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17 #1's + 1 New Song "One More Chance". W/4 Diff.Covers (LTD)

Personnel: Michael Jackson (vocals, background vocals); Siedah Garrett (vocals); Donnie Lyle (guitar).
Audio Mixer: Serban Ghenea.
Photographers: Stephen Harvey; Dick Zimmerman; Sam Emerson.
Since Michael Jackson botched his first hits collection by pairing it with a new album of material in a double-disc set, making it considerably less attractive for those legions of listeners who want just a single disc of hits, it's both inevitable and welcome that he attempted another compilation a few years later. This second collection, Number Ones, was released in the wake of the 2000 blockbuster Beatles 1, which rewrote the rules of modern-day hits collections from major artists, since it not only contained a generous, representative cross section of hits, it had a specific focus and did gangbuster business. An avalanche of similar-minded compilations by other titans followed, notably Elvis' 30 #1 Hits and the Rolling Stones' Forty Licks, and MJ's Number Ones is part of that wave. For some artists, sticking to number one hits isn't a bad way to make a collection -- the Beatles are a perfect example, actually, since even if 1 didn't contain such seminal items as "Strawberry Fields Forever," it still offered a full, representative portrait of their career. Jackson doesn't fare so well by the number one rule. First of all, he doesn't strictly follow the number one rule, leaving behind the number one hit duet "Say Say Say" with Paul McCartney, substituting a 1981 live version of "Ben" for the original hit, adding "Break of Dawn," an Invincible album cut never released as a single, and including "Thriller," "Smooth Criminal," and "Earth Song," none of which hit number one, and the latter wasn't even released as a single in the U.S. (there is, of course, the requisite previously unreleased song, the OK slow jam "One More Chance"). Then, there's the fact that Thriller changed the business, inaugurating the era of the blockbuster album that rode the charts for years, spinning off hit singles every quarter. Thriller generated tons of hits -- six of its nine tracks hit the charts, but only two of them hit number one. Its successor, Bad, had seven of its 11 songs hit the charts (one other, the CD bonus cut "Leave Me Alone," was a staple on MTV), and of those, five peaked at number one. So, by sticking to number ones, and adding "Smooth Criminal," this collection skews very heavily toward Bad, at times playing like an expanded reissue with bonus tracks. This may be a fairly accurate reading of chart positions, but it doesn't result in a particularly representative collection, since the brilliant Off the Wall is granted only two songs, leaving behind such charting hits as "Off the Wall" and "She's Out of My Life" (both gold singles, mind you), and Thriller is represented by only three tracks, with such defining songs as "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Human Nature," "PYT (Pretty Young Thing)," and "The Girl Is Mine" being left behind. These two albums are the core of Jackson's legacy, and it simply feels wrong that Number Ones gives them short shrift. Dangerous also is neglected, providing just one selection, when on the whole it had far more memorable songs than HIStory or Invincible. But these problems are inherent with any collection that concentrates just on the charts, not the music that got the songs on the charts in the first place. And while Number Ones contains enough of the big songs to recommend it for those listeners who are looking just for a cross section of the biggest hits from Jackson's career, it is also true that the perfect Michael Jackson hits collection has yet to be assembled. Maybe next time, particularly if he's granted an entry into Sony's generally excellent The Essentials series. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The 1990s may not have been kind to Michael Jackson on a commercial level, due to fickle music tastes and assorted personal controversies, but
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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Pop, Funk
Label Epic
Orig Year 2003
All Time Sales Rank   153    Top 500
CD Universe Part number 6420585
Catalog number 88998
Discs 1
Release Date Nov 18, 2003
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Quincy Jones; R. Kelly; Michael Jackson; The Jacksons
Recording Time 78 minutes
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio Media6.I Just Can't Stop Loving You - (with Siedah Garrett)
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.One More Chance  $1.29
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample18.Ben (Live)  $1.29

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5 stars Michael Mania
Number Ones is an awesome collection of Michaels number 1 hit songs.But they left out a few songs.Ok he has all of his number hits from the U.S. but if they put Earth Song which was a number 1 hit in England and U.K. Then why didn't they add the rest of the number one hits that werent number 1 in the U.S.Like for example..Wanna Be Startin Something was #1 in Britain and Blood On The Dance Floor was #1 In U.K.and Say Say Say they forgot to add which was a number 1 hit worldwide.But after this I believe that this is a good album.
