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1:15 PM GMT 26/06/2009

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Off The Wall
(Epic, 1979)

The album that became a template for black American pop for the rest of the century. Producer Quincy Jones, who'd worked with Jackson on The Wiz soundtrack, created a sophisticated blend of light funk and catchy pop (thanks to British writer Rod Temperton and Jackson's own pen) in rich rhythm arrangements with apt (and synthesized) string-and-horn colouring. Every home should have one.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 1:15 PM GMT 26/06/2009


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