Off The Wall

Such an awesome pop album with incredible musicianship.

This is MUCH funkier than I associate with MJ. Also, good lord so many bangers. Timeless sound.

Je suis d'accord avec les critiques de l'albumsur cette plateforme. La premiere moitié de l'album est vraiment top et c'est à l'état pur. Carrément un 5 si ca continuait sur cette veine. Cependant, la deuxième partie est inférieur. Les musiciens sont top notch et la production aussi.Je trippe disco et funk c'est temps-ci donc je sui prédisposé à bien noté. La réécoute est certaine. 5

While not the global phenomenon Thriller was, this release may be just as good. All of the elements that made Thriller so successful are on display here. Post disco, it incorporated all dance elements. In addition, there is pop (Girlfriend, It's the Falling In Love), great ballads (She's Out of My Life may be his best). The only thing missing is the rock edge that developed on Thriller and beyond. Quincy Jones' production is superb. Michael Jackson's songwriting talents would progress, but this is popular music at the highest level. Still great today.

MICHEAL JACKSON 1 MILLION DOLLARS U FEEL ME?? HOLLA

So many grooves and sounds.

Absolutely perfect

One is so easily transported back to the shag-carpeted basement rec rooms and bedrooms of one's youth, isn't one? The musicmaking craft here is of the highest order and a few of the songs are nearly unparalleled in being just so goddamn fun to hear. Such grooves as these make it hard to imagine a better or purer pop record ever being made.

i have loved this album my whole life.

Obviously, Off the Wall is a classic, and I've heard a bunch of songs from it already, but I don't know if I've ever listened to the entire thing before. There's Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Working Day and Night, Rock with You, Off the Wall, She's Out of My Life, it's literally FULL of hits. It's disco, it's funk, it's pop, it's great. MJ could certainly put a record together. Favorite Song: Girlfriend is one song that I'm not sure I've heard before, but I really loved. She's Out of My Life was a close second because honestly, it's such a tearjerking ballad. And the way his voice cracks at the end, like his heart is totally broken... Ngl, it got to me! 5/5

all time fav!

Already on the cusp of greatness. "Can't Stop Til You Get Enough" should have been the clue that deep grooves were imminent.

9/10 - Really enjoyable ad had a lot of fun listening to it

A absolute classic. Teaming up with Quincy Jones really let Michael kick off his solo career away from the Jackson 5 with a bang. The story Quincy tells about how Michael wanted to take off the violins and the horns off the intro to Don't Stop til You Get Enough shows the importance of a great producer being able to tell an artist Yes and even more important No. So many great songs on this, the aforemention Don't Stop Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, Workin' Day and Night, Off The Wall and underrated gems like Can't Help it, and She's Out of My Life.

It's a classic

I love his 🎶🎼 🎵

Is it objectively the best MJ album?

This is a killer album. So much energy throughout. Quincy is killing it on the production and arrangements.

Say what you will, hard to fuck with this as anything other than a nearly perfect disco/pop album.

Liked it

this album is just fun to listen to

Love this LP. This is Jackson at his best. Not a single bad track. I’ve always wondered about the English “I can’t ‘elp it”?

Thriller was the killer app for Michael Jackson for my generation, but this record is the one I reach for now when I want to revisit his music. This record still sounds fresh. I can hear this album in the likes of Louis Cole's music now which is to say its impact is felt over a span of more than 40 years. That's reach.

Amazing ofc.

Yep. Favorite track: Don't Stop Til You Get Enough

pretty damn good

Sometimes you just have to go with general consensus. This album thumps and disco is kinda cool. I even have it on CD! 5/5.

Amazing.

4,5/5 Sehr strong

Perfect. I get it. This changed music

зажигательный альбом на первой песне я заскучала, а потом влюбилась 🤩 rock with you get on the floor off the wall i can't help it ❤️‍🔥

One of my favourite albums of all time. Rock with you might be my favourite song

Legendary!

Get On The Floor Workin Day and Night Off The Wall

Off the Wall is American singer Michael Jackson's fifth album. The disco, funk, pop, and R&B album is one of Michael's most popular, and was the breakout album for his solo career after slowly moving away from The Jackson 5. This landmark release of the disco era is hailed as one of the greatest albums of all time and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. The album is certified 9x platinum in the US and won the 1980 Grammy award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Male. Michael's enthusiastic, confident singing voice carries the funky tracks, while the disco and pop beats make you want to dance. I thoroughly enjoyed this classic album and loved listening to some of Michael's songs that I haven't heard in a while. There's no question that this is an awesome album - one of the best of all time - and one of the most memorable from Michael Jackson's collection.

Great!! 👍

I don't care what he did - this was a classic of my youth and still makes me smile thinking about the family just loving all the magic on this

Perfection

My first MJ. What a great start. I've danced to a bunch of these songs and really love the funky/disco beats. However the ballady stuff doesn't do anything for me and it does drag in the latter half. But still the highs are super high and make up for it.

Rating: 10/10

I think this album is really fantastic. The production is spot on, Michael Jackson really brings unmatched energy to any track he touched

i dont think i’d ever listened to a full michael jackson album before this, but wow. the hits are the best, but every single song has something great about it.

Just can’t go wrong

I have been a fan of this music since it was new. Listening again, I enjoyed every song.

I have loved this album since I was a child when I had it on 8-track. It still holds up for me!

The first album I ever bought. Still great.

For my money, the best Michael Jackson album. Smooth, nonstop dance party in front; lush and smooth jams in the back… from a simpler time.

Absolute classic

Quincy Jones production. Absolutely stacked with hits. I have to give it top marks even if it is a disco record.

