1979. THE year. This is the year when Sahara desert experienced snow for 30 minutes, Voyager I reveals the rings of Jupiter and Michael Jackson released his first solo album Off The Wall. And what a great album it is. It has a positive vibe, it is rock and roll with peace and love of the seventies, it is a bridge between The Jacksons and the new Michael Jackson who was introduced to us already on his next album (yet most people noticed the change in him first time when Bad was released). Legendary songs like Don't Stop'Til You Get Enough and Workin' Day And Night still inspire musicians today, we've heard all kind of mixed versions of them. But nothing beats the originals, right?!Already on this album Michael started working closely with Paul McCartney who wrote the song Girlfriend. Macca isn't the only big star who worked with Michael during this album. There is also a song written by Stevie Wonder: I Can' t Help It. Both songs are pretty recognizable in style; when hearing Girlfriend you can quite easily tell it is a Macca song. Although the famous names and Michael himself my personal favourites are songs written by Rod Temperton, a talented songwriter, record producer and a musician who worked not only with Michael but with Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin and many more. Burn This Disco Out and Rock With You were only a beginning when it comes to working with Mr Jackson, Temperton also wrote the title song to his next album, Thriller.
All in all, this is an album that makes you wanna dance and its positive vibe is guaranteed to make you smile. If you are into Michael more than that, try to find special edition of this album, it has bonus material on it: comments from Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton plus original demos from 1978 of songs Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Workin' Day And Night. Worth listening for, I promise. :)
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