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Out of His Life: Michael Jackson

Report by Barney Hoskyns, New Statesman, 17 August 1984

BY NOW, of course, you’ve been told more than you could possibly want to know about Michael Jackson. Such has been the media saturation of ...

Michael Jackson: Blood On The Dance Floor

Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, July 1997

HISTORY IS written by the victors. Or, in our times, is remixed by the fashionable. ...

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Michael Jackson (1980)

Interview by John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages audio, January 1980

John Pidgeon, via a 13-year-old Janet, hears from the King of Pop about how he linked up with Motown, learned about the studio, how he sees his future and his defense of disco

File format: mp3; file size: 9.2mb; Interview length: 35' 32"; sound quality: ****

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Michael Jackson: Schmaltz or Genius?

Comment by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 18 March 1972

In his day perhaps they thought Mozart was a hype ...

Michael Jackson: The One Who Got Away

Interview by Phil Symes, Disc and Music Echo, 18 March 1972

THE MOST amazing thing about little Michael Jackson's solo success is how calmly he's taking it all. "I think it's great," is all he says ...

Michael Jackson: Got To Be There (Tamla Motown STML11205).

Review by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 13 May 1972

Are Tamla stretching Michael? ...

The Jacksons: In Town Tonight

Report and Interview by Robin Katz, Record Mirror, 2 July 1977

On the last night of The Jacksons visit to London, Michael Jackson realised he hadn't seen the sights. Robin Katz (an American of all people) ...

Michael Jackson: Show You The Way to the Infirmary

Interview by Cliff White, New Musical Express, 9 July 1977

MICHAEL JACKSON proves you don't have to be a punk to get the benefits of the health service. ...

The Jacksons: Ten Golden Years

Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 February 1979

The guys recently celebrated ten years as a headlining act and B&S took the opportunity to talk to them individually and gather their thoughts on ...

Michael Jackson's Peacock Music

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 28 August 1979

INTERVIEWS with Michael Jackson are few and far between. However, after the Jacksons' Platinum Party, at which the whole family was presented with platinum awards ...

Michael Jackson: Off The Wall (Epic 83468)

Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 11 September 1979

THE FIRST solo album from Michael Jackson in many years and he has enlisted the productions support of Quincy Jones to produce a first class ...

Michael Jackson: Off The Wall (Epic FE 35745)****

Review by David Hepworth, Sounds, 15 September 1979

IF ANYONE was worried whether Michael Jackson could keep his act in one piece in the face of the inexorable march of the years (the ...

Michael Jackson (1980) [transcript]

Audio transcript of interview by John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages transcripts, January 1980

This is a transcript of John's audio interview with Michael. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...

Michael Jackson: Michael In Wonderland

Interview by Stephen Demorest, Melody Maker, 1 March 1980

Michael Jackson: "black Sinatra for the '90s" or just looking for an escape to heaven? STEVE DEMOREST gets to talk to him via Janett [sic] ...

B&S World Exclusive with Pollwinner Michael Jackson! Michael's building his destiny on strong foundations...

Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 6 May 1980

TO GET some measure of Michael Jackson's success during 1979, you only have to look at the B&S Poll results because Michael walked off with ...

The Jacksons: Off The Cuff

Interview by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 21 March 1981

Stevie Wonder's rival? The black Bambi or just James Bond's scuba diving companion? Mark Cooper looks at the mystery behind Michael Jackson's shades… and finds ...

The Jacksons: The Great Greenland Mystery

Report and Interview by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 4 April 1981

For years, scientists have been baffled by The Great Greenland Mystery. What is it that makes Greenland the only territory on earth where The Jacksons ...

The Jacksons: Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Live Review by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, 12 September 1981

BEST FOOT FORWARD ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic)

Review by Gavin Martin, New Musical Express, 4 December 1982

ALMOST FOUR years ago Michael Jackson (ably assisted and abetted by producer Quincy Jones) unleashed the scorching fury of Off The Wall. It was the ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic QE 38112)

Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 12 December 1982

JACKSON GOES OVER THE WALL ...

