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1.StopWanna Be Startin' Somethin' – Michael Jackson 06:03
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2.StopJam – Michael Jackson 05:39
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3.StopThey Don't Care About Us – Michael Jackson 04:44
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4.StopHuman Nature – Michael Jackson 04:05
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5.StopSmooth Criminal – Michael Jackson 04:11
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6.StopThe Way You Make Me Feel – Michael Jackson 04:58
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7.StopShake Your Body (Down to the Ground) [Single Version] – Michael Jackson 03:45
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8.StopI Just Can't Stop Loving You – Siedah Garrett, Michael Jackson 04:12
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9.StopThriller – Michael Jackson 05:58
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10.StopBeat It – Michael Jackson 04:18
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11.StopBlack or White – Michael Jackson 04:16
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12.StopEarth Song – Michael Jackson 06:46
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13.StopBillie Jean – Michael Jackson 04:53
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14.StopMan in the Mirror – Michael Jackson 05:19
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15.StopThis Is It – Michael Jackson 03:36
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16.StopThis Is It [Orchestra] – Michael Jackson 04:54
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
- Genre: R&B
- Subgenre: Hip-Hop/Urban, Dance, Pop/Rock
- Category Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
- Artist: Jackson Michael [1]
- Additional Artist: Michael Jackson (Vocals), Siedah Garrett (Vocals)
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