Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection

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Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection
Box set by Michael Jackson
Released	November 17, 2004
Recorded	August 1969 – September 2004
Genre	Pop, R&B, rock, hip-hop, new jack swing, funk, soul
Length	4:22:00
Label	Legacy, Epic
Producer	Various
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Rolling Stone link
Michael Jackson chronology
Number Ones (2003) Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection (2004) The Essential Michael Jackson (2005)
Alternate covers
UK iTunes & Amazon UK cover
UK physical set

Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection is a limited-edition box set of Michael Jackson's music, consisting of four audio CDs and one DVD.

Contents 1 Album information 2 Rarities 3 Track listing 3.1 Limited Japanese version 4 References

[edit] Album information

Much of the music is drawn from the height of Jackson's career, particularly from the main five albums: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory. Notable tracks on the compilation include the first release of the demos of songs such as "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," "Shake Your Body," "Cheater" and the original demo of "We Are the World" featuring Jackson as a soloist. The set also included three unreleased songs: "Beautiful Girl", "The Way You Love Me" and "We've Had Enough", all written by Jackson.

The song "We've Had Enough" was written by Jackson as a criticism of the Iraq War.

[edit] Rarities

The Collection box set also contains songs previously out of print:

• The full version of "You Can't Win" was only available on the 12-inch single.
• "Someone in the Dark" was first released as a two-part song on the limited edition "E.T. Storybook" double LP, and re-issued on the 2001 special edition of Thriller.
• Both the early version of "Dangerous" and "Monkey Business" were previously available only on the rare 2001 special edition acetate of the Dangerous album.
• "Someone Put Your Hand Out" was released as a European cassette single in 1992 to promote Jackson's Dangerous World Tour.
• "On the Line" was available on a maxi-single that came as part of a 1996 box set for the VHS release of "Ghosts."
• The DVD contains a Dangerous concert in Bucharest, broadcast by HBO in 1992. It was re-released in 2005 as Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour.

[edit] Track listing

The Jackson Five perform tracks 1-3 and 7 (disc one). The Jacksons perform tracks 8, 11-12, 18-19 (disc one) and track 8 (disc two).
Tracks marked with an asterisk (*) were previously unreleased.

Disc one

1. "I Want You Back" (3:00)
2. "ABC" (2:58)
3. "I'll Be There" (3:58)
4. "Got to Be There" (3:23)
5. "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (2:57)
6. "Ben" (2:45)
7. "Dancing Machine" (single version) (2:37)
8. "Enjoy Yourself" (3:40)
9. "Ease on Down the Road" (w/Diana Ross) (3:19)
10. "You Can't Win" (from The Wiz) (7:18)
11. "Shake a Body" [Early Demo] (2:09)*
12. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" (Single Edit) (3:44)
13. "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" (6:04)
14. "Rock with You" (3:39)
15. "Off the Wall" (4:06)
16. "She's out of My Life" (3:38)
17. "Sunset Driver" [Demo] (4:03)*
18. "Lovely One" (4:50)
19. "This Place Hotel" (5:44)

Disc two

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (6:03)
2. "The Girl Is Mine" (w/Paul McCartney) (3:42)
3. "Thriller" (5:58)
4. "Beat It" (4:18)
5. "Billie Jean" (4:53)
6. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" [Demo] (3:46)*
7. "Someone in the Dark" (4:54)
8. "State of Shock" (w/Mick Jagger) (4:30)
9. "Scared of the Moon" [Demo] (4:41)*
10. "We Are the World" [Demo] (5:20)*
11. "We Are Here to Change the World" (from Captain EO) (2:53)*

Disc three

1. "Bad" (4:07)
2. "The Way You Make Me Feel" (4:58)
3. "Man in the Mirror" (5:19)
4. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (Duet with Siedah Garrett) (4:13)
5. "Dirty Diana" (4:41)
6. "Smooth Criminal" (4:17)
7. "Cheater" [Demo] (5:09)*
8. "Dangerous" [Early Version] (6:40)*
9. "Monkey Business" (5:45)*
10. "Jam" (5:39)
11. "Remember the Time" (4:00)
12. "Black or White" (4:16)
13. "Who Is It" (IHS Mix) (7:57)
14. "Someone Put Your Hand Out" (5:26)

Disc four

1. "You Are Not Alone" (6:01)
2. "Stranger in Moscow" (5:45)
3. "Childhood (Theme from "Free Willy 2")" (4:28)
4. "On the Line" (from Get on the Bus) (4:53)
5. "Blood on the Dance Floor" (4:12)
6. "Fall Again" [Demo] (4:22)*
7. "In the Back" (4:31)*
8. "Unbreakable" (6:26)
9. "You Rock My World" (5:09)
10. "Butterflies" (4:39)
11. "Beautiful Girl" [Demo] (4:03)*
12. "The Way You Love Me" (4:30)*
13. "We've Had Enough" (5:45)*

DVD

1. "Jam"
2. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
3. "Human Nature"
4. "Smooth Criminal"
5. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
6. "She's out of My Life"
7. "I Want You Back"/"The Love You Save"
8. "I'll Be There"
9. "Thriller"
10. "Billie Jean"
11. "Workin' Day and Night"
12. "Beat It"
13. "Will You Be There"
14. "Black or White"
15. "Heal the World"
16. "Man in the Mirror"

[edit] Limited Japanese version

The Japanese limited edition includes 5 more tracks: "Blame It on the Boogie", "Human Nature", "Another Part of Me", "Heal the World" and "One More Chance". ^[1]

[edit] References