7/20/2022 - ALBUM #174 Today's Album: "Off The Wall" by Michael Jackson - This album just sounds so fucking good. That is seriously the most fitting opening sentence to this review; this album is simply that good. As someone who was big into Michael Jackson’s catalog as a kid, I think this album is the peak of his talent as a musician and was close to his peak as a performer. The production is top notch, the songwriting is some of Michael’s most eccentric and creative, and the vocal performances exceed not only in vibrancy and clarity, but in range as well. The bass is unmatched in funkines, the percussion is varied and constantly locked into time, and the variety of auxiliary horns and strings perfectly fill up the sound. Every track on this album is fundamentally built for the dance floor, making a try-not-to-tap-your-toes challenge of this album pretty much impossible; The grooves are just too infectious. Everything just sounds so fucking good too, with the clarity and space given to the instruments giving them this really echoey, spacey, vibe to them and makes it feel like you are experiencing this music in a pure vacuum from the outside world; It sounds otherworldly. I would go over the tracklist of this album to try to explain why it’s so good, but when I tried to do so it felt redundant to type over and over how flawless and enjoyable each track is. All I can say is that the flow from track to track makes it feel like this album is never declining in quality, but instead always matching itself or going one step further. Overall, this album could do so little to improve upon itself. It’s an achievement for Michael Jackson, but it’s even more so an achievement for disco music and black music as a whole. It feels impossible for any of these songs to get old with how much is packed into every second. Give this one a listen. Please just do it. Highlights: Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, Rock With You, Workin’ Day and Night, Get on the Floor, Off the Wall, Girlfriend, She’s Out of My Life, I Can’t Help It, It’s the Falling in Love, Burn This Disco Out Score: 9.3/10 THE BEST disco album. Period.

enjoyed it so much, legendary artist, legendary music, my favorite song has to be I can't help it

One of the first albums I remember hearing as a child and it never gets old. Fantastic 'pop' music, although the album spans a number of genres without missing a beat. The title track has been on pretty much every playlist I've made!

amazing

As polarizing as Michael Jackson may be at the moment (when is he not be such?), you cannot deny that his music has become part of our DNA. The very idea of popular culture is centered around the then-living King of Pop and three albums support that theory very much. Off the Wall is the first of those albums. Made during the height of the disco era, Off the Wall finds Michael honing and refining his skills after years of maturing under the spotlight. This album is all killer, no filler from beginning to end and it is a effective teaser for what was to come later on. If we only knew...

Phenomenal album. You can’t not move to these tracks.

5.0 + Classic! Young Michael was undeniable. The voice, the funk, the sparkle - he gives it all generously.

Q-era MJ is the best MJ.

Excellent album. Whatever you think of Jackson the man in his later years, this album and Thriller are fantastic pop records.

insane gott

7th May 2022 Listened in the morning. Worked from home and chilled in the evening doing moving emails. Average day. Difficult to divorce the music from the person with this one. Undoubtedly disco classic but complicated. I’m going to focus on the music with the rating.

Classic.

King of Pop - a well earned title

First two tracks (Don’t stop ‘til you get enough and Rock with you) are amazing and whole album great to listen to, classic!

Don't stop till you get enough already started playing in my head when I saw the album cover. Really love this album, really good energy.

Amazing album on the heels of disco. People thought he would never match the success of this album.

King of Pop starts here!

Hard to listen to don’t stop ‘til you get enough without thinking about his past

Love disco!!!

Stone cold classic!

An amazing record that really shows why Michael Jackson is one of the most popular artists of all time. The level of detail put in the production of each song is quite incredible, everything sounds so clear, its beautiful.

Entusiasmante! Dá vontade de lavar louça e mudar o mundo ao mesmo tempo. Já conhecia algumas músicas, mas ouvir novamente é como ouvir pela primeira vez.

incrível, a cara dos anos 80

Almost a perfect album. Great music, great vocals

A near perfect pop dunk disco album. Forever changed R&B. A timeless classic that sounds both old and modern at the same time. Has aged really really well. A super fun listen.

Phenomenal

👍👍👍👍

The first album randomized that I listened to more than once! The king of pop, crushing it as usual.

Me gusta mucho y me recuerda a mi juventud

Such a treat. I truly love this album.

<3 Michael

Brilliant dance pop.

Klassiker, verdient schon 5, weil es einfach auch toll durchzuhören ist!

Va quedar injustament desplaçat pel seu següent disc, pero ell mai va sonar tan fresc, optimista i radiant com aquí. Segurament el millor disc r&b dels '70, ni un sol tema a oblidar; clares influències disco, soul, pop... Tot un clàssic

Front to back, an absolute banger of an album. I will be spinning this for many days to come!

5/5

in 1979, this was THE album. in 1980 it was STILL 'THE' Album. Everyone thought he would never top it. Well, he did. But, this is still a classic. Solid FIVE stars.

King. Of. Pop.

Fun! Surprised I had never listened thru before.

I was wondering when good old MJ was gonna show up here. Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough-Oh, so thats what this song is called! I've heard it before, that familiar melody string, did not know it came from MJ tho. Rock With You-I liked the main tagline, (title of the song) Workin' Day and Night-Hyperactive kinda song. Snazzy jazzy is how I'd describe this. Get On the Floor-Funky Disco vibin. Got the foot tapping beat to it. Really feeling the disco funk genre this album's got. Off the Wall-Title track. I can definitely hear the mix of disco, funk, pop and touches of R&B in there. Cool disco? Head bopping type beat. She's Out of My Life-wait, apparently this is the actual title track. Huh. what a drastic departure from the disco pop funk tunes the past few songs have been. Feeling the Blues part of R&B real strong here. I liked it. It was different, melancholy but sweetish sad. Girlfriend-Lot more upbeat than the last one. More rhythm than blues now. It's the Falling in Love-Feeling the love (heh) for this one. It has like touches of all the genres in there with a light, poppy beat. Burn this Disco Out-I like that backing...bass? Funky fresh. Good shit. would listen to it again.

