Hell, I don’t even think it’s Michael’s best album, but it's still a classic. Is it the greatest album to come out of this era? Eh… it is debatable, but there’s a little dude in purple riding a motorcycle that might have something to say about that claim. Thriller defines a generation (mostly mine, since you still see folks under 50 line up and do the “Thriller” dance, even if it’s not Halloween).
Michael would embark on his greatest journey thus far.īy lookie here. After Triumph, the tour, and the live album. There's not one bad song on it, it plays through perfectly, and when you have Michael during his most prized era between Off the Wall and Thriller, you can't go wrong. I think Triumph is honestly one of the best projects of the early 80's musically, and the word classic certainly fits for it.
Everything that surrounded Triumph was amazing, and after going through some ups and downs as they transitioned into adulthood, the Jacksons found their footing with this project. What followed the Triumph album was the Triumph tour and a Live album from the Jacksons that was taken from a performance in Pittsburgh. The song is everything we loved from the Off The Wall era Michael, as he effortlessly coasts through the funky production to create something timeless. The song that always sticks out to me on this album is the classic "This Place Hotel", which is more so regarded as a Michael song than the Jacksons (and often known as "Heartbreak Hotel"). Michael is of course the strongest here on the album, and he shines extremely bright on the songs "Walk Right Now", "Time Waits For No One", "Everybody", and of course on the big single "Can You Feel It?". After a starring turn in the Wiz and a mega hit album in Off The Wall, he came back with his brothers to make what I feel is their best album in the Jacksons era. This is the first stop on the journey of Michael in the 80's.
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