Michael Jackson: "Off the Wall" vs. "Thriller"

[Brooklyn329]

The biggest pop star in history....what was his best album?

You can also argue "Dangerous" and "Bad" if you feel like it.

[Clem]

Think this thread was already made.

But I like Off the Wall better.

[Altar K. Shun]

Think this thread was already made.
But I like Off the Wall better.

C/S

I'll take Off The Wall over Thriller anyday.

Plus, this should be a poll.

[failure]

i really respect thriller for it's impact, plus most of the songs were great. i would never argue that thriller isn't classic.

but i'd simply rather listen to off the wall cause it was funkier

[Spirit9]

As far as MJ goes, his most dynamic albums are Bad, Invincible, and Thriller - for how he so nicely combined pop, R&B, and rock on one album. Though each album has at least one songs that doesn't need to be on there (Thriller has that McCartney song, and Invincible needs to be about 11 tracks long rather than 16). HIStory was his most creative as he stepped out of the pop music box and comfort zone, though every cut not named "You Are Not Alone" practically went over everyone's head.

Off The Wall and Dangerous are his most consistent, but that doesn't mean consistently good. It seems like Michael always has a track or two (or three) that doesn't need to be on the album, and we end up finding out in the future that he has unreleased demos that were far more deserving as an album cut ("Someone Put Your Hand Out" and Blackstreet's "Joy" were MJ songs, and Off The Wall should have had a track called "Sunset Driver" rather than "Girlfriend").

I would like to go out on a limb and say Invincible is his best, but I'll just leave that as severely underrated. Invincible, save for a track called "The Lost Children," combines the good elements of Thriller, Dangerous, and History. Overall, I think Thriller is overall the best. It's so polished and perfect for pop that even the weakest song on Thriller is better than its contemporaries.