Lots of bangers, as expected In hindsight some of these may be a little creepy - but not really Amazing how many songs are still played regularly on the radio

Its a classic, what else would it be?

Bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass das hier mein Lieblings MJ album ist.

Good one

99% of the songs on this album are total bops and make me wanna dance anytime I hear them. Amazing bass playing on both bass guitar and bass synth. I love everything about this record and only wish I was around when it initially came out to experience it. Amazing.

It certainly makes sense how this album accelerated Michael Jackson to the stars as a solo artist. Its complex sound and catchy rhythms and baselines pair excellently with the incredible range of vocals from Jackson. I frequently listen to a lot of these songs from this album.

Ace

This is it. This is the one. Post-disco, the beginning (and best) of the legendary team of Michael and Quincy. Every song is great. Every hook is memorable and natural. MJ slides between endearing, exciting, and fun like no other. While he is certainly indebted to the likes of James Brown and Diana Ross, there's no debate about his being a through-and-through platinum performer. Even viewing this record with his later works in frame, Off the Wall has that mojo that never quite returned -- not that it needed to. Something that is ubiquitous tends to lose its flair, and in this case, the untouchability of OTW just adds to its legendary status. Don't stop til you get enough, Michael I'll never get enough so I'm not stopping.

Primeira musica eh a musica do Globo Reporter!

So much energy, his voice is unreal and brings with it incredible passion, and literally every song on the album maintains a high level of energy and positive emotion. Not just the voice but the production is near flawless.

Wünderbar 5*

Just bangers

It's Michael Jackson. All bangers with enough nostalgia to combat the occasional cheesy lyrics

Awesome album. Thoroughly enjoyable songs and from when before things all went wrong.

Notes.

Totally understandable why people say he’s the goat. This ain’t even his best album either

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

just funky as fuck! Wears its 70's influence on its sleeves, and Michael brings some heat throughout. That being said, his best (and personal worst!) was yet to come. Rock With You has entered my musical knowledge late in life and it felt so cool to discover a new old-thing, you know? Anyway, we got 3 MJ albums at the very end of this list, so I wont complain, even though you probably could've left this one out.

Funky as hell for an album by a pedophile! We’ve gotten 3 Michael Jackson albums in the last 30 albums of this list. It’s almost like the generator was like “Oh shit we forgot to hand out all the pedophile albums! Cram them in at the end but not too close. We don’t want them to think we forgot the pedophile albums!”

Really cool, it’s michael

These songs are mostly fun and high-energy, with a couple of misses. It does slow down a bit towards the end however. Great production and rhythms, it's easy to enjoy.

I think pretty classic MJ which I can see how that would be groundbreaking at release

Its michael jackson i feel like you cant really go wrong (except for the sharing bed with kids thing thats bad). Still such an energetic and fun album

solid 4.0.

C’est sympa, ça fait figure d’album historique mais trop de casseroles pour que je passe au travers 15/20

Groovy funky disco jams, yes please

Despite a couple of not so great tracks (Girlfriend and Out of my Life), the rest are bangers. A very solid album that makes me rethink my distaste for disco music. Definitely worth a listen!

This is rad. I don’t feel like it’s Michael in full Michael mode yet, but it’s really formative and full. It feels more like Stevie Wonder than late 80s Michael. I enjoyed it.

Ótimo álbum, Michael Jackson né fi, bem dançante e com vários clássicos

I end up knowing more songs than I thought I would. I really liked the overall theme of this album, very nice and moving. Would recommend to anyone who wants to dance while cooking dinner with friends

100% pure class. Great music. Oh Mr. Jackson don't hurt em. It sucks he was a pedo cuz this music fucks hard dude. This is insane. No one is doing it like this ever again. Kinda insane. Holy shit how long are these songs. Jesus Christ. Bang. Wait some of these niche songs go hard. Hello. They must've been working him day and night to get these songs dude. Holy shit. Enchanting as hell. I can only imagine what the energy at his concert would be like. Absolutely insane. Wait I'm moving this is crazy. The power of dance is possessing me. Actually I like him a lot better hooting and hollering than trying some power ballads tbh. Yeah the second act kinda lets this down pretty hard. It's not even bad just compared to the beginning it's not good. Favourite: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Least Favourite: She's Out Of My Life

Amazing that I've never actually listened to this. I grew up on Bad. This is a great album. Will relisten.

9/10 Es Michael Jackson, no puedo hablar mucho

WOOAH!

Yeah not what I was looking for but this was a classic. Every household had a copy of this I think. Jeez I thought every song was a banger. There are a few duds here. But he actually sang here not all the hee hees. Thriller was his last really good record. I hated bad and all that crap after.

Wow this guys got quite a voice! I hope he doesn’t touch kids inappropriately then get negligible prescribed an incorrect dosage of benzodiazepines and propofol leading to his untimely death in Los Angeles preceding a series of comeback concerts. Also my aunt was his personal nurse btw and he moonwalked in the kitchen for her

Excellent album. I knew he was great, but I’ve never dug into MJ like this. I get it

4.6 almost perfect except for that last track

Buen

Maybe is the first pop singer I knew in my entire life, but I never pick up his things actively. Apparently his music’s good and stylish, but he cant earn more interest from me

Still can't wrap my head around the fact this album is almost 50 yrs old. I'm familiar with many of the songs but wouldn't have been tell you which album they were from.

