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Forever, Michael is the album of change for the sixteen-year-old Michael Jackson.
On one hand, the vocal range increasingly resembles what it would be in the Quincy Jones trilogy. On the other hand, Michael, meanwhile still involved with his brothers, begins to showcase his dancing skills.
Finally, dance starts to make its way into this album. No longer just melancholic ballads, a genre previously preferred.
It opens with two great tracks, We're almost there and Take me back, but it will be the third track, One day in your life, that receives great recognition a few years later, in 1981, thanks to the release of an eponymous compilation.
This album has no weak points, even when stepping out of his comfort zone, as in Cinderella stay awhile or in Dapper Dan, the result is truly satisfying.
Following We've got forever, other gems like Just a little bit of you and You are there arrive.
It closes with two tracks whose preference is subjective, Dear Michael and I'll come home to you.
Michael is now ready to make the big leap, the leap that will take him from African American to entering the "white music" charts, before he himself becomes white.
But that's another story.
Personally, I give Forever, Michael 3 and a half stars. In the initial quartet, it is the most mature. But of course, it couldn't be otherwise.
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