Singles Reviewed by MARK COOPER

Review by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 22 January 1983

THE GAP BAND 'Outstanding' (Polygram) Yet another soul concerto from The Gap Band with a monstrously hard-hitting handclap from the engine room and a vocal ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic)

Review by Mark Rowland, Musician, February 1983

IT SEEMS only a matter of time now before Michael Jackson becomes a candy bar or a video game. His music, after all, that remarkably ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic QE 38112)

Review by Mitchell Cohen, High Fidelity, March 1983

A Thriller with a Difference ...

Michael Jackson: No Angel, But No Osmond Either

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Creem, June 1983

DOWNTOWN BETWEEN the Pacific American Fish Co. and the Hotel St. Agnes Hospitality Kitchen there's an alley. Cars block each end, no escape. And silhouetted ...

The Boy Who Would Fly: Michael Jackson

Profile by Barney Hoskyns, New Musical Express, 17 September 1983

I'VE BEEN feeling strange about Michael Jackson since I was 11 years old. I remember lying in bed with a transistor radio the size ...

David Williams: A Slight Case Of No Credit

Report by Don Snowden, Los Angeles Times, 15 January 1984

Session guitarist David Williams' name was left off Thriller album. ...

Michael Jackson: The Biggest Selling Solo Artist Of All Time

Report by Ian Birch, Smash Hits, 1 March 1984

Quiet out there. Michael Jackson's record company is throwing a party and Ian Birch has got an invite. A few famous folk, dancers in top ...

Thrills, Spills & Dollar Bills: Making Michael Jackson's Thriller

Film/DVD/TV Review by Lloyd Bradley, Black Music, May 1984

LLOYD BRADLEY drops a dissenting opinion into the torrent of hyperbole surrounding Making Michael Jackson's Thriller ...

Outside promoters lessen King's role in Jacksons' summer tour

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 10 May 1984

DUE TO growing dissatisfaction with Don King, Michael Jackson and his five brothers have brought in two music-business veterans to promote their upcoming tour. Frank ...

Michael Jackson: The Big Thrill

Report by Richard Harrington, The Washington Post, 15 May 1984

"WELL, ISN'T this a thriller," said President Reagan. "We haven't seen this many people since we left China." ...

The Jacksons: Victory — Tour de Force or Tour de Farce?

Report by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 31 July 1984

John Abbey reports from backstage at the opening of The Jacksons' Victory Tour, the most eagerly awaited tour for many a long year. The organisation, ...

Michael Jackson: Inside the Jackson Dream Machine

Essay by Mick Brown, The Sunday Times, 5 August 1984

IN THE Helmsley Palace Hotel, New York – an establishment whose style is best described as neo-Liberace – the lobby was filling up with Michael ...

The Jacksons: RFK Stadium, Washington DC

Live Review by Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore Sun, 22 September 1984

Michael shines through audio troubles, theatrics ...

The Jacksons: Dodger Stadium, Elysian Park, Los Angeles CA

Live Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 3 December 1984

JACKSONS FALL SHORT OF A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY ...

USA for Africa: Record could raise millions for hungry

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 14 March 1985

"CHECK YOUR ego at the door." That was the message producer Quincy Jones sent to Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross ...

Various Artists: We Are The World (Columbia)

Review by Mark Rowland, Musician, June 1985

Industry of Mercy: Bruce & Tina lead a parade of mobilized mega-stars. ...

USA For Africa: We Are The World (Columbia)

Review by J. Kordosh, Creem, August 1985

OUCHLESS BAND-AID ...

Michael Jackson: Bad (Epic)

Review by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 31 August 1987

MICHAEL JACKSON HAS A GOOD THING IN BAD ...

Michael Jackson: Bad

Review by John McCready, New Musical Express, 12 September 1987

Michael Jackson doesn't live in the real world. I read my Sun and Star every day. I know that the boy from Gary, Indiana is ...

Michael Jackson: Bad (Epic)

Review by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 12 September 1987

WAX WORKS ...

Welcome To The Bad Boy's Island: Michael Jackson: Bad (Epic) ****

Review by Richard Cook, Sounds, 12 September 1987

WESTLAKE AUDIO is a nondescript building from without, a simple whitewashed Los Angeles block. ...