Impeccable production, but not enough going on thematically to be 5 stars.

Great. Michael for the world !!!!

good but i've heard so many of the songs before that it was not very interesting. My favorites were the ones I had never heard before

Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Great - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough is MJ at his absolute peak. What an incredible track. That song probably represents the absolute pinnacle of disco in my opinion. Rock With You keeps the standard incredibly high. Another complete banger. Workin' Day And Night is another fantastic track although nothing can really match the opening duo. Off The Wall and Girlfriend are both pretty good but the much slower She's Out Of My Life doesn't do anything for me. The album is clearly quite front loaded but ends on a good note with Burn This Disco Out. Not necessarily the best MJ album but maybe the most fun one.

Shouldn’t surprise me how good it is but here I am. Quality. RYM: Y (#325) Saved a song: N

A classic isn’t it, no skips MJ at his best bosh x

전체적으로 비트가 좋았다. 딱 귀에 들어오는 노래는 없었지만 전체적으로 좋았다. Overall, the beats were good. There wasn't any single song that immediately grabbed my attention, but the overall quality was good.

I don't like disco all that much. The funk in the first half was great, the rest not so much. It's good, but not as good as Thriller or Bad.

Enjoyed this one more than I thought I would. Nice.

Some solid MJ disco.

A fantastic pop record. It might be even better than Thriller - though Thriller has higher highs, this one I find mlre consistant. Dont Stop Til You Get Enough is just an irresistable opener. Rock with You is timeless. The first five songs until the title track are just a string of bangers, then it kind of slows down until it picks up the groove again in the last couple of tracks. They were the slow songs the ones I’m not that big a fan of.

good stuff I like MJ

ooh first mj record.... I liked this! I'm probably more biased because ive heard alot of these songs before and the more i hear something the more i like it usually. But yeah this was really fun to listen to, i didn't notice any ''hee hee"s tho. This was a good time and i would definitely listen again 4/5

fun! idk how i'd rank this mj album compared to the others but i at least like the disco vibe of the earlier songs especially (i love disco pls let there be more albums like that).

Look this album slaps

This was the album that signaled that Michael Jackson, the eventual biggest and most famous pop star in the world - and probably of all time - had well and truly arrived on the pop scene. Nearly half a century later, it's hard to go wrong with most any of the songs on this album. The opening one-two punch of "Don't Stop" and mega-hit "Rock with You" is proof enough that 1979 was peak disco, in no small part thanks to those 2 singles. The songs that follow all keep up the roiling steam engine going, with only some occasional breathers like the relatively tame title track. I'm quite impressed that some of the sexiest songs ever written came from the mind of an uptight, shirt-buttoned-to-the-top Jehovah's Witness (Michael hadn't quite left that whole thing behind him yet.) All in all, this album was the catalyst behind Michael Jackson's superstardom, and even the more low-key B-side takes nothing away from the myth of Michael Jackson. If you wanted to hear the genesis points of the King of Pop's oft-replicated never duplicated style, from staccato interjections to the "hee-hees," this is the place to start (actually, this is, in my mind, Michael Jackson's best album vocally. He never quite matched the performances on here if you ask me.) Key Tracks: Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Rock with You, Off the Wall, Burn this Disco Out

Oh Michael, you shouldn't have done so much fiddling and diddling, because the music you made could actually be good. That Girlfriend song was a dud tho, sorry

Gran disco. Arranca re potente con dos TEMAZOS, después se tranquiliza, pero increible igual. 8,5/10

Good!

Iconic pop

Idk how to feel about this one. I like the groove and michael jackson is a cultural icon for a reason. I went down a rabbit hole about his pedophilia allegations and it does not seem clear cut. Judging him just on his music, i enjoyed it a lot so. 4 stars?

08/14 Classic album but prefer Thriller, Bad, and Dangerous as his best ones. RIP MJ

Heard before?:❌️/✔️(not entirely) Will listen again?:✔️

Very funky, easy listen. Fav was Rock With You

Very solid pop album. The arrangements were a lot more neat than I ever realized. Shoutout @Romal

This was never my thing when I was younger, but for sure it's a great album.

Talented man - not really into his stuff, but recognise it’s a great album

It's 3.75

Some really great tunes. And some classics.

Duh…

Excellent, underrated and arguably better than Thriller. Loses one star because of the whole fucking kids thing.

Shame Michael didn't stop til he got enough, good album though

the first half is great but the songs are a bit too long. the second half is solves the length issue but the songs arent as good

Pretty great MJ album and that's coming from someone who doesn't really indulge in pop music. The sound and production on this album is phenomenal and way ahead of its time. Great music, great lyrics, great vibe. 8/10

it was honestly a great album, never thought to listen to Michale jacson but it def changed my mind.

With the obvious exception of She's Out Of My Life (which is just trite, unlistenable shite that would be better placed in an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, and even then it would ruin it) this is a wonderfully uplifting album, and the only Michael Jackson record I think is truly great. Girlfriend would usually get skipped unless I'm in an especially forggiving mood, but generally, in spite of all lingering doubts around MJ's personal life, this is a record I can enjoy whatever the weather.

Holds up

I mean...soooooo damn good. Damn.

Love the disco influences-some of my favorite MJ songs

My third favorite MJ album. Tails off a little in the second half. Still fantastic, but if I'm reserving 5s for the best of the best it doesn't quite make it.

Don't stop 'til you get enough always puts me in a good mood, to dance! Off the wall really gives me the vibe to go crazy! Music medicine. I Can't help it sample is so good!

