 | Got to Be There by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $81.97 MJ's first solo albums is a far cry from his later CBS albums.His best Motown album, featuring the title song, Rockin' Robin, Ain't No Sunshine and I Wanna Be Where You Are.
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 | Ben by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $39.97 MJ's sappy yet sweet title song about a killer rat aside, featuring a great version of The Stylistics People Make The World Go Round.
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 | Music & Me by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $4.97 Underrated lowly charting album featuring the lilting title cut and Happy (Love Theme From "Lady Sings The Blues").MJ's last album before his vocals evolved into the trademark tenor.
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 | Forever, Michael by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $79.88 A solo companion piece to the concurrent J5 albums(Get It Together and Dancing Machine),albiet more mellow and heavy on ballads.Containing the Barry White-esque "We're Almost There",the top 40 "Just A Little Bit Of You", and "One Day In Your Life"(a belated UK #1 six years later).
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 | The Best of Michael Jackson (Anthology Series) by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $15.87 A great overview of the future King of Pop as an exuberant, raw ,youthful talent.
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 | Off the Wall by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $2.59 With Off The Wall ,Instead of the King of Pop,we get a hungry kid who shows the world how great a talent he is.Not the biggest, but his greatest.
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 | Thriller by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $7.49 / Used from: $6.56 Even after almost two decades,Thriller is a tough act to follow even for MJ who seems more concerned with topping Thriller than embracing the raw talent that makes him so great.
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 | Bad by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.17 Obviously wanting to top Thriller,BAD is both brilliant and disappointing.
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 | Dangerous by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $2.57 Dangerous is MJ's most daring work yet, a belabored album to listen to(77+ min).It takes way too long to get to the best songs
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 | HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $21.97 / Used from: $15.00 Once seen as a piece of shameless self indulgence that pretty much turned even his most devoted fans off,now posthumously shows the King Of Pop's genius even in the darkest time of his life.
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 | Blood on the Dance Floor: History in the Mix by Michael Jackson
Buy used from: $4.14 Half remixes half out-takes.Only for hardcore fans
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 | Invincible by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $3.50 MJ's post Quincy Jones releases have always been divided and plagued by commercial expectations and artistic integraty.This is no more apperant than on Invincible.Heaven Can Wait is a buried treasure.Unfortunately this would be MJ's final release in his lifetime.
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 | Michael Jackson 25th Anniversary of Thriller(Deluxe Casebook Edition) by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $21.49 / Used from: $16.23 The album is still nothing short of amazing,but as far as the newly re-recorded versions from today's biggest artist (Kanye, Fergie, Akon), If it ain't broken....
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 | Number Ones by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.89 With the new R.Kelly penned One More Chance,and edited versions of certain songs for compilation burns,this is more essential than the earlier HIStory hits.
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 | Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection by Michael Jackson
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $36.71 A boxed set of MJ's Motown solo output, including his four solo albums (Got To Be There, Ben, Music and Me, and Forever Michael) in their entirety and remastered for the first time.
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