Michael Jackson: Bad

Review by Davitt Sigerson, Rolling Stone, 22 October 1987

MICHAEL JACKSON is a man. Agreed, he is a young man, emotional age about thirteen, with a young man's interest in cars, girls, scary movies ...

Michael Jackson: Bad

Review by Tom Graves, Rock & Roll Disc, November 1987

IF MICHAEL JACKSON is not the most confusing entertainer of our time, you can't blame him for not trying. ...

The Madness of Michael

Profile by Barney Hoskyns, Vogue, December 1987

"A LOT OF PEOPLE misunderstand me," says Michael Jackson in the spoken intro to his number one hit 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You'. "That's ...

Michael Jackson: Bad (Epic)

Review by Richard C. Walls, Creem, January 1988

PEPSI-COLA SALAD ...

Bruce Springsteen/Michael Jackson: Through Time and Space with the Changeling Gods

Essay by Richard C. Walls, Creem, February 1988

Just Between You And Me ...

Michael Jackson: The Bubbles Story!

Profile by Chris Heath, Smash Hits, 24 February 1988

Michael Jackson, eh listeners? He's a bit of a rum dude who never talks to anybody in his weeny, whisperish "voice". Except, that is, to ...

Michael Jackson: Moonwalk (William Heinemann)

Book Review by Max Bell, No. 1, 7 May 1988

Michael Jackson... the Howard Hughes of pop... the only person to believe that a man's best friend is his chimp... the most secretive star in ...

Quincy Jones

Interview by Robin Eggar, Time Out, June 1988

The Jackson and Jones alliance has seen the transformation of a bubble-gum singer into the greatest musical phenomenon of his era. ...

Match of the Fey: Prince and Michael Jackson

Essay by Barney Hoskyns, The Times, 13 July 1988

PRINCE BEGGED an interviewer seven years ago: "Just don’t compare me to Michael Jackson." Few could then have guessed there would ever be a need ...

Michael Jackson: Parc Des Princes, Paris

Live Review by Tom Doyle, Smash Hits, 13 July 1988

HE'S THE BIGGEST POP STAR IN THE WORLD AND HE'S ON HIS WAY HERE!! The Michael Jackson Live Experience is really quite astonishing. He bends, he ...

The Greatest Showman — Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 15 July 1988

Adam Sweeting on the dazzling Michael Jackson at Wembley ...

Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Mat Snow, Sounds, 23 July 1988

A GIANT STEP FOR EVENT-KIND: Bringing his spectacular live show to the UK, MICHAEL JACKSON proves he can moonwalk and walk on water. MAT SNOW witnesses the Second Coming. ...

Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 2 August 1988

WEMBLEY STADIUM was isolated from the outside world in a vacuum of excitement and anticipation. 75,000 people were massed uncomfortably together on the promise of ...

Michael Jackson: Touchdown!

Report by Lloyd Bradley, Q, September 1988

On July 12, Michael Jackson arrived in the UK for his first ever solo appearances here. It was to become the largest and most lucrative ...

Michael Jackson: The Bowl, Milton Keynes

Live Review by Carol Clerk, Melody Maker, 17 September 1988

THE SUMMER'S grand parade of American megastars has finally come to an end with the last great gasps from Michael Jackson. And so, now, must ...

Prince/Michael Jackson/Luther Vandross: Live at the Capital Centre

Review by Geoffrey Himes, Columbia Flier , 20 October 1988

BOTH PRINCE and Michael Jackson came to the Capital Centre last week for a showdown between the two reigning giants of rock'n'soul. Appearing in the ...

Quincy Jones: The Mighty Quince

Interview by Paolo Hewitt, New Musical Express, 17 February 1990

QUINCY JONES, producer of everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, is now mixing jazz and hip-hop and working with Jesse Jackson and New Order. ...

Berry Gordy: The Tracks of My Years

Interview by Michael Goldberg, New Musical Express, 18 August 1990

BERRY GORDY, the man who invented the "Sound of Young America", has seen the story of his monumentally influential Motown label told in a succession ...

The Day I Went To Michael Jackson's House…

Report by William Shaw, Smash Hits, 3 October 1990

Imagine… you go to Michael Jackson's house, he introduces you to all his animals, you have a cosy chat, a spot of luncheon, go for ...