This is considered one of his best albums. More than half of the songs are more funky disco than pop and are great. A lot of well known songs are on here. Get on the Dance Floor reminds me of Jamiroquai. The second half of the album is weaker with the songs Girlfriend McCartney (cheesy pop) and I Can't Help It by Stevie Wonder. They just don't fit in with the rest of the album.

definitely my least fav of his that I’ve heard, but it’s so fun listening to his music and being like “yeah.. I get it”

Of the MJ albums we've gotten, this one was my least favorite. That being said, my least favorite among Thriller and Bad isn't a bad place to be.

I can't deny the greatness. 4.5

iconic

I kinda hate this whiteface fag. Realmente me cuesta mucho escucharlo y sobre todo sin culpa, pero es que tiene unos temazos. Es que sí, tiene un vozarron y los hits son hits.

Jackson’s best by a wide margin and perhaps more importantly (at least to me) one of the great triumphs of Quincy Jones. Side 2 is not nearly as good as side 1. I do struggle more with Michael Jackson more than most bad men in art in large part because he never had to face the music during his life and since his death he still has a psychotic devoted cult that will insist he never did anything wrong. The weird dissonance created by the edgelessness of his music and the monstrousness of his person puts me off on a pure listening level. Makes for a weird listening experience just trying to engage with this album for what it is.

Probably one of if not the best Disco Album of all time. And my personal favorite MJ Album. 8/10

Day 2! Off the Wall by Michael Jackson, 1979. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ His first solo record, I think? I knew most of these songs already and liked them. The album does drag for me toward the end, the last two tracks could be anyone doing music with Quincy Jones at the time. But when the album works, boy does it work for me. Great production obviously. The cover of Wings' "Girlfriend" is horrible, though. I added five songs from this album to my music library: "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," "Rock with You," "Workin' Day and Night," "Off the Wall," and "She's Out of My Life."

Great music if you can separate the art from the man

this is great but i enjoyed the first half more. 3.5 realistically today

Well, I have taken into account the artists in several other albums, so I need to consider the MJ factor here. Do we often give him a pass cos his music is incredible, his singing is incredible, his dancing was incredible. Probably. He was clearly a troubled guy and a lot wasn't his fault, but that doesn't excuse his behaviour. Hmmm. This album starts incredibly. First 2 tracks are awesome. I feel it drops off a bit after that though, there is a good ballad later on and all the tracks have the same great voice, great musicianship, great grooves... But they're not the same level as don't stop et al. I enjoy it, I don't love every second but every second is pretty good. I have to put it as a four regardless of everything I think. It's pretty great, but it's not the greatest. Marks out of 5 don't really separate things well enough.

Bangers bangers bangers Some of them were a bit croony but opening song is one of the goats

Great, but... Micheal Jackson was a pedo. I find it hard to separate the art from the artist sometimes, but I try my best. I like to think that his bad actions can't rob the rest of us from his good ones. He made incredible art, including this album. Anyway, my rating reflect my enjoyment of the album, which includes occasionally having that uncomfortable thought pop into my mind - not great for the listening experience.

Laatste jaren ben ik Michael Jackson steeds meer gaan waarderen. Vroeger luisterde ik vooral naar de liedjes, maar tegenwoordig let ik veel meer op de productie. De synthesizers, drumcomputers en alle kleine geluidseffecten zijn zo zorgvuldig uitgekozen. Er staat eigenlijk niets op deze plaat wat er niet hoort. Op Off the Wall hoor je nog duidelijk de nasleep van de disco-era, al is het veel meer dan alleen een discoalbum. Funk, soul en pop lopen continu door elkaar heen. Michael is hier nog niet op zijn absolute hoogtepunt als soloartiest, dat kwam wat mij betreft pas met Thriller maar je hoort wel al waarom hij de grootste popster ter wereld zou worden. Misschien is het juist die combinatie van Quincy Jones als producer en Michael Jackson als zanger die deze plaat zo sterk maakt. 4,4 ster

Begrudgingly, I liked this more than I expected to

The 2nd half has a drop-off in quality, otherwise this would be easily a 5. Those first two songs are absolutely legendary and are some of the most enjoyable pop songs of this era.

1. 5 2. 5 3. 4.5 4. 4.5 1. 5 2. 4 3. 3.5 4. 4 5. 4.5 6. 4

Fun album, great listening journey

Ow!!

Great album. Starts off strong, but doesn't hold on enough. Only thing keeping it from a 5-star.

Solid album. Three or four top-tier songs.

I've honestly never listened to a Michael Jackson album from start to finish before, so this was fun. I've heard Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough like a million times, but mostly just the instrumentals, so I never really associated it with Jackson, making it pretty funny when it showed up. Overall, a pretty groovy album that I found easy to listen to.

Off the Wall is a great record full of bangers, and I actually think it’s Michael’s best album. I know I’m probably in the minority here, but I prefer it to Thriller and Bad because the vibe is just unmatched. The first half of the album is fantastic, but the quality definitely dips towards the end, which stops it from being perfect. Still, it’s a brilliant pop album, and it shows that the man's talent was insane. The sheer influence and impact of a pop star will probably never reach that height again.However, looking back today, it is difficult to separate the music from the man. The allegations surrounding Jackson’s personal life inevitably hang over his legacy, making it tough for me to fully enjoy the record without conflict.

Rating the album and not the man, of course. I'd say it's a great album, although I like the first more upbeat half better.

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This is a great album, and the production is excellent. For me, the 2nd half tops the first - although I do enjoy songs such as Dont Stop Til You Get Enough, I find the falsetto vocals tiring after a while, whereas the songs from Off the Wall on are generally in lower register, slower tempo, and more "my jam". Not an album I'd listened to before, but full of bangers which feel very familiar - due to radio play or having been samples heavily. You can also feel the ripples of influence today throughout - Daft Punk, Vulfpek, etc all heavily inspired by this sound.

