The importance of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall cannot be overstated. Recorded when he was just 20 years old, the album heralded Michael’s stunning emancipation as a singular musical force and creative visionary. It smashed the ceiling on record sales for black artists, ushering in an exciting new era of R&B-to-pop crossover airplay, chart, marketing and sales trends not seen before in modern pop music. It’s the record that “invented modern pop as we know it,” wrote Rolling Stone. For fellow black artists of the day, Michael served as an illuminating inspiration.

1. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Workin’ Day and Night
4. Get on the Floor
5. Off The Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She’s out of My Life
8. I Can’t Help It
9. It’s the Falling in Love
10. Burn This Disco Out