The Jacksons Score Big

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 2 May 1991

Michael and Janet set new standards for artist deals ...

Promoting Michael Jackson: The Jackson Fivers

Report by Nick Coleman, Time Out, 27 November 1991

A new Michael Jackson album is not just a piece of plastic. It's a media event. Last week the Jackson publicity circus hit town to ...

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Epic)

Review by Andrew Smith, Melody Maker, 30 November 1991

KING OF FLOP ...

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Epic/All formats)

Review by Barbara Ellen, New Musical Express, 30 November 1991

JACKSON BOLLOCKS ...

Sound of Breaking Glass: Michael Jackson's Dangerous

Review by Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice, 17 December 1991

HEY, SO HOW COME nobody's compared the fucker to There's a Riot Goin' On? Well, maybe Riot without the cocaine. Or okay, okay, Fresh then, ...

Big Deals: How Money Fever is Changing the Music Business

Report by Fred Goodman, Musician, January 1992

"IN MARCH of 1985 the band was broke. People were selling their houses. The IRS was calling every day." ...

Michael Jackson: Dangerous

Review by Mat Snow, Q, January 1992

Michael Jackson: hip hop and gospel, Slash and God, sublime and ridiculous. ...

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Epic) *****

Review by William Shaw, Select, January 1992

HE LIVES on an estate called Neverland Valley, guarded by armed security. The driveway is lined with statues of naked cherubs. His most constant companion ...

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Epic)

Review by Alan Light, Rolling Stone, 9 January 1992

Michael Jackson: Art and Life as Performance ...

Michael Jackson: The Making Of The King Of Pop

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 9 January 1992

THE SEVEN DWARFS are singing. Their voices are floating out of speakers hidden among the trees and lush flora surrounding Michael Jackson's mansion in Neverland ...

Michael Jackson: Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany

Live Review by David Sinclair, The Times, 1 July 1992

Europe cheers Jackson ...

Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 8 August 1992

DANNY BAKER was the last man to interview MICHAEL JACKSON before the fences went up and the llamas moved in. Now, some ten years later, ...

The Man In The Mirror (hyuk, hyuk): Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Sally Margaret Joy, Everett True, Melody Maker, 8 August 1992

WE'VE SEEN JESUS, kids. And he ain't a pretty sight. ...

Michael Jackson: Normal Rules Do Not Apply

Report by Lloyd Bradley, Q, September 1992

Weird as ever but somehow less intriguing than before, the planet Michael Jackson still spins in its own orbit. His tour arrives in Britain this ...

An Abuse of Trust: Michael Jackson Defends His Honor

Report by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 14 October 1993

FOR MICHAEL Jackson, a man who has spent an enormous amount or time and millions of dollars helping underprivileged, sick and disabled children, it was ...

Michael Jackson: Imitation Of Life

Essay by Ian Penman, The Modern Review, Summer 1993

Michael the archangel listen/Michael don't you see?/If you are on the side of good/Now where does that leave me?Paddy McAloon, 'Michael'When I was 17 I ...

Michael Jackson: HIStory (Epic/all formats)

Review by John Harris, New Musical Express, 17 June 1995

HISTERICAL! ...

Michael Jackson: HIStory: Past, Present And Future, Book I (Epic) ***½

Review by James Hunter, Rolling Stone, 10 August 1995

A DECADE after 'Thriller' and MTV transformed pop, Michael Jackson releases a collection that combines a classic greatest-hits anthology with a jarring and uneven new ...

A word from our censor

Report by Caitlin Moran, The Times, 23 February 1996

In with the old, out with the true. How the Brit Awards were turned into a TV farce ...

That's Another Fine Messiah You've Got Me Into

Comment by Johnny Cigarettes, New Musical Express, 6 April 1996

John Lennon thought The Beatles were bigger than IT, some people think Elvis is/was IT and Michael Jackson seems to think he is IT. So ...

Michael Jackson: Look Who's Wearing Stalin's Shoes

Report by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 7 September 1996

He's Bad, he's Dangerous, he's History... Wacko Jacko is invading Eastern Europe and showing what capitalism can do when it comes to the cult of ...

King of Pap: Michael Jackson: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield

Live Review by Paul Moody, New Musical Express, 19 July 1997

IT'S 5PM on anovercast Wednesday in Sheffield and the Most Famous Man On Earth is late. ...

