I Can't Help It is my favorite song on the album. I first listened to the entire Off The Wall album in 1992 when I was ten. now yes, I heard the bigger hits from this album on the radio throughout my then ten years and repeatedly listened to the entirety of the Thriller, Bad and Dangerous albums first, but I never had the opportunity to hear this album. I listened to my mom and dad's LP of Off The Wall and was blown away. it was my first venture into Michael's music before Thriller and Bad. and of all the songs on the album, Off The Wall and I Can't Help It were the ones I was most excited to hear during future playbacks of the album [more so I Can't Help It]. the smooth latin inspired instrumentation kept me coming back. it is not a song for the masses. it is a secret gem for us hardcore fans. and we love it. ;)
Thanks for your writeup friend! That is an awesome story, and that is a cool story how you were introduced to this record after the more popular ones. This was my first introduction to MJ and I was not disappointed, and have since listened to Thriller and think OTW is better overall. Though I don't dislike I Can't Help It, it didn't grip me like it did for you but from your high praise I'm going to spin it a few more times :) Thanks for watching!
This album brings back the Disco memories and roller skating. Around this time is when Michael Jackson was in The Wiz so that was pretty good too. Favorite song on this album is the title track and also like Rock with you and Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Yes, 'Off The Wall' is a particularly strong selection of songs which are immaculately played, and produced. The musicianship and very importantly Michael Jackson's voice, were very impressive indeed. In the autumn of 1979 around the time of 'Off The Wall's album release, there was a huge promotional campaign in terms of posters and billboards here in the UK. I was 13 at the time and pretty much everywhere i went in town Michael face could be seen peering down from 'Off The Wall' cover. The quality of the album certainly lived up to the hype, too. One must remember this first solo album release by Jackson as an adult, was a little before the days of MTV, and when the mass audience did not have the luxury of a video recorder, so although there were promo clips to some of those single releases, the visuals were not such a big selling point as in later years. They were straight performances, too, rather than the storyboard variety, although the first single 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough' with special effects and multiple Michael's dancing was quite eye catching. That first single release previously mentioned remains my favourite moment of the album, followed by 'Rock With You'. Those two songs can definitely hold their own with any of the later Jackson single releases. This album's disco/soul influences are perhaps the final time on his solo recordings, Michael is performing purely as a 'soul' singer, and i actually prefer him here to the harder edged more attitude driven vocals he increasingly began to display in later years. His vocals here have a sensitivity, and the mood of the album primarily is quite smooth and seductive, even with the sometimes funky rhythms. Jackson's own songwriting skills, although not running through all the tracks on the album, are impressive, and especially on "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough", and also Rod Temperton contributes a few key tracks, including the title song. Quincy Jones production and generally effective guiding hand deserve acknowledgement, too. If there is a slight drawback it is that i'm not overly impressed by Michael's cover of Paul McCartney's "Girlfriend". One could also argue the song "She's Out Of My Life" is slightly overwrought in its sentimentality, but also this track features one of the most impressively heartfelt vocals in ballad form, in Michael's career, so maybe that can be excused. As mentioned previously, in this period before the advent of MTV, Jackson's success pretty much rested on the quality of the contents on this album. There was no opportunity of dressing up the less inspiring, by the use of some flash video, which is on repeated play daily. In some ways that may be why this album as a whole is Michael's most listenable, and least gimmicky. There is a sincerity to it sometimes lacking in his later output. Also it is a little underrated compared with the follow up, Thriller, the later of which managed to more fully exploit the new medium of MTV, to assist sales. I think 'Off The Wall' ultimately is Michael's best album. 9/10.
I think it's the silky vocals (especially at the end of each hook), scatting and nostalgia from those horns that comes with I Can't Help It that makes it a top choice for many.
We are dropping the Bad review in a couple days Mohammad, and after listening to all three I'd have to say OTW is still my favorite. Start to finish it is the most consistent and is just so fun to listen to! Thanks for watching!
BlackIs Beautiful If you have a record player I’d highly recommend getting this on vinyl. One of the first records I bought and it sounds so awesome, especially Working Day and Night. Just mixed so well together and is one of my favorite records we have reviewed so far!
