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The self-proclaimed King of Pop presents his most audacious
recording yet: 150 minutes of music, 15 of his greatest hits and 15
new songs, including a duet with sister Janet.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: JACKSON,MICHAEL
Title: HISTORY PAST PRESENT & FUTURE
Street Release Date: 06/20/1995
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP
HIStory's 2 CDs (one hits, the other new) were Jackson's attempt to connect his glorious past to a dodgy present and--given it's commercial and artistic performance--cast a shadow on his future. Conceived as his formal coronation as the "King of Pop," HIStory's second disc instead presents Jackson as an epauletted, single-gloved Richard III. By turns paranoid, angry, bitter, sentimental, and, in one instance, possibly anti-Semitic, HIStory was less a collection of songs than a case history. A few tracks--mostly those produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis--are sleek, modern pop/soul, but too much of HIStory has the overblown vacuousness of a musician who knows his time is past, but is unsure as to how to react to the situation. --Steven Mirkin
coolReviewed by Shannon Stewart, 2010-02-22
Im satisfied with the album, its an import so I kind of question if its real or bootleg.
Forever KingReviewed by J. King, 2010-02-17
Michael Jackson's History album is amazing i mean you couldnt expect anything less it's Michael and he will be forever loved and missed...Long Live The KING Michael Joseph Jackson
HIStory Michael JacksonReviewed by bankerbirda, 2010-02-10
I ordered this as a result of listening to [...]. The song titles looked great. As I listen to the CD I realize I'm not that familiar with a lot of the songs. The CD case keeps falling apart.HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
Compilation of greatnessReviewed by Platinum12, 2010-01-31
Having ordered all of the other CDs by MJ, this one I had to have as well. This man was SO talented.....there are no words.
UnderratedReviewed by D. J. Walsh, 2010-01-24
I've liked this CD, but mostly for the second one, and the 5 cuts
from "Blood on the Dance Floor", that were left off, even though
all of those songs would've and should've been on here. It makes me
wonder why he didn't just put out a 2 CD set of all new music at
the time and had released a 2 CD set of the hits a year or two
later.
The songs are more intense than fun. Supposedly Jackson had been
listening to NIN's "The Downward Spiral" around the time he
recorded the "new" songs. I think there's a couple of songs you
might be able to hear it (Scream, They Don't Care About Us).
But the only weak point to me is covering "Come Together", any of
those 5 songs on "Blood" would've been better picks.