Submitted by saylildude1985 (Louisiana)
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5 stars Songs From Artist Genius Michael Jackson
Michael's Music is vibrant. Michael's Music is a pillow of comfort, As I listen to it, Messages Ring Out. From the fans, We are the people that, understands. That you give your joy. We follow you. We helped your Number Ones, become, Number Ones. We are your convoy, Michael. You have made your impact. Your music, writing, your multi - art..have giving an united value to the USA. If we loose this, we loose a valuble effort that you've contributed too. But I/we do not fret, you've made your impact. As Your Fans, We feel the vision of your heart, In your Music Michael, thank you for sharing your joy. Forever your art lives. love always, THE MUSIC LADY
Submitted by themusiclady (Michigan, USA)
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5 stars Dear Bowling Green, KY...
'Bowling Green', you must be insane. I suppose it depends on what songs of his you like but this album is an excellent mix of his songs! Listen to it everyday myself!
Submitted by tempest_outlaw_rose (Auburn, Cali)
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5 stars anthonys awsome review
i heard the album and i got the album and i really really like michaels muzic and the album sounds nice
Submitted by anthony bass (washington d.c.)
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5 stars MJ'S TOTALLY AWESOME HITS!!!
Michael Jackson has been sold millions of albums worldwide & still kicking it.''
Submitted by John Mickles, Jr. (Mobile, Alabama)
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Through out my entire life I had always wanted to create some type of literary work. Wanted to write a book, poem, or most of all country music. At times song melodies or lyrics would come to me but as quickly as they were there they would vanish into space. I decided to try to hold on to some of these inspirations and began carrying a notebook and recorder with me in the pickup truck since my inspirations usually come while driving.The bits and pieces that would become my first country music song - River Of Life - came to me one day while driving home from town. I pulled over and wrote down what had come to me and thus began my first country music song. Had a very difficult time with the first one and wrote a lot more on it in solitude up in the mountains. My daughter Shannon came up with the melody and the chorus for it and finally together we created the first original work that I had ever been a part of creating.From there on other songs came to me. Some of them were good, others not, but most of them had a story behind their creation.When Shannon became pregnant with her second child, she worried about her figure and that she looked fat. I simply could not pass up an opportunity to give her a bad time and aggravated her by calling her Hulga. This eventually evolved into Hulga The Horrible. One evening around the kitchen table the lyrics and melody for the song come to me just like they'd been dropped from the sky.My wife commented that she couldn't see how anyone could stand to have such a horrible bunch of crap like that in their head. I replied that I couldn't stand it either and that was why I had written it down and given it to them because that way it was theirs and it wasn't stuck in my head anymore.When Shannon's baby girl was born she named her Isabella. It was on the night she was born that the first lyrics and melody for the song Isabella came to me. This one took along time to come together completely but as with most things if you just have patience things have a way of fulfilling themselves.It was later on in this same fateful year that Shannon got mixed up with the wrong crowd, got into drugs, and then into trouble with the law. It was from this tragic series of events that she lost custody of her son and Isabella was taken into the custody of the Department Of Health And Welfare of the state of Idaho. Needless to say it was from this nightmare that the country song Shannon evolved. Seems like at that point my wife and I were living in a nightmare that you just couldn't wake up from.Most every song that's come to me has some sort of story behind it. We have a contracting business and I end up spending part of the year staying in a motel 200 miles from home. As I was reflecting on my feelings for my wife, Louise, one evening in the motel the melody and lyrics for the song Lovin You came to me. Another time sitting ...
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