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Michael Jackson's This Is It,Michael Jackson

- Michael Jackson's This Is It
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Michael Jackson
Released 2009

Smooth Criminal (Radio Edit) (Remastered)
04:17
8,129 plays

This Is It (Orchestra Version)
04:54
7,928 plays

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
06:03
7,857 plays

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songs

- 1
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
- 06:03
- 7,857 plays

- 2
- Jam (Remastered)
- 05:39
- 6,194 plays

- 3
- They Don't Care About Us (Remastered)
- 04:44
- 10,059 plays

- 4
- Human Nature
- 04:05
- 7,621 plays

- 5
- Smooth Criminal (Radio Edit) (Remastered)
- 04:17
- 8,129 plays

- 6
- The Way You Make Me Feel (Remastered)
- 04:58
- 7,144 plays

- 7
- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) (Single Version) (Remastered)
- 03:53
- 5,266 plays

- 8
- I Just Can't Stop Loving You (Remastered)
- 04:12
- 5,009 plays

- 9
- Thriller
- 05:58
- 5,998 plays

- 10
- Beat It (Single Version)
- 04:18
- 5,789 plays

- 11
- Black Or White (Remastered)
- 04:16
- 5,508 plays

- 12
- Earth Song (Remastered)
- 06:46
- 5,692 plays

- 13
- Billie Jean (Single Version)
- 04:53
- 5,789 plays

- 14
- Man In The Mirror (Remastered)
- 05:19
- 6,721 plays

- 15
- This Is It
- 03:36
- 20,276 plays

- 16
- This Is It (Orchestra Version)
- 04:54
- 7,928 plays

- 17
- She's Out Of My Life (Demo)
- 03:19
- 4,518 plays

- 18
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Demo)
- 05:43
- 4,163 plays

- 19
- Beat It (Demo)
- 02:03
- 5,021 plays

- 20
- Planet Earth (Poem)
- 03:13
- 4,215 plays

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album review

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, All Music Guide

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