Interesting disco album - liked the romantic lulls like Shes out of my life. Will do more active listening tomorrow

It's pretty good

Great album 4/5

Plenty of 5 star songs on this album, but in the end this music just doesn’t quite do it for me

Not his best but great album

Could only be - we all know what is 5 stars

Get on the Floor my new MVP.

4

Great disco album and I like these ballads better than his later ones.

I forgot how good early MJ was until I listened to this album. I don't like his later music and persona as much, but this album is great.

First time listening to this full album, and first time listening to most of the songs. Fire, as expected

Funny summer vibes w Kaş view

Fun album. Quincy Jones knows how to make a record for sure.

One of my main takeaways from doing this is that I am a big fan of Michael Jackson's music. So FUNKY.

First half is incredible, second half a bit of a slog

bastante top

Magic

I can’t deny this is good(scandals noted) I like the subdued disco tone and his scat style is less prevalent. It’s got two of the best pop songs ever made as tracks 1&2 Most of my detractors follow this album and Thriller, meticulous over production, weird scat pops that make no sense, and unfocused themes that appeal to a broad audience

Fun an funky, really liked one song

Really good, I had this album as a teenager. I enjoyed it

Can't fault MJ and it's an iconic album as expected - there's a couple tracks on this one that I come back to. But it doesn't have the oomph of his later albums for me.

Really good album. I was surprised the MJ was my very first album, aside from the songs that I already knew from this album, the ones that I didn't know were really good. It's a really upbeat and feel-good album that makes you wanna dance and have a good time. One that I added to my playlist that I didn't already have was Get on the Floor.

C'mon, this is MJ! Sounds just super nice and still fresh

Michael Jackson did the impossible. Made disco listenable

Always excellent

he turned it up on you hoes to an UNIMAGINABLE DEGREE on this one

Almost legendary

very strong first side of the album, very groovy. it loses it a little bit in the other half though. but overall certified banger.

Don’t stop till you get enough and rock with you are two of the best songs in the entire world ever. Everything else was groovy and fun too

This is like Michael Jackson's second debut album, an artistic rebirth of sorts. With Quincy Jones, Jackson entirely fulfilled his artistic potential in ways most other artists can only dream of, and did so while become the best-selling musical artist in history. Off the Wall sees Jackson shedding his kid performer past in favor of grown-up (but still youthful) Disco and Funk. And despite having been released at the peak of Disco, Jones and Jackson manage to keep the record sounding fresh and exciting. Obviously greater things would followed, but the singer-producer duo were clearly on the right track from the get go. Key tracks: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Rock With You She's Out of My Life I Can't Help It

So far all of the MJ albums have been winners. This one continues that trend. Surprising considering how early this one was, 1979.

Energetic and masterful grasp of songwriting and production. And to think it’s not even as good as he gets…

This is some good Michael, but not quite great Michael

I have not listened to Micheal a lot throughout my life less the hits. So, I was really excited to get this album. I don’t think I know any song on the track list previously, so I’m going in blind. First Listen: Already, the first song has me grooving and wanting to dance. I love how it starts spoken and just drops into a sick dance beat. Can’t believe this was made in the 70s? It sounds so fresh. The layers of the vocals are great. I like how he slowed down into the second song. I’m realizing how much influence he’s had just by listening. I’ve definitely heard this before. I like that the same overall sound is carrying the album throughout the different songs. Off the Wall and Get on the Floor do not stand out to me that much, tho. She’s out of my hands is a good song but it was such a sudden turn. Think we could’ve done without it to be honest! Fun fun listen. Second Listen: Wow! what a work of art! truly! The songs that stood out on the first listen are even better a second time. Working Day and Night reminded me of Beyoncé’s Blow. She’s out of my life - saved to my likes. It caught me off guard the first time but it’s such a sweet sweet and emotional song. His voice is beautiful. This might make me a fan. Reminded me of Celine’s It’s All Coming Back to Me Now. ---- POEM ---- incautionary tale—crowded metropolia rebuilt in the memory of Summer’s heat dermis of my lips caught in another’s teeth quench of youth’s need—burnt, buried, resurrected—within the cracks of concrete laughter, warm, still bouncing off the echoes caught in the loops the kids run in the streets dread, I must unheed, the stories choose to repeat.

4/8

I'm not sure I've listened to this as an album, but I'm pretty sure I know all of these songs. Separating the art from the artist, this is really good.

Pop solid

Really solid album. Toe tapping beats with some fantastic production, and great performances by Jackson.

I liked it, I don't want to because he creeps me out. But I enjoyed it

Starts off with 2 bangers. The production is full and crisp. Michael's vocals are amazing. Solid 4.3/5.

7-8/10 не совсем мое, но очень неплохо для развития вкуса не думал что мне понравится, попса бывает приятной

It's not the best one, but it is Michael Jackson

Part of me doesn't want to give this it's flowers, but it's just too good. Nostalgia wins again.

Very nice discovery. Really liked it!

tranquilo pero con personalidad,no denso de escuchar,buena variación de ritmos.Me gustó conocer.

Bad

classic. Listening to this album in midst of michael movie hype makes you appreciate mj even more voice is amazing rythm is amazing.

Rockin with this

banger

Just brilliant

Pretty unstoppable record, at least side A. I don't know that I've ever heard anything on side B, and don't really have to again.