Michael Jackson: Wembley Stadium, London

Live Review by Chris Roberts, Melody Maker, 26 July 1997

All You Need Is Glove ...

Michael Jackson: Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (Epic)

Review by Eric Weisbard, Spin, August 1997

ANYONE CAN BE rebellious or avant-garde — even fanzine writers — but if you hope to be reckoned amongst the truly weird, it sure helps ...

The Starman Who Fell To Earth: Michael Jackson: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield *****

Live Review by Paul Lester, Uncut, September 1997

THE MOST FAMOUS performer on Earth has just been introduced, as per protocol, as "the King Of Pop", by the Chief Barker of the Variety ...

Janet Jackson: Janet Unzipped

Interview by David A. Keeps, The Face, December 1997

ALL LITTLE JANET WANTED TO DO WAS CLIMB TREES, BANG DRUMS AND "SCRAPE MY ASS". IN SHORT, SHE WANTED TO BE HER BROTHERS. THEN LITTLE ...

Eyewitness: Michael Jackson's Wedding

Retrospective by Johnny Black, Q, February 1998

After a 16-week romance, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley boarded a Sony Records jet and flew to the Domincan Republic to embark on a ...

Michael Jackson at 40

Profile by Barney Hoskyns, The Independent, August 1998

I’LL CONFESS I’m shocked that Michael Jackson has reached the ripe old age of 40. More shocked, indeed, than by the fact that Keith Richards ...

Michael Jackson: Greatest Hits – History Volume 1

Review by David Stubbs, Uncut, April 2001

ONCE UPON a time, wise critics dubbed Michael Jackson pop's Peter Pan. ...

Michael Jackson: Off The Wall*****, Thriller**** and Bad**** (Epic)

Review by David Stubbs, Uncut, December 2001

RE-RELEASED SOLO albums include interviews with Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton plus demos and unreleased tracks. ...

Michael Jackson: Invincible (Epic)**

Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, January 2002

Distressingly dull comeback from disputed King Of Pop ...

No more mileage in being Wacko

Comment by Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 21 November 2003

MICHAEL JACKSON's efforts to maintain his self-proclaimed status as "the king of pop" are looking desperate as the passage of time and profound changes in ...

Michael Jackson: Can You Remember?

Comment by Mark Anthony Neal, PopMatters, 11 December 2003

Can You Remember when we were babies? — Michael Jackson (Age 11) ...

Michael Jackson: Thrills Before The Spills

Comment by Charles Shaar Murray, The Independent, 12 December 2003

IT'S THAT PHOTO, the official police mugshot taken when Michael Jackson finally turned himself in to answer charges of child molestation, which looks so scary. ...

Lisa Marie Presley

Interview by Adrian Deevoy, GQ, January 2004

ELVIS NEVER came to England. He touched down at a Scottish airfield in 1960 but not once did the King set foot in the green ...

Michael Jackson: Called To Account

Report by Dorian Lynskey, The Word, October 2006

If Michael Jackson had put his money in a Post Office account he could have bought a small country, but his legendary spending has left ...

Toto: Get in the Van…

Interview by Scott McLennan, Rip It Up (Australia), February 2008

Steve Lukather's resumé over the last three decades not only showcases a prolific musician, it also suggests a wildly divergent talent unafraid of variety. The ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller 25

Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, 5 February 2008

Michael Jackson's Nigh-Unstoppable Thriller Gets the 25th-Anniversary Treatment ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition

Review by Robert Sandall, Daily Telegraph, 9 February 2008

WHAT A TOPSY-TURVY career Michael Jackson has had. ...

Eyewitness: Jarvis Cocker invades the stage at the BRIT Awards

Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Q, May 2009

WITNESS: Various EVENT: Jarvis Cocker invades the stage at the BRIT Awards  DATE: 19 February 1996 LOCATION: Earl's Court, London.   ...

Ever-So-Slightly Wacko: The Day I Interviewed Michael Jackson (via little sister Janet)

Memoir by John Pidgeon, Rock's Backpages, 15 June 2009

IN JANUARY 1980, the gates of 4641 Hayvenhurst Avenue in Encino were open, unguarded. As I parked, an Alsatian bounded to the car and bared ...

