Scream in Bloomington, MN

This compilation was released digitally in September 2017 and on CD and glow-in-the-dark vinyl the following month. Conceived by
Sony
's catalog label and
Michael Jackson
's estate, it draws from
MJ
's
Epic
catalog, dating back to
the Jacksons
'
Triumph
for "This Place Hotel" (1980) and working all the way up to the posthumous, barely dusty
Xscape
(2014) for its title track. The set is an overview of
Jackson
's "most electrifying and danceable tracks" with the obvious intent to provide a one-stop Halloween party soundtrack. Some of the selections indeed deal in some level of horror and fantasy -- most obviously "Thriller,"
Rockwell
-assisted "Somebody's Watching Me,"
' "Torture," "Dirty Diana," and "Blood on the Dance Floor." For completists, it offers one new track, a "mash-up." ~ Andy Kellman