This captures MJ just before his fame and popularity broke through the exosphere and started forever after shaping his public persona and image. It’s a marvelous showcase for an incredibly talented songwriter and vocalist, even if the music occasionally veers into dated and syrupy territory. Still chapped that my LP copy mysteriously disappeared decades ago.

Beyond the certified bangers this is still a strong album.

Better than thriller. Yeah, I said it.

There are a few lame songs towards the end that bring this down, but overall it slays unfortunately

exceptional debut album full of hits. and for how good this album is, thriller is just leagues above it.

This is his best era imo. I think Thriller still tops it but this one is a close second.

First half is excellent; some amazing disco/funk production from Quincy Jones, and Jackson's performance is great. Let down a little by the more ballad heavy side 2.

Classic, obviously. However the second half is way too slow. Bumped down for that

Fanken

Quincy Jones, along with Phil Spector, is one of the very few non-musician, non-vocalist producers who deserve top credit for an album’s success…and he earns it here, taking Jackson’s talent and drive and turning him into an adult (at least musically). It’s a masterpiece of pop production.

Sounds so good. Not all songs are my favorite, but you can’t deny the quality.

Geen MJ fan, maar ontkennen dat dit een goed album is, is lastig. De 2 openers zijn echt van gigantische klasse.

Pretty close to perfect. A great Quincy Jones arrangement, and not over-produced. A great debut, and maybe second only to Thriller. 4⭐️

Great album. Jackson and Quincy are awesome together. Fun album start to finish. 6/6/26

This was my first time listening to a Michael Jackson album all the way through. I see why people see him as the King of Pop. The vocals coupled with the instrumentation is just amazing.

Michael Jackson before the weirdness happened - or at least became public. The most valuable players here are Quincy Jones and his team of arrangers who provided the lushest, grooviest backing tracks for Jackson to yelp, uh huh, wooo and falsetto over. The first half of the album is a solid wall of disco goodness, one banger after another, but once Paul McCartney's Wings era influence appears (with a song from the weak London Town album of all places) the thing goes to hell. She's Out of My Life follows, sounding like it's arrived straight down the middle of the road from a Broadway show. I Can't Help It (Or I Can't 'Elp It) is a fine Stevie Wonder song and sounds, well, more Wonder than Jackson. It's The Falling in Love might have a great arrangement and a Jackson vocal, but it's gussied up generic disco. The thing pulls itself together for Burn the Disco Out to send the crowds away happy. So, brilliant enough in parts, but it drags in the second half. I'll give it a 4 on the understanding that I've rounded up.

YESSSSS FINALLY A MJ ONE. ok this is fire. he made this at 20???

8/10

Maybe i have other jackson projects up higher than this but rock with you might be my favorite micheal track of all time. Its top 3 easily. Also the rush hour song. At least thats how I know it, watching that movie over and over again in the early 2000s. Solid ass start thays for sure. It does taper off a bit after that but its still a micheal jackon record. Its still great. Just a bit slow and disco heavy for me. Not bad at all just not as consistently the king of pop type stuff. Get on the floor, girlfriend, and its the falling in love were my more low key likes here. All good stuff. And everything else is also good. Just not my favorite.

Really good! So vibey, he always hits unfortunately.

Classic pre-weird MJ album. Full of bangers! Loved it. A few average tracks, but not many.

It has to be noted that disco does indeed suck. Now that the elephant is out of the room, this is, indeed, Michael Jackson, and it is, indeed, an amazing album. Michael was a rare artist that could survive and even thrive despite the genre being so incredibly banal and unoriginal. This is not his best work, but completely shows off his showmanship, voice, and talent in an excellent light. As you may surmise, I am not a 70’s dance music fan, so it should come as no surprise that I am only rating this 4 stars, but if I were a critic, it would earn the fifth quite easily. 4 stars

Прекрасний альбом, можливо десь 1-2 пісні повз мене, а так що сказати - класика. 4.5

Good but not “Can Get Away With Crimes Against Children” good

Well well well if it isn’t the album that’s better than Thriller. This, to me, is the anatomically correct fusion of pop, disco, and funk. Quincy Jones managed to do the impossible: seek perfection and NOT shave away any character/personality in the process. Michael just had to be his high-performance self (before the transgressions he took in his later years which should maybe have him removed from this list). Unlike Thriller, this project is hot to the touch on first contact. “Dont Stop Till You Get Enough” is an excitable pop song that you’d swear was the most perfected thing you’ve ever heard — until the next offering of “Rock With You” comes along. It’s a slightly more subdued jam but still achieves that same perfect pop clarity. “Get On The Floor” is far and away my favorite song on this album, it’s one of my favorite dance songs of any decade. Sweaty, blissful, aerodynamic, air-tight disco. I love riding the little wave that the hook takes the listener on. A bassline and drum pocket that play off each other so well. Soaring strings and explosive horn snippets. A little reverb makes this whole thing sound like it’s a transmission from disco heaven. How about “Girlfriend”! Dreamy and boyish, you don’t need liner notes to hear the Paul McCartney fingerprints all over this song - there’s an unmistakable ease in the composition. Just like you can hear Stevie Wonder from a mile a way on “I Can’t Help It”. A little itch that needs scratching is left with the listener, as I feel like Wonder probably could one-up Michael on his own version. “She’s Outta My Life” feels like an obligatory heartbreak ballad, continuing the boyish, clear-eyed, earnest persona Jackson puts forth. This isn’t the greatest soft ballad of all time, but I’ll be damned if they didn’t find another fantastic way to wrap up a chorus. It is true that this album loses its generational mojo towards the end. You can easily coast off of the incredible vibes the first half leaves you with. Nothing offensive in the last few songs, just not what the front half of the record was. It’s an incredibly firm 4/5, about as close as you can get to a 5. My god, that first bunch of tracks. Amazing.

