History Music / HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI

A DistinctDoubleAlbum, the first CD is a GreatestHitsAlbum covering his solo work from 1979 to 1991, while the second is (then) all-new material. It yielded several worldwide Top 10 hits ("Scream", "They Don't Care About Us", "Earth Song", "You Are Not Alone", "History" and "Stranger In Moscow") and ambitious music videos [[note]] "Scream" remains the most expensive music video of all time at $7 million [[/note]] and is one of the highest-selling double albums of all time.

In the interim between ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' and this album, Jackson was first accused of sexually abusing a young boy, which resulted in him negotiating a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement with the accuser's family. This permanently tainted his public image, and his widely publicized 1994 marriage to Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Music/ElvisPresley) just months after the settlement arguably made matters worse. These scandals provided much grist for the mill of the new songs on Disc Two of this album, resulting in a substantially DarkerAndEdgier work for Jackson. Sales and reviews of ''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present And Future, Book I'' were greatly [[OvershadowedByControversy overshadowed by the controversy about Jackson's private life]] and failed to notice the merits of the music itself.

In spite of the title indicating that this would be the first of several albums of this kind, there was never a ''Book II''.

[[AC: Disc One ('''''[=HIStory=]'' Begins''')]]

# "Billie Jean" (4:53)
# "The Way You Make Me Feel" (4:57)
# "Black Or White" (4:16)
# "Rock With You" (3:41)
# "She's Out Of My Life" (3:37)
# "Bad" (4:07)
# "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (4:12)
# "Man In The Mirror" (5:19)
# "Thriller" (5:58)
# "Beat It" (4:19)
# "The Girl Is Mine" (3:41)
# "Remember The Time" (4:00)
# "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (6:05)
# "Wanna Be Startin' Something" (6:05)
# "Heal The World" (6:24)

[[AC: Disc Two ('''''[=HIStory=]'' Continues''')]]

[[labelnote: ''Click here to see the cover for Blood On the Dance Floor'']]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6d7bdfd578dad984e5005d41d8c1d270.jpg''"Blood is on the dance floor, blood is on the knife..."''[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present And Future, Book I''.[[labelnote: ''Click here to see the cover for Blood On the Dance Floor'']][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6d7bdfd578dad984e5005d41d8c1d270.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"Blood is on the dance floor, blood is on the knife..."'']][[/labelnote]]]]

In 1997, eight of the 15 tracks from the second disc were remixed and compiled into '''''[[UpdatedRerelease Blood On The Dance Floor: [=HIStory=] In The Mix]]''''', a remix album which also contained four [[CutSong cut songs]] from the ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' sessions ([[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts "Ghosts"]], "Superfly Sister", "Is It Scary", and the title track), and a brand new composition, "Morphine". Though it's recognized as the world's best-selling remix album of all time at six million copies, it remains the lowest selling album Jackson released on Epic Records, due in part to the poor USA promotion by the label. Its title song would also be Jackson's final number one single during his lifetime. [[note]]It was his last #1 song internationally, while ''You Are Not Alone'' became this in the United States.[[/note]]

* StrawmanNewsMedia: "Tabloid Junkie" is built on this trope, decrying the news reports surrounding his child molestation as falsified sensationalism and flat-out comparing them to the crucifixion of Jesus.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present And Future, Book I''.[[labelnote: ''Click here to see the cover for Blood On the Dance Floor'']][[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6d7bdfd578dad984e5005d41d8c1d270.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:''"She's got your number..."'']][[/labelnote]]]]

''Every legend tells of conquest and harmony!!''\\

A DistinctDoubleAlbum, the first CD is a GreatestHitsAlbum covering his solo work from 1979 to 1991, while the second is (then) all-new material. It yielded several worldwide Top 10 hits ("Scream", "They Don't Care About Us", "Earth Song", "You Are Not Alone", "History" and "Stranger In Moscow") and ambitious music videos [[note]] "Scream" remains the most expensive music video of all time at $7 million [[/note]] and is one of the highest-selling double albums.

'''''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present And Future, Book I''''' is the ninth studio album by Music/MichaelJackson, released in 1995.

In the interim between ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' and this album, Jackson was first accused of sexually abusing a young boy, which resulted in him negotiating a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement with the accuser's family. This permanently tainted his public image, and his widely publicized 1994 marriage to Lisa Marie Presley (daughter of Music/ElvisPresley) just months after the settlement arguably made matters worse. These scandals provided much grist for the mill of the new songs on Disc Two of this album, resulting in a substantially DarkerAndEdgier work for Jackson. All these factors caused a public backlash against the former "King of Pop". Sales and reviews of ''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present And Future, Book I'' were greatly [[OvershadowedByControversy overshadowed by the controversy about Jackson's private life]] and failed to notice the merits of the music itself.

** [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Q-Tip]] and fellow Native Tongues member Music/JDilla (both credited as "The Ummah") created several remixes for the album's title track, though they didn't lend any vocals.

