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08/31/2001 - Updated 12:52 PM ET
Jackson is going retro for 'Invincible'
By Steve Jones, USA TODAY
Michael Jackson's new album, Invincible, is due in stores Oct. 30.
Producer Rodney Jerkins says Michael Jackson's new album, Invincible, due Oct. 30, will remind people of what made Michael Jackson Michael Jackson in the first place. Jerkins, who oversaw seven of the album's 15 tracks, says it will compare favorably with classics Off the Wall and Thriller.
"My feeling is that his last couple of albums got away from his roots of melody and rhythm," Jerkins says. "So I felt it was my job to get that back."
Jerkins co-wrote and co-produced first single You Rock My World, which he says has "great rhythm and mixes a little bit of the old influences with some of the new." While Jerkins couldn't describe the entire album, he previewed the other six tracks he did:
• Invincible is a "real street-oriented groove with some incredible vocals."
• On the "hypnotic" Unbreakable, Michael proclaims that nothing can stop him.
• Heartbreaker finds the singer dealing with a girl who plays with his emotions.
• Break of Dawn is a pretty, midtempo love ballad.
• Privacy is a rock-driven track featuring a string arrangement by Beck's father, David Campbell.
• Of Threatens, Jerkins will only say, "It's really going to shock people."
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08/31/2001 - Updated 12:52 PM ET
Jackson is going retro for 'Invincible'
By Steve Jones, USA TODAY
Michael Jackson's new album, Invincible, is due in stores Oct. 30.
Producer Rodney Jerkins says Michael Jackson's new album, Invincible, due Oct. 30, will remind people of what made Michael Jackson Michael Jackson in the first place. Jerkins, who oversaw seven of the album's 15 tracks, says it will compare favorably with classics Off the Wall and Thriller.
"My feeling is that his last couple of albums got away from his roots of melody and rhythm," Jerkins says. "So I felt it was my job to get that back."
Jerkins co-wrote and co-produced first single You Rock My World, which he says has "great rhythm and mixes a little bit of the old influences with some of the new." While Jerkins couldn't describe the entire album, he previewed the other six tracks he did:
• Invincible is a "real street-oriented groove with some incredible vocals."
• On the "hypnotic" Unbreakable, Michael proclaims that nothing can stop him.
• Heartbreaker finds the singer dealing with a girl who plays with his emotions.
• Break of Dawn is a pretty, midtempo love ballad.
• Privacy is a rock-driven track featuring a string arrangement by Beck's father, David Campbell.
• Of Threatens, Jerkins will only say, "It's really going to shock people."