock- The Jacksons
9. Scared Of The Moon
10. We Are The World
11. We Are Here To Change The World

Disc 3:

1. Bad
2. The Way You Make Me Feel
3. Man In The Mirror
4. I Just Can't Stop Loving You- Michael Jackson,Siedah Garrett
5. Dirty Diana
6. Smooth Criminal
7. Cheater
8. Dangerous- Early Version
9. Monkey Business
10. Jam
11. Remember The Time
12. Black Or White
13. Who Is It
14. Someone Put Your Hand Out

Disc 4:

1. You Are Not Alone
2. Stranger In Moscow
3. Childhood (Theme From "Free Willy 2")
4. On The Line
5. Blood On The Dance Floor
6. Fall Again
7. In The Back
8. Unbreakable
9. You Rock My World with intro
10. Butterflies
11. Beautiful Girl
12. The Way You Love Me
13. We've Had Enough

Disc 5:

1. Jam- Live Video
2. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'- Live Video
3. Human Nature- Live Video
4. Smooth Criminal- Live Video
5. I Just Can't Stop Loving You- Live Video
6. She's Out Of My Life- Live Video
7. I Want You Back- Live Video
8. I'll Be There- Live Video
9. Thriller- Live Video
10. Billie Jean- Live Video
11. Working Day And Night- Live Video
12. Beat It- Live Video
13. Will You Be There- Live Video
14. Black Or White- Live Video
15. Heal The World- Live Video
16. Man In The Mirror- Live Video

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9 in Music
• Released on: 2004-11-16
• Number of discs: 5
• Format: Box set

Album Description
Japanese pressing of 2004 compilation includes four bonus tracks, 'Blame It On The Boogie', 'Human Nature', 'The World', & 'One More Chance'. This five disc set is limited to 20,000 pieces & includes a DVD (NTSC/Region 2). CBS. 2004.

Customer Reviews

Truly The Ultimate
Yes Michael Jackson has had a few too many 'Greatest Hits' packages, but this one truly is the Ultimate collection of his musical work. Four CDs jam packed with hits and rarities spanning his entire 34 year recording career (J5, The Jacksons and solo), a DVD of his Dangerous concert that aired on HBO (available here for the first time) and an original 60 page book detailing his entire career. There's precious little more you could ask for from a box set.

Now Michael has only released 6 full albums of new material in the past 25 years so chances are that most already have the hits in one form or another so why buy this set? Consider the following list of all the rare and previously unreleased songs in this collection.

Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons first hit from their first album with Epic

Ease On Down The Road / You Can't Win - both from The Wiz Soundtrack

Shake A Body - previously unreleased demo of what became "Shake Your Body Down To The Ground"

Sunset Driver - previously unreleased demo

P.Y.T. - previously unreleased demo

Someone In The Dark - track from the rarely heard E.T. Storybook

State Of Shock - duet with Mick Jagger (!) from The Jacksons last album Victory

Scared of the Moon - previously unreleased demo

We Are The World - previously unreleased demo

We Are Here To Change The World - from Captain EO (previously unreleased)

Cheater - previously unreleased demo

Dangerous - previously unreleased alternate version

Monkey Business - previously unreleased

Who Is It (IHS Mix) - rare remix

Someone Put Your Hand Out - rare promotional song (first time on CD)

On The Line - from the "Get On The Bus" soundtrack

Fall Again - previously unreleased demo

In The Back - previously unreleased

Beautiful Girl - previously unreleased demo

The Way You Love Me - previously unreleased

We've Had Enough - previously unreleased

That's 14 completely brand new tracks never heard before and 8 that were previously very hard to come by. These 22 tracks alone (a full album of material) make this set worth the purchase for any MJ fan. It's surprising that these demos and completed songs never saw the light of day until now considering the high caliber of the work. If this is any indication of the songs MJ has in the vault, I'd love to hear more - lots more.

No matter if you only have one or two MJ CDs, are a rabid fan or are just interested in finding out what al the fuss is about, this is the set for you. Sony did an amazing job with this set and Michael (a real perfectionist) should be commended for his bravery in releasing demos. I look forward to hearing many more of these previously unheard recordings. Thanks Mike.

Great Collection of Hits and Unreleased Songs!!!
I bought this the day it came out as I counldn't wait to hear the unreleased tracks. I was dying to hear Sunset Driver and the P.Y.T. demo. I was NOT dissapointed at all. Sunset Driver is an excellent song. I think it was meant to be put on Off The Wall but the booklet says it was recorded for Thriller. Anyways, I dont know why the song was never put on an album, maybe Michael was just being too picky. Other notable songs on disc one are "You Can't Win". I was glad to hear they had the long version with "Can't Get Outta The Rain" on it. The "Shake Your Body" demo is very similar to the final cut version. Disc two has the demo of "P.Y.T". I was looking forward to hear. It is mid-tempo, I guess Quincy Jones wanted something faster for the album. I really like this demo a lot. It is very catchy for a demo. As far as the rest of the boxed set, all the hits are there. My only complaints are that "Human Nature" wasn't put on. And as for unreleased tracks, where is "Hot Street"? Put Hot Street and Sunset Driver on the cd and you got two excellent unreleased dance tracks. "Carousel" is also another track from thriller that is very good but was unreleased. Wish that was on there as well. The dvd concert is good but I would rather see a concert from the "Victory Tour" in 1984 or even the "Bad Tour". The unreleased material on disc's 3 and 4 are O-kay. I just feel that MJ's best music was from Off The Wall and the Thriller era so I just wanted to hear as much from that era than anything else. This boxed set is definitely worth the money.

Michael Forever!
It doesn't matter what anybody says about this man, he is the epitome of a pop superstar, legend, performer, entertainer, songwritter & vocalist. His presence alone makes people cry & pass out, it's as if they're going through an exorcism. What other human being in this world has that kind of effect on people? You don't have to be a fanatic to see the phenomenal talent that this man has. All these popstars out there today: Justin, Usher, britney, beyonce, etc. are doing things MJ did 20 years ago yet people worship them & bash MJ. These people wouldn't even be here had it not been for him. This boxset is great, "Fall Again" & "We've had enough" show why Michael is the great music maker he is today. The 1992 concert? Truly amazing & Michael at his best. When doesn't he do a show stopping performance? From the time he first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to Thriller to History & beyond, he has changed the world & revolutionized popular music & this box set traces that journey. Michael Jackson is the definition of an icon & I find it so unfair that people choose to pick him apart the way they do all because he's extremely rich & extremely influential & they're just too damn jealous to handle it! Michael broke? HA! That man has income coming in from a thousand & one different places. All he has to do is give one concert & that'll generate 10-15 million bucks right there & if he went on tour... well, I think you already know. Michael is the king of Pop & there will never be another like him. That man commands respect when he shows up at award shows & he knows that no matter what happens, his fans got his back!