2001年10月16日Sony公司一共发行了4张Michael Jackson的特别珍藏版精华专辑:《Thriller》、《Bad》、《Off the Wall》、《Dangerous》,其中前三张特别收录了一些从未发表的Bonus Material或Demo歌曲,还有对与M.J.长期合作的制作人同时也是音乐家的Quincy Jones珍贵录音访谈。
Michael Jackson was still going for pop hits with 1991's Dangerous, but he also front-loaded the album with six straight Teddy Riley-assisted cuts. This half-hour swoop of tense, aggressive, often angular funk was Jackson's most interesting music since Thriller, and still sounds, well, invincible on this remastered edition. After that, the record's uneven, but there's nothing embarrassing about it, either. "Gone Too Soon," a non-Jackson composition about teen AIDS casualty Ryan White, is a quiet statement (particularly played next to the choir-laden "Heal the World," "Keep the Faith," and "Will You Be There") showing that the star doesn't always have to get showy. The sprightly "Black or White" is explicitly pro-interracial romance, an angle its video didn't go near, and the urgent "Give In to Me" is almost scary. Scary good, that is. --Rickey Wright
作为摩城唱片旗下成功的家族组合杰克逊五兄弟乐队中天真可爱的小台柱,年仅11岁的杰克逊, 已经是一颗冉冉升起的耀眼新星。1969年,史无前例地,这帮兄弟以连续四首冠军单曲的优异成绩给了摩城唱片公司一个满意的答卷,但是这些对于杰克逊来说,仅仅是一个序曲——是他作为一个独立的艺术家,在80年代以《Off The Wall》、《Thriller》和《Bad》所达到的伟大辉煌的序曲。这三张专辑和随之的音乐录影带,将杰克逊送入了超级巨星的行列。他被称为"史上最畅销的音乐家"、"世界上获奖最多的歌手"、"娱乐界史上最受欢迎的流行音乐家",也毫不夸张地被誉为"世界上最有名的人",当然还有——"流行音乐之王"。
1991年末,在首支单曲"Black or White"的音乐录影带的发行之后不久,《Dangerous》专辑发行了。独占榜首7周后,"Black or White"成为继"Billie Jean"之后的杰克逊的最受欢迎的单曲。与《Thriller》和《Bad》一样,在《Dangerous》中同样产生了7首畅销单曲,除了"Black or White",还包括"Remember the Time"(#3)"、"In the Closet"(#6)和"Will You Be There"(#7)等等。
专辑曲目
01 Jam
02 Why You Wanna Trip On Me
03 In The Closet
04 She Drives Me Wild
05 Remember The Time
06 Can't Let Her Get Away
07 Heal The World
08 Black Or White
09 Who Is It
10 Give In To Me
11 Will You Be There
12 Keep The Faith
13 Gone Too Soon
14 Dangerous