Long Live the King: Remembering Michael Jackson

By Evan Sawdey

As the world mourns the passing of its definitive pop star, we must ask ourselves why his death means so much to us -- and where the legacy of one of the greatest entertainers of all time now stands. [26 June 2009]

Michael Jackson: Thriller 25

By Mike Joseph

This, folks, is where the mere pop stars get separated from the legends. [11 February 2008]

Michael Jackson: Visionary: The Video Singles

By Jeff Vrabel

It's impossible to think of anything Jackson could do to stop the bleeding at this point. This ain't it, though. [11 December 2006]

Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection

By Will Harris

Jackson has opted to produce a collection that, given its cost and its content, is likely only to appeal to his diehard fans. They're the ones most interested in hearing the rarities and demos included within, but they're not the ones who need to be reminded how great Michael Jackson once was and could yet be again. [5 January 2005]

Michael Jackson: Love Songs

By Jordan Kessler

Michael Jackson: Love Songs

By Mark Anthony Neal

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By Nikki Tranter

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By Charlotte Robinson

Channel Surfing: Michael Jackson, King of Pain

Sound Affects: Mapped Out on the Body: Michael Jackson’s Vision for Inclusiveness

With his brown skin, button nose, and chemically straightened hair, it significantly matter that Michael Jackson was black not white, male not female, from a poor family, not rich one. Unsurprisingly, he sought to re-map the globe. [16 July 2009]

Sound Affects: A Thriller in His Own Right: MJ and the Desegregation of Popular Music and Culture

Sound Affects: ‘Thriller’ Was the Apex of Modern Pop

Sound Affects: Peter Pan Makes a Comeback

Though I could not put a name to this queerness then, I knew that my ability to be free-to-be me was somehow connected to Michael Jackson’s ability to be free-to-be as bizarre as he wanted to be and still have people respect his life’s work. [12 May 2009]

For the most part, Jackson memorial was dignified viewing [8 July 2009]

Michael Jackson couldn’t maintain the success of his blockbuster album [6 July 2009]

‘Thriller’ was greatest triumph, greatest tragedy [26 June 2009]

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ turns 25 [12 February 2008]