Yes and what is crazy Noah is there was NO editing on it! We did it all in one take, so in some ways I look at that one and go "man we have got a million times better". But then I think I could never do that in one take again!
Just got this album’s CD and finally listened to the record all the way through (I had heard about half of the songs beforehand) I think the song is near perfect until “I Can’t Help It”. It’s not a bad song by any means but it feels like the first actual “filler” track. All in all it’s a fantastic album. My favorite MJ album always changes depending on the day. When I’m feelin happy it’s Off the Wall or Thriller. When I’m feelin “tough” I go with Bad. When I feel like getting experimental I go with Dangerous. When I’m feeling emotional it’s History. I still gotta listen to Invincible all the way through, though. Then I’ll be complete with his adult discography.
You did not later hear Michael laugh like he does on Get On The Floor. :) The bassist and composer of the song is Louis Johnson, famous also from Johnson Brothers (Stomp ! was a huge hit for them) and top notch session musician. He got a nickname "Thunderthumbs" for his style of playing.
Reactions To The Classic, s Great video, i had a lot of fun listening to your guys' review.Im wondering if you'll be doing Thriller next? And there something i want to correct. In the video, it is said that michael became the frontman, or something, of the Jackson 5 when he was 11, he was actually 5 years old. He and his brothers got signed to Mowtown Records when he was 11.
Kyle Dunville Hey Kyle, thanks for watching the review! And appreciate the correction, I think we got the MoTown part and start date of the Jackson 5 confused 👍🏻 As for what’s next, Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run will drop in the next couple days and then we are planning on recording Thriller after that. Appreciate the support!
I'm glad they gave this album a better grade than "Thriller". "Thriller" is a magnificent album, but this one is damn good too, and not as overproduced as Thriller was.
@@reinemazidath5466 It was overproduced. Both Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones said that after all the songs were made, they were remixed at least A DOZEN times before any song was released to the public. Check out 'Thriller' on Wikipedia if you don't believe me!
@@rain73ful Modifying a song several times to find the best version is not equal to "over production" , They did the same with Off The Wall , nothing different .Nor Michael nor QJ has ever said it was " over'produced " , dont put words in their mouth to make it sound they downplay their own work .Thriller is a A++++ album .
Great channel. I just saw this and the thriller review are in a playlist named 'motown' but these records were released with the Epic label not motown.
Thanks for watching Jonathan! We actually plan on reviewing Innervisions real soon and also Talking Book, and Songs in the Key of Life. Really excited for those as we hear they’re great!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Indeed they are. I would add Music of My Mind, which was the first in that run of albums. It came out in early 1972, followed by Talking Book that fall. A revolutionary work in terms of sound, specifically his use of synthesizers.
Only 2yrars , you guys work harder than I do at an actual job. Anyway - great LP , cool songs . I'll put in a Jam fact : Paul Weller always said Off The Wall was a big influence. I think it's better than Thriller, not a lot happening lyrically though is there?
"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," by far is my favorite. "Off The Wall" and "Working Day And Night" are close seconds. "Rock With You," is nice but not my favorite. I disagree w/"I Can't Help It," love it. You make me want to get it from my CD case and listen. It's a solid MJ album. It's a hell of a lot better than Bad.
I liked every single song from "Off the Wall", except for "Girlfriend" which sounded too filler for my ears. Even though I like "She's Out of My Life", I prefer listening to the song by itself whenever I'm feeling down.
She's Out of My Life is the best song for me, I also like the other famous songs Don't Stop, Off The Wall and Rock With You. But the other tracks are much more filler for me and I don't look forward to them that much even if they are well performed and in a consistent style. Thriller has more of a consistent pop sensibility and that's why it did so well.
I’ve listened to many reviews of this album and everyone bashes the BEST SONG on the album. “I Can’t Help it”. I just don’t get it. I don’t think people truly understand that song. All hail the musical genius, Stevie Wonder!!
Actually he started singing when he was 5 years old and was about 9 or 10 when they got signed to Motown. Good review of this amazing album. You need to do a Thriller review he really rocked the universe and showed everyone who he was and then some.
