Amazon.co.uk Review
For such a boldly titled and apparently driven attempt to reinstate
Michael Jackson at the centre of the pop world,
Invincible is a listless thing. Split between scratchy funk workouts and mid-tempo ballads that might have appeared as
Bad B-sides, the album plays on and on while never seriously promoting dancing or romancing. Its handful of weird moments--the resurrection-by-tape of
Biggie Smalls on the bridge of the title track, for instance--are hardly large-scale bizarre like the first disc of
HIStory. The title track turns out to be hardly the rampant ego-fest you'd imagine; instead, its subject is a female whom Jackson cheers on. Likewise, the most ear-catching moments of the "comeback" single "You Rock My World" come with Chris Tucker's jivey introduction. Despite a debt to "Payback"-era James Brown, "Rock" floats away like steam midway through. It's almost a relief when the old self-regard turns up: on the growling "Privacy", Jackson rants about muckrakers "stalking" him in search of "the stories you need to bury me", all this long after foundering divas and troubled boy-group members have replaced him on tabloid covers. The man may occasionally break away from the mirror, but he seems unsure about where else to find inspiration. --
Rickey Wright
Product Description
This CD is available in five different coloured covers--the standard silver edition and four limited colours--green, yellow, red and blue.
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