He's Livin' (Off The Wall - Michael Jackson)

Member Name: XICripZ

Product:	Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
Date:	26/06/09 (51 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lots of big tunes

Disadvantages: One weak track

Although it was his fifth solo effort, "Off The Wall" was seen as the late, great Michael Jackson's solo breakthrough album as he dropped the 1979 filled with hits like never before. It's important to note that the album prior to this was a compilation from him, but found that working with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Rod Temperton and Paul McCartney he was able to recreate the success of his years as part of The Jacksons (and The Jackson 5 before).

1. "Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough"

The album begins with the song which was seen as the massive breakthrough point for him as he showed that, post-The Jacksons, he could still come with the a killer joint to get the clubs jumping and to lift spirits with the most significant tune for him as a solo artist up to this point. You can't hate on this tune, it is a classic.

**Five Stars**

2. "Rock With You"

This was another (the second) single on the record and saw that he continued the same sort of high standard when it came to the freaky, energetic material. It was like nothing else he had done up to the point as he gets into the grooves and is seen to combine watered-down Funk and Disco to come up with a massive Pop hit.

**Five Stars**

3. "Workin' Day An Night"

Coming directly off the two massive singles which brought him back heavily into the Pop world, this one finds him take a bit of a step back )not quality-wise_ but in the way that he chooses to get into a Disco track, a tune in the style of a dying musical genre. I felt that it was done successfully as he gets you moving and delivers as only he could with his own personal composition.

**Four Stars**

4. "Get On The Floor"

He is seen to continue the same through with this one as he comes with a freaky Disco joint to really liven people up as he does things in a contemporary up-tempo R&B style to show that he is well in with the times and can do things just as well as anyone when jumping on the funky and up-lifting styles.

**Four Stars**

5. "Off The Wall"

This is a Rob Temperton-composed tune and it gets the artist finding the ability to get into one of the freakiest singles form the album. Although it wasn't as significant as others, you see that with it he was able to do a lot and progress the music quite significantly, in spite of the fact that it is done in the same genre style as all other before it.

**Four Stars**

6. "Girlfriend"

There is a clear shift here as you see that Paul McCartney has a massive calming effect upon the tune and is seen to motivate Michael to do a much more gentle song, and with it he is seen to show just how well he can do things when done in such a seductive manner by using his unique voice to take a girl from her lover.

**Four Stars**

7. "She Out Of My Life"

This was the biggest ballad from the album and one of the most significant singles that he delivered here as he goes back to his early years as part of The Jackson 5 and shows that he' s just as capable of these emotive, slower songs as with the funkier material. It is a powerful song and he pulls everything out of his vocals to get his point across as he breaks ties with his partner.

**Five Stars**

8. "I Can't Help It"

He gets the legendary Stevie Wonder to assist with this, one of the biggest non-single track s on the album. It is a light groove which sees him performing in a style which was popular in this sort of period on the Motown record label and so would appeal to those fans, as he throws together some of the most seductive melodies.

**Four Stars**

9. "It's The Falling In Love"

With this one he turns things around once more as he gets into another alternative tune where the genre has shifted from one place to another and here I have to say that he took things to a place where I really wasn't too bothered as he came with a pretty unenaging love song which didn't really have any defining features whatsoever.

**Two Stars**

10. "Burn Out This Disco"

The album ends with Michael getting back to the funky groves and pulling back the quality in his music as he got down to one where Temperman takes over and chooses to include some of the most significant musical talents in the game with the likes of Wah Wah Watson, Louis Johnson and Larry Carlton coming with a freaky jam to pull out of the best of the album as it comes to a close.

**Five Stars**

It clear why this record broke the singer back into the game as he was able to show that through his teenage years he was able to maintain great vocal standards and so with this there was little that could be done to stop him, especially when he worked with some of the biggest names of the game and came with so many Disco hits to keep to what the game was about at the time.

Summary: Michael Jackson's fifthe solo album