Thanks for the kind words! And we misspoke confusing when he started with when they signed to Motown so good catch! Actually just put up the Thriller review yesterday, and thought it was great as well (though I still think OTW was his better work!) ua-cam.com/video/T3ScrqJZ89w/v-deo.html Appreciate you watching! :-)
"I Can't Help It" is one of my all time favorites off of this album. So interesting how music hits people differently.
Totally agree! Something for everyone!
I Can't Help It is my favorite song on the album. I first listened to the entire Off The Wall album in 1992 when I was ten. now yes, I heard the bigger hits from this album on the radio throughout my then ten years and repeatedly listened to the entirety of the Thriller, Bad and Dangerous albums first, but I never had the opportunity to hear this album. I listened to my mom and dad's LP of Off The Wall and was blown away. it was my first venture into Michael's music before Thriller and Bad. and of all the songs on the album, Off The Wall and I Can't Help It were the ones I was most excited to hear during future playbacks of the album [more so I Can't Help It]. the smooth latin inspired instrumentation kept me coming back. it is not a song for the masses. it is a secret gem for us hardcore fans. and we love it. ;)
Thanks for your writeup friend! That is an awesome story, and that is a cool story how you were introduced to this record after the more popular ones. This was my first introduction to MJ and I was not disappointed, and have since listened to Thriller and think OTW is better overall. Though I don't dislike I Can't Help It, it didn't grip me like it did for you but from your high praise I'm going to spin it a few more times :) Thanks for watching!
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@Dominick Max Yea, I've been watching on Flixzone} for years myself =)
This album brings back the Disco memories and roller skating. Around this time is when Michael Jackson was in The Wiz so that was pretty good too. Favorite song on this album is the title track and also like Rock with you and Don't Stop Til You Get Enough
Yes, 'Off The Wall' is a particularly strong selection of songs which are immaculately played, and produced. The musicianship and very importantly Michael Jackson's voice, were very impressive indeed. In the autumn of 1979 around the time of 'Off The Wall's album release, there was a huge promotional campaign in terms of posters and billboards here in the UK. I was 13 at the time and pretty much everywhere i went in town Michael face could be seen peering down from 'Off The Wall' cover. The quality of the album certainly lived up to the hype, too. One must remember this first solo album release by Jackson as an adult, was a little before the days of MTV, and when the mass audience did not have the luxury of a video recorder, so although there were promo clips to some of those single releases, the visuals were not such a big selling point as in later years. They were straight performances, too, rather than the storyboard variety, although the first single 'Don't Stop Till You Get Enough' with special effects and multiple Michael's dancing was quite eye catching. That first single release previously mentioned remains my favourite moment of the album, followed by 'Rock With You'. Those two songs can definitely hold their own with any of the later Jackson single releases. This album's disco/soul influences are perhaps the final time on his solo recordings, Michael is performing purely as a 'soul' singer, and i actually prefer him here to the harder edged more attitude driven vocals he increasingly began to display in later years. His vocals here have a sensitivity, and the mood of the album primarily is quite smooth and seductive, even with the sometimes funky rhythms. Jackson's own songwriting skills, although not running through all the tracks on the album, are impressive, and especially on "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough", and also Rod Temperton contributes a few key tracks, including the title song. Quincy Jones production and generally effective guiding hand deserve acknowledgement, too. If there is a slight drawback it is that i'm not overly impressed by Michael's cover of Paul McCartney's "Girlfriend". One could also argue the song "She's Out Of My Life" is slightly overwrought in its sentimentality, but also this track features one of the most impressively heartfelt vocals in ballad form, in Michael's career, so maybe that can be excused. As mentioned previously, in this period before the advent of MTV, Jackson's success pretty much rested on the quality of the contents on this album. There was no opportunity of dressing up the less inspiring, by the use of some flash video, which is on repeated play daily. In some ways that may be why this album as a whole is Michael's most listenable, and least gimmicky. There is a sincerity to it sometimes lacking in his later output. Also it is a little underrated compared with the follow up, Thriller, the later of which managed to more fully exploit the new medium of MTV, to assist sales. I think 'Off The Wall' ultimately is Michael's best album. 9/10.
