Off The Wall

Quincy Jones collaborated with Michael Jackson to refine his sound for a mature audience. The sheer volume of recordings from these sessions produced a result that is both meticulously crafted and full of youthful vibrancy.

While disco dominated in 1979, this project elevated the style by combining tight funk patterns with orchestral arrangements. The record marks a transition point where the heavy feel of late-seventies R&B merged with the clean engineering standards that governed popular music for the decade that followed.