Before Thriller changed pop music forever, there was Off the Wall. Michael Jackson’s 1979 breakthrough solo album is an effortlessly smooth collision of disco, funk, soul, and pop, brought to life with producer Quincy Jones and an all-star group of musicians and songwriters. “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” and “Rock with You” are undeniable dance-floor classics, while “She’s Out of My Life” slows things down and puts Jackson’s vocals front and center. From start to finish, the record radiates the warmth and energy of late-’70s nightlife.
Sophisticated, joyful, and ridiculously easy to put on repeat, Off the Wall is the sound of Michael Jackson stepping into his own-and one of the great pop records of the disco era.
Before Thriller changed pop music forever, there was Off the Wall. Michael Jackson’s 1979 breakthrough solo album is an effortlessly smooth collision of disco, funk, soul, and pop, brought to life with producer Quincy Jones and an all-star group of musicians and songwriters. “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” and “Rock with You” are undeniable dance-floor classics, while “She’s Out of My Life” slows things down and puts Jackson’s vocals front and center. From start to finish, the record radiates the warmth and energy of late-’70s nightlife.
Sophisticated, joyful, and ridiculously easy to put on repeat, Off the Wall is the sound of Michael Jackson stepping into his own-and one of the great pop records of the disco era.