We agree 100% with you. Peak Michael no doubt about it and excellent analysis by you as always. Appreciate it!
I think it's the silky vocals (especially at the end of each hook), scatting and nostalgia from those horns that comes with I Can't Help It that makes it a top choice for many.
Good point Jacob, that song has grown on me since the filming of this review quite a bit. Thanks for watching!
Love the video. Congrats on the great start. Long live the king 👏
BigJimGene Thanks man! It was definitely a great one to get started on 👍🏻
Just saw you tweeted about us as well, thanks for the suppot Big JimGene! Merry Christmas to you friend!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Merry Christmas to you too. Have a wonderful day! I'll be waiting for the next videos to come out :)
My favorite Michael Jackson album. Great.
Ours too! Thanks Mary!
Great album. It's Sad that nowadays this album is being overshadowed by Thriller and Bad
We are dropping the Bad review in a couple days Mohammad, and after listening to all three I'd have to say OTW is still my favorite. Start to finish it is the most consistent and is just so fun to listen to! Thanks for watching!
BlackIs Beautiful If you have a record player I’d highly recommend getting this on vinyl. One of the first records I bought and it sounds so awesome, especially Working Day and Night. Just mixed so well together and is one of my favorite records we have reviewed so far!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics well thank you, hopefully one day.
Going back to your first video, It is definitely a huge difference to how you do reviews now
Yes and what is crazy Noah is there was NO editing on it! We did it all in one take, so in some ways I look at that one and go "man we have got a million times better". But then I think I could never do that in one take again!
One of the greatest albums ever. Most the instruments were still acoustic and played live in studio like a rock band.
Our fave album of his, a masterpiece! Thanks Tony!
Just got this album’s CD and finally listened to the record all the way through (I had heard about half of the songs beforehand)
I think the song is near perfect until “I Can’t Help It”. It’s not a bad song by any means but it feels like the first actual “filler” track.
All in all it’s a fantastic album. My favorite MJ album always changes depending on the day.
When I’m feelin happy it’s Off the Wall or Thriller. When I’m feelin “tough” I go with Bad. When I feel like getting experimental I go with Dangerous. When I’m feeling emotional it’s History.
I still gotta listen to Invincible all the way through, though. Then I’ll be complete with his adult discography.
As always we appreciate you Ian and this was the very first review we did on the channel!
You did not later hear Michael laugh like he does on Get On The Floor. :) The bassist and composer of the song is Louis Johnson, famous also from Johnson Brothers (Stomp ! was a huge hit for them) and top notch session musician. He got a nickname "Thunderthumbs" for his style of playing.
Thanks for the info onsese!
Masterpiece of album 👑❤️
Thanks for watching asaf akotonas!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics thank you guys for an Excellent review🙏👑
@@ReactionsToTheClassics listen to invincible album of michael jackson 👍
another masterpiece from the king of music 👑❤️🙏
Reactions To The Classic, s Great video, i had a lot of fun listening to your guys' review.Im wondering if you'll be doing Thriller next? And there something i want to correct. In the video, it is said that michael became the frontman, or something, of the Jackson 5 when he was 11, he was actually 5 years old. He and his brothers got signed to Mowtown Records when he was 11.
Kyle Dunville Hey Kyle, thanks for watching the review! And appreciate the correction, I think we got the MoTown part and start date of the Jackson 5 confused 👍🏻 As for what’s next, Bruce Springsteen’s Born To Run will drop in the next couple days and then we are planning on recording Thriller after that. Appreciate the support!
I'm glad they gave this album a better grade than "Thriller". "Thriller" is a magnificent album, but this one is damn good too, and not as overproduced as Thriller was.
Thanks for agreeing! So many got upset haha
Wow Thriller is not overpoduced , calm down . Off The Wall is incredible though .
@@reinemazidath5466 It was overproduced. Both Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones said that after all the songs were made, they were remixed at least A DOZEN times before any song was released to the public. Check out 'Thriller' on Wikipedia if you don't believe me!
@@rain73ful Modifying a song several times to find the best version is not equal to "over production" , They did the same with Off The Wall , nothing different .Nor Michael nor QJ has ever said it was " over'produced " , dont put words in their mouth to make it sound they downplay their own work .Thriller is a A++++ album .