** "Earth Song" mentions Abraham.
--> ''What about Abraham? (What about us?)''

* SpecialGuest: "2Bad" features a rap segment by basketball player Shaquille O' Neal. "This Time Around" one by Music/TheNotoriousBIG.

** In the music video of "Scream" Michael and Janet are seen looking at famous art objects, including Creator/ReneMagritte's painting "Son Of Man" and a self portrait of Creator/AndyWarhol. Clips from ''Anime/{{Akira}}'' and ''Anime/{{Red Photon Zillion}}'' can also be seen.

# "HIStory" [Tony Moran's HIStory Lesson] (8:00)

# "Billie Jean"
# "The Way You Make Me Feel"
# "Black Or White"
# "Rock With You"
# "She's Out Of My Life"
# "Bad"
# "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
# "Man In The Mirror"
# "Thriller"
# "Beat It"
# "The Girl Is Mine"
# "Remember The Time"
# "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
# "Wanna Be Startin' Something"
# "Heal The World"

# "Scream"
# "They Don't Care About Us"
# "Stranger In Moscow"
# "This Time Around"
# "Earth Song"
# "D.S."
# "Money"
# "Come Together"
# "You Are Not Alone"
# "Childhood"
# "Tabloid Junkie"
# "2 Bad"
# "History"
# "Little Susie"
# "Smile"

# "Blood On the Dance Floor"
# "Morphine"
# "Superfly Sister"
# "Ghosts" [[note]][[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts (Has its own page)]][[/note]]
# "Is It Scary"

* ChangedForTheVideo: The Fugees remix of "Blood On The Dance Floor" had its own music video, and was included in the ''Michael Jackson's Vision'' DVD set over the original Teddy Riley version. [=HIStory=] also used a remix for it's video.

* ChangedForTheVideo: The Fugees remix of "Blood On The Dance Floor" had it's own music video, and was included in the ''Michael Jackson's Vision'' DVD set over the original Teddy Riley version. [=HIStory=] also used a remix for it's video.

* Music/NewJackSwing: Both [=HIStory=] and ''Blood On The Dance Floor'' use the sound liberally, despite it being considered outdated by many.

* NewJackSwing: Both [=HIStory=] and ''Blood On The Dance Floor'' use the sound liberally, despite it being considered outdated by many.

In 1997, eight of the 15 tracks from the second disc were remixed and compiled into '''''[[UpdatedRerelease Blood On The Dance Floor: [=HIStory=] In The Mix]]''''', a remix album which also contained four [[CutSong cut songs]] from the ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' sessions ([[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts "Ghosts"]], "Superfly Sister", "Is It Scary", and the title track), and a brand new composition, "Morphine". Though it's recognized as the world's best-selling remix album of all time at six million copies, it remains the lowest selling album Jackson released on Epic Records, due in part to the poor USA promotion by the label. Its title song would also be Jackson's final number one single during his lifetime. [[note]]It was his last #1 song internationally, while '''You Are Not Alone''' became this in the United States[[/note]]

In 1997, eight of the 15 tracks from the second disc were remixed and compiled into '''''[[UpdatedRerelease Blood On The Dance Floor: [=HIStory=] In The Mix]]''''', a remix album which also contained four [[CutSong cut songs]] from the ''Music/{{Dangerous}}'' sessions ([[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts "Ghosts"]], "Superfly Sister", "Is It Scary", and the title track), and a brand new composition, "Morphine". Though it's recognized as the world's best-selling remix album of all time at six million copies, it remains the lowest selling album Jackson released on Epic Records, due in part to the poor USA promotion by the label. Its title song would also be Jackson's final number one single during his lifetime.

[[AC: Disc One]]

[[AC: Disc Two]]

* CutSong: There's at least seven songs between [=''HIStory''=] and ''Blood on the Dance Floor'' that were holdovers from prior albums:
** [[Music/TheBeatles "Come Together"]]: Was a B-side for the "Remember the Time" single, but didn't make either ''Bad'' or ''Dangerous''.
** "Earth Song": Originally titled "What About Us", was cut from ''Dangerous''
** "Stranger In Moscow": Was written as a poem in 1993, and its eventual backing track was composed for ''Sonic3AndKnuckles''. Was fleshed out and recorded in 1994.
** "Blood on the Dance Floor": Nearly made the cut for ''Dangerous'', but was dropped due to the album already being too long.
** "Superfly Sister": Recorded and completed for ''Dangerous'', But was shelved when Jackson dropped the song's producer, Bryan Loren (Who also co-wrote and produced [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Do The Bartman"]] with Jackson), in favor of Teddy Riley being the main producer for ''Dangerous''.
** "Ghosts" and "Is It Scary": Both were written in 1993 as a tie-in for ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'', but were dropped due to the child molestation accusations breaking out. Jackson would eventually use the songs for [[Film/MichaelJacksonsGhosts a short film.]]