Super cool, super funky. It's obviously a classic album, MJ truly has some of the best music ever. Off The Wall was my fav song and first listen of the album. Rock With You and She's Out Of My Life were my other highlights

Mike

Overall: 4.125 (rounded to 4) Consistency: 4.5 Originality/Innovation: 3.5 Enjoyment: 4.5 Virtuosity: 4 1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - 5 2. Rock with You - 5 3. Workin' Day and Night - 4 4. Get on the Floor - 5 5. Off the Wall - 5 6. Girlfriend - 3 7. She's Out of My Life - 4 8. I Can't Help It - 5 9. It's the Falling in Love - 4 10. Burn This Disco Out - 5

Kinda wish the song order was reshuffled so it plays like a relationship running it's course.

Erittäin hyvää musiikkia 5/5

My friend actually recommended this to me right before I saw it on here. She told me that someone on twitter (friend of a friend of a friend ahh) was like, "Oh… he’s Japanese city pop.“ LOL. Accurate. Listened to this on a bike tour with my boyf. These cute girls jammed to it as we rode by and then we found a dock that we swam in through a small path through the woods. Boyf: Oh, we’re still listening to Michael Jackson? *15 minutes later* Boyf: OK I think I‘m about done with Michael Jackson.

Very classic Michael

Don't stop till you get enough er banger og flest af rest er mjög gott discó, en ég fíla ekki þessar ballöður. Girlfriend útgáfan er mun slappara en McCartney útgáfan á London town og She's out of my life er leiðinlegt. En hvorki það né hans próblematíska arfleið kemur í veg fyrir fjarka hér.

This recalls nights at the roller-skating rink in my pre-teen years. Infectious rhythms that get you moving. Even as I read the lyrics to Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, it's hard to make the chorus match what Michael is singing, but it works. Rock with You is the star of this album, which paved the way for the all-time megahit of Thriller. The title track is entertaining, and Workin' Day and Night is good, but the rest is filler.

gonna be real i don't know what the deal is with michael jackson on if he's a pedo or not (i know very little about him), but as for the album, it was pretty enjoyable disco. i think it loses steam a bit in side two with the ballads and covers that don't quite match the funky vibe of the first side. they aren't terrible they're just kinda There. title track is the easy standout to me. i need a lot more disco in my life. bring disco back.

The third best MJ album, but I guess the other two are on the list as well so I don't mind that too much. His most Disco album and I usually like disco! I do admit I've overall avoided MJ for years due to *gestures vaguely* reasons and discourse. This was alright, but I wouldn't call it great. The best songs, Don't stop, Rock with you and Off the Wall- they're all incredible. The rest? Kinda just washed over me and made me wish I was listening to a different Michael Jackson Album instead.

Kyaaaaaaaaaaaa but not my usual thing

a damn good album

Really solid disco record that kind of drags on side two. (Context: I've never heard of this artist and know nothing about his personal life.)

Listened to Jarons vinyl - he who asserts this is better than Thriller. Stupid! Still very good frankly, just not as cohesive and experimental as Thriller, and features more duds. At its best the incredibly tight and fast funk hits - ie Dont Stop and Working. Rock with you fills the gap between those two perfectly. Album never reaches those heights again, and especially peters out towards the ends. Was just thinking about the worth of purely mindless, purely physical pop music such as this ("Relax your mind"... "just enjoy yourself"), lyrics that basically just tell you to dance and say vacuous things about love (though they move Michael so much he cries on the record). I feel like if I truly obeyed the purest principles I would not allow myself to listen such an album. I really do take issue with hedonistic music - art is for enlivening the mind, and here he is telling you to stop thinking. And yet.. its undeniably awesome. Michael is no master of the language of word (besides the use of "force" on the openers hook I love that), but here he is (approaching) being a master of the language of music (which he would reach wholly an album later). And perhaps all you need is the language of music, and let the lyrics sit back and be an excuse for him be also one of the best vocalists ever and make crazy ass noises, and find the deeper poetry therein.

Hadnt ever listened to a Michael Jackson album all the way through before. Wow

TOPICAL GENERATOR PICK! The first two tracks on this album are fucking unreal. The rest of the album is great. All hail Quincy Jones the goat.

Immaculate timing, lads! Anyways this album is my fav MJ. Is that the pretentious take? Maybe, but GOD!!! A lot of albums we've listened to so far have suffered from sameiness, but this one just starts and absolutely does not stop. Absolutely fucking relentless grooves. The ultimate Fire-and-Forget party album. From his catalog that is. It's The Falling In Love... is fine fine fine fine.

this MIGHT be better than thriller... it's more consistent anyway. in terms of album-opening punctuation, the 'woo!' in 'don't stop till you get enough' is rivaled only by the snare shot that kicks off 'like a rolling stone.' incredible production from quincy jones, was also really blown away by the bass playing on this listen. the other standout for me is 'she's out of my life,' which pretty easily clears every other ballad i've heard from him. the voice crack at the end really seals it

L: 6 M: 8 F: 7 O: 7

Classic album! 9 great tracks. The only one I don't like is "She's Out of My Life". 4/5

Mj first listen good waiting for thriller.

Michael‼️ Amazing talent, and though it feels dated, it still holds up🎶

1st time listening This was my first time listening through a full Michael Jackson album, and I think this was the best one to start off with. I really enjoyed hearing his early vocals before most of his big hits. Some of the electric guitar playing reminded me of Masayoshi Takanaka, which I enjoyed. I would give this album an 8/10 enjoyment ranking

Ok