Great review guys! Not my favorite but has some great tunes like Rock With You, Can't Stop..., and Girlfriend are my favorites.
Yes some true great songs on here. Thanks for checking out the 1st review we ever did Michael!
Now I know this was shot in only one take lol.
Glad to see how far the channel has grown
Haha giving us a little grace now that you know it huh?
Great channel. I just saw this and the thriller review are in a playlist named 'motown' but these records were released with the Epic label not motown.
But Michael WAS a Motown artist back in the day, don't overthink it
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We will have that on the list for sure!
Happy 2 year anniversary ! 🎶🎶🎶🔥🤘🏼❤️
Thanks Drew always appreciate you!
Just discovered you guys. Love your reviews. May I suggest reviewing Stevie Wonder's 70s LPs, particularly his output from '72 to '76.
Thanks for watching Jonathan! We actually plan on reviewing Innervisions real soon and also Talking Book, and Songs in the Key of Life. Really excited for those as we hear they’re great!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Indeed they are. I would add Music of My Mind, which was the first in that run of albums. It came out in early 1972, followed by Talking Book that fall. A revolutionary work in terms of sound, specifically his use of synthesizers.
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Only 2yrars , you guys work harder than I do at an actual job. Anyway - great LP , cool songs . I'll put in a Jam fact : Paul Weller always said Off The Wall was a big influence. I think it's better than Thriller, not a lot happening lyrically though is there?
Both Trey and I 100% agree that Off The Wall is far superior to Thriller. Thanks Stuart!
I like can’t help it better than rock with you
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Thanks Aminata, appreciate you watching! Off the Wall is one of my favorite records we have reviewed on here!
"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," by far is my favorite. "Off The Wall" and "Working Day And Night" are close seconds. "Rock With You," is nice but not my favorite. I disagree w/"I Can't Help It," love it. You make me want to get it from my CD case and listen. It's a solid MJ album. It's a hell of a lot better than Bad.
Yes it is!!! Great faves! Thanks Kimberly!
I liked every single song from "Off the Wall", except for "Girlfriend" which sounded too filler for my ears. Even though I like "She's Out of My Life", I prefer listening to the song by itself whenever I'm feeling down.
Thanks for the comment and watching Santiago!
no problem
I can't help it inspired careers, search for Pharell
thanks
It’s the falling in love is probably my least favorite song on the album, but I wouldn’t say it’s bad.
Thanks for watching X_Ray!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics Np, enjoyed your reactions.
She's Out of My Life is the best song for me, I also like the other famous songs Don't Stop, Off The Wall and Rock With You. But the other tracks are much more filler for me and I don't look forward to them that much even if they are well performed and in a consistent style. Thriller has more of a consistent pop sensibility and that's why it did so well.
Thanks for watching!
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Thanks for Watching! It is the 1st review we ever did! Over 2600 vids ago haha
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At some point we will get to it. We do have a podcast hitting tomorrow with him and Prince in an artist battle. Thanks for watching Thomas!
@@ReactionsToTheClassics great thank s
I don't agree with you it was a great time to grow up in the disco era, I did, disco was great music still is today.
Beauty of opinion isn't it
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I’ve listened to many reviews of this album and everyone bashes the BEST SONG on the album. “I Can’t Help it”. I just don’t get it. I don’t think people truly understand that song. All hail the musical genius, Stevie Wonder!!
called opinion Cory
@@ReactionsToTheClassics lol I’m sorry to say but it’s the wrong opinion.
@@CFDavid847do you know what an opinion is? Lol
Actually he started singing when he was 5 years old and was about 9 or 10 when they got signed to Motown. Good review of this amazing album. You need to do a Thriller review he really rocked the universe and showed everyone who he was and then some.
Thanks for the kind words! And we misspoke confusing when he started with when they signed to Motown so good catch! Actually just put up the Thriller review yesterday, and thought it was great as well (though I still think OTW was his better work!) ua-cam.com/video/T3ScrqJZ89w/v-deo.html Appreciate you watching! :-)