Got To Be There - Michael Jackson

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...vocal talents with this particular song with those long notes and using real power behind his voice. Ain't no sunshine is also another brilliant track on this album, Jackson's material is just wonderful, I love listening to it and Got to be There is a must for any Jackson fan. ... Read review

Advantages: Michael Jackson - black and proud. An ace soul/funk/R&B album
Disadvantages: Weak, sappy ballads

...There's a few artists I've never listened to properly. While Dylan, Mann, Wainwright, Springsteen, Presley and Shatner are all American icons who I've listened to pretty extensively in the past, I've been slack when it comes to exploring musicians like Cash, Jackson, Joplin and Hendrix. As I sat at the DreamDesk™ and looked through my music collection, I made the decision that it was high time to start filling the gaps in my musical knowledge before it's too late and I get a job. With only a year to go until that awful day approaches, I quickly grabbed a copy of Thriller and got to listening. Michael Jackson has a reputation currently as being a creepy manchild who is more likely to be dressing his child up as a lost boy whilst he takes the lead role in a family-only presentation of Peter Pan, but before he turned into the sort of man... Read review

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Advantages: legally listen to all tracks for free online, great album
Disadvantages: none

.... Their second UK tour, ‘A Ticket For Everyone Tour’ will take place in March 2004, where 4 extra dates have had to be added due to popular demand. They have become huge in the UK, Germany, Japan and Australia and are going to have a try at America in May 2004. Good luck to them. Their second album, A Present For Everyone, which I am reviewing now, was released on 17th November 2003 and sold 27,000 copies in it’s first day. 1,000 more copies than Michael Jackson’s greatest hits album. Michael Jackson and his album got a lot of publicity during the week so it entered the album chart at number 1 and Busted’s album only reached number 2. * Album cover * The cover of Busted’s album is a picture of them pulling faces at the camera. The message they are trying to put across is that they’re not taking themselves too seriously. The Busted logo... Read review

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Advantages: Great classic Motown tracks
Disadvantages: a few songs I'm not too keen on

..., and their voices work really well together creating an effortless, seamless track. 11. There'll never be - A nice track, which again brilliantly showcases the bands voices, but again not one of my favourites. 12. Got to be there - I love this song, every time I hear it, I am singing it for days afterwards, much to the annoyance of the people around me I imagine - especially as the only words I can remember are actually 'Got to be there, Got to be there'! This was originally sung by Michael Jackson when he was pretty young, but I think it really suits being sung with three voices. 13. War - Aaargh this song really annoys me! Again, I didn't like the original very much and to me this is a bit loud and shouty, but the lyrics are very to the point and it makes a change from soppy love songs. 14. End of the Road - Well I guess the album wouldn... Read review

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