@ Musicbee..are you listening to the MP3 collection or CD version of the same? It's available for a ridiculously low price of 190 on Landmark (which is why i feel it's the MP3 version )..If it's the audio CD, how much did you buy it for? The most annoying thing about the "Essentials" series is the extreme variability in price (and availability) across artists.
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A good selection, has all of his top/notable hits and good for when you only want the hits and not the albums.
That's the magic of MJ. Once I saw your post, I was tempted to listen to one of my fav track..leave me alone. Been listening to LP rip all this time and I suddenly remembered that I haven't listened to the CD I had more than once.
Listening to bad special edition CD right now with 18 tracks (including voice over intro). Awesome quality for a cd (epic..remastered by bernie grundman in his LA studio).
More good stuff from these guys, slow tempo music, extremely easy listening, but still some excellent music.
PS - Do check them out... have most of their albums and highly recommend them.