Off the Wall

:For the radio show on Long Island, go to Off the Wall (radio)

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Off the Wall was American pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson's breakthrough 1979 solo album. The album was a major success for the Jacksons frontman, despite critics who said Jackson's career was doomed after leaving Motown in 1975.

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American - Pop - R&B - Michael Jackson - 1979 - Album - Jacksons - Motown - 1975

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Quincy Jones, the musical director for Motown's film adaptation of The Wiz (in which Jackson starred as the Scarecrow), served as the album's producer, with lyrics and music by Jackson, Heatwave's Rod Temperton, Stevie Wonder, and Paul McCartney, among others.

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Quincy Jones - The Wiz - Rod Temperton - Stevie Wonder - Paul McCartney

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More than twenty-five years after its release, Off the Wall remains one of the defining moments in Jackson's music career and began his domination as one of pop music's leading artists. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Off the Wall the thirty-sixth greatest album of all time. Jackson's next album, Thriller, was even more successful.

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2003 - TV network - VH1 - Thriller

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