Immortal [Deluxe Edition]

by Michael Jackson

Overview

Unlike the Beatles, Michael Jackson's body of work lends itself to the kind of glitzy mash-up soundtrack Cirque du Soleil requires -- which is a roundabout way of saying the soundtrack to their 2011 production Immortal feels a little sounder than the Beatles' LOVE. Of course, LOVE is by far a more ambitious work, creating new songs out of old samples, whereas Immortal is unabashed Vegas glitz, songs truncated or elongated to the demands of the stage, audio drops of music videos or interviews triple underscoring already apparent sentiment. Producer Kevin Antunes never recontextualizes the original recordings; he favors hits-on-parade medleys, letting the hooks -- the melodies, the rhythms -- sink in before moving on to the next snippet. Perhaps it shouldn't be surprising that roughly half of the album is devoted to music made after Bad: after he parted ways with Quincy Jones, Jackson flitted between attempts to reconcile with hip-hop and old-fashioned show biz. Here, the latter overwhelms, bending all the disco and dance to its sensibility, and if it is frankly unnecessary as an album -- why listen to this when there are plenty of hits available? -- it's an effective soundtrack for a lavish, expensive dance production. [This deluxe edition splits the set into two discs and adds seven additional bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2011
Label:	Epic
UPC:	0886979939424
Rank:	50701

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Working Day and Night [Immortal Version]
2. The Immortal Intro: You Rock My World/In the Closet/Stranger in Moscow/Bad/Smooth Criminal/Dangerous/Another Part of Me/The Way You Make Me Feel/Jam/Scream/I Want You Back/ABC/Rockin' Robin [Immortal Version]
3. Childhood [Immortal Version]
4. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' [Immortal Version]
5. Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) [Immortal Version]
6. Cinderella Stay Awhile
7. Ben [Immortal Version]
8. This Place Hotel [Immortal Version]
9. Smooth Criminal [Immortal Version]
10. Dangerous/In the Closet [Immortal Version]
11. The Mime Segment: (I Like) The Way You Love Me/Speed Demon/Another Part of Me/Hollywood Tonight [Immortal Version]
12. The Jackson 5 Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save [Immortal Version]
13. Speechless/Human Nature [Immortal Version]
14. Is It Scary/Threatened/Somebody's Watching Me/Ghosts/Monster [Immortal Version]
15. Thriller [Immortal Version]

Disc 2

16. You Are Not Alone/Just Can't Stop Loving You/Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu/Remember the Time [Immortal Version]
17. Beat It/State of Shock/Bad [Immortal Version]
18. Jam [Immortal Version]
19. Planet Earth/Earth Song [Immortal Version]
20. Little Susie/Scream [Immortal Version]
21. Gone Too Soon [Immortal Version]
22. They Don't Care About Us/Tabloid Junkie/Privacy [Immortal Version]
23. Will You Be There [Immortal Version]
24. I'll Be There [Immortal Version]
25. Immortal Megamix: Can You Feel It/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough/Billie Jean/Black or White [Immortal Version]
26. Man in the Mirror [Immortal Version]
27. Remember the Time/Bad [Immortal Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Michael Jackson   Primary Artist
The Jackson 5   Primary Artist
Siedah Garrett   Primary Artist
The Jacksons   Primary Artist
Janet Jackson   Primary Artist
Rockwell   Primary Artist
50 Cent   Featured Artist
Kevin Antunes   Keyboards,Voiceover,Synthesizer Bass
Wah Wah Watson   Guitar
Tina Guo   Cello,Electric Cello
Greg Phillinganes   Piano
Greg Howe   Guitar,Soloist
Eric Jao   Turntables

Technical Credits

Quincy Jones   Producer
Randy Hansen   Composer
Mel Larson   Producer
Rene Moore   Composer
Michael Jackson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Hal Davis   Composer,Producer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Al Quaglieri   Archivist
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner   Mastering
Buz Kohan   Composer
Bruce Swedien   Composer,Producer
Glen Ballard   Composer
Pervis Jackson   Composer,Lyricist
James Harris III   Composer
Freddie Perren   Composer
John Bettis   Composer
Deke Richards   Composer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins   Composer,Producer
Jimmy Jam   Producer
Marty Paich   Composer
David Foster   Producer
Nora Payne   Composer
Kevin Porter   Assistant Engineer
Brad Buxer   Composer
John Doelp   A&R
Herb Ritts   Photography
Neil Zlozower   Photography
Curtis Anthony Nolen   Producer
Troy Germano   Engineer
Jed Lieber   Engineer
Sam Emerson   Photography
Duncan Raban   Photography
Jim Britt   Photography
The Corporation   Producer
Kevin Antunes   Redesign,Remixing,Re-Arranged,Drum Programming
Fred Jerkins III   Composer
Curtis Jackson   Composer,Lyricist
Janet Jackson   Producer,Composer
Walter Scharf   Composer
Rockwell   Composer
Rod Temperton   Composer
Ruben Blades   Composer,Lyricist
R. Kelly   Composer,Producer
Randy Jackson   Composer
Jerry Marcellino   Producer
Stephen Vaughan   Photography
Alan Messer   Photography
John McClain   Producer
Eugene Adebari   Photography
Jonathan Exley   Photography
Craig Johnson   Archivist
James Porte   Composer
Glenn Erwin   Digital Programming
Manuel Marie   Assistant Engineer
Sheri Lee   Creative Director
Teddy Riley   Composer,Producer
Siedah Garrett   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer,Producer
Bernard Belle   Composer
The Jacksons   Producer
Bill Bottrell   Composer,Producer
Bob West   Composer
LaShawn Daniels   Composer
Jackie Jackson   Composer
Larry Grossman   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Terry Lewis   Composer,Producer
Greg Phillinganes   Associate Producer
Don Black   Composer
Mack David   Composer
Jimmie Thomas   Composer
Eric Jao   Programming
Steven Paul Whitsitt   Photography
Michael B. Sutton   Composer
Eddie Cascio   Composer
Angelikson   Producer
Theron Feemster   Producer
Juliette Amoroso   Assistant Engineer
Kristin Lum   Art Direction
Steven M. Porcaro   Composer
Rene Aube   Engineer