Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall
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Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall
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- “Do not Cease ’til You Get Sufficient”
- “Off the Wall”
- “I Cannot Assist It”
At the moment, it is one other journey to The Tradition Nook with John Morrison, and we’re digging into one other legendary album. It was a game-changer, in 1979, when Michael Jackson teamed up with Quincy Jones for Off the Wall.
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Morrison says it was a dramatic departure from Michael’s earlier solo albums and his work with The Jackson 5.
“Off the Wall was the primary file the place we hear Michael Jackson exercising full artistic autonomy outdoors of the Motown system,” he says.
Be part of us as we rejoice this iconic album’s forty fifth anniversary with a deep dive.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Kimberly Junod. The online story was created by Miguel Perez. Our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