Michael Jackson

Obituary by Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 June 2009

The self-styled King of Pop, whose musical gift was overshadowed by his private life ...

Michael Jackson: Thriller was the Masterpiece that Set Tone for Pop's Next Generation

Obituary by Andy Gill, The Independent, 26 June 2009

ROUSED FROM sleep with the shocking, if not entirely surprising, news that Michael Jackson was gone, I was halfway through my bowl of cereal when ...

Michael Jackson: The Musical Appreciation

Overview by Pete Paphides, The Times, 26 June 2009

You didn't just like his music. You believed in him, whatever the distance between musical legacy and personal strife. ...

The Thriller Is Gone: Michael Jackson

Comment by Kandia Crazy Horse, Rock's Backpages, 26 June 2009

I LACK ANYTHING profound to say about the passing of Michael Jackson. ...

Child star Michael Jackson became a man with a rebel "Yeow"

Retrospective by Pete Paphides, The Times, 27 June 2009

THE FOOTAGE is grainy and has been replayed a million times, used on every programme ever made about Michael Jackson's life. ...

Michael Jackson on the roof of Woolco in Memphis, 1977

Retrospective by Robot A. Hull, Rock's Backpages, 29 June 2009

WHEN MICHAEL JACKSON appeared on the roof of Woolco in Southgate Shopping Center in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1977, he had no idea that one day ...

Blame it On the Good Times: The Life and Living Death of Michael Jackson

Essay by Barney Hoskyns, New Statesman, 6 July 2009

IN SEPTEMBER 1979, my friend Davitt Sigerson – then a very good white writer on black music; later the chairman of Island Records in America; ...

Michael Jackson: Michael Reinvents Pop

Retrospective by Anthony DeCurtis, Rolling Stone, August 2009

Recorded before he turned 21, Off The Wall made him a superstar — and the most important young R&B artist in America. ...

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough: Bruce Swedien Remembers the Times with Michael Jackson

Retrospective and Interview by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, September 2009

HERE'S IRONY for you: there were several things timed for the release of Michael Jackson's London shows that were to provide testimony to the man's ...

Michael Jackson

Memoir by Ben Fong-Torres, Uncut, September 2009

A personal memoir of "the hands-down premier entertainer of his generation". ...

Vinyl Icons: Michael Jackson's Thriller

Retrospective and Interview by Johnny Black, Hi-Fi News & Record Review, October 2009

WHEN MICHAEL Jackson started recording Thriller, he must have wondered how on earth he could top the extraordinary achievements of Off The Wall, his previous ...

Michael Jackson: Michael

Review by Dorian Lynskey, The Word, February 2011

The splintered psychology of Jacko is laid bare in a "final" album, recorded over 25 years and finished after his death. ...

When Michael Was Bad: Michael Jackson: Bad 25

Review by Kate Allen, Rock's Backpages, 24 September 2012

MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER marked the 25th anniversary of the release of Michael Jackson's Bad. ...

Michael Jackson: The Boy in the Bubble

Retrospective by Kate Mossman, New Statesman, 14 November 2012

Released 30 years ago, Michael Jackson's album Thriller was the beginning of his assault on the white pop world. It's so dazzling it makes you ...

Michael Jackson: Xscape (Epic) ***

Review by Kate Allen, Classic Pop, August 2014

FIVE YEARS after his passing, Michael Jackson already has his name to posthumous album #2. ...

How Off the Wall Launched Michael Jackson into Orbit

Retrospective by Michael A. Gonzales, Ebony, 27 January 2016

As Spike Lee's new Sundance-debuting documentary celebrates Off the Wall, vintage visionary Michael A. Gonzales pieces together the making of MJ's blackest album. ...

John Pidgeon, 1947-2016

Obituary by Richard Williams, The Guardian, 21 July 2016

Rock writer turned broadcasting executive who did much to reinvigorate BBC radio comedy. ...

The Greatest Pop Star by Decade!

Comment by Iman Lababedi, RockNYC, 18 May 2023

PLEASE NOTE THAT I said popstar and not musician, so no Irving Berlin or George Gershwin… ...

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