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| Length = | Label = | Producer = | Compiler = L.A. Reid | Last album = ''Bad 25'' (2012) | This album = ''Xscape'' (2014) | Next album = | Misc = }} ''Xscape'' is the second posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on May 13, 2014 by Epic Records and MJJ Music. It is the eleventh album released by Sony and Motown since Jackson's death in June 2009. L.A. Reid, chairman of Epic Records, curated and served as executive producer for the album enlisting Timbaland to lead a team of record producers, including StarGate, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, John McClain, and Rodney Jerkins, to remix and contemporize the eight selected tracks. Jerkins produced the title song and is the only original song producer to work on the final productions. ''Xscape'' was promoted across the Sony group of companies; Sony Mobile used a snippet of "Slave to the Rhythm" in their advertising campaign for the Xperia Z2 mobile phone. Early reviews have been mixed to positive. "Love Never Felt So Good" was announced as the official lead single to premiere on May 1, 2014. The deluxe edition of the album includes all of the songs in their original forms as well as one bonus track and two videos. ==Background== Officially announced on March 31, 2014, ''Xscape'' features 8 tracks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Michael Jackson album to be released in May )〕 It is the second such album of posthumous material to be released by Epic Records since Jackson's death in 2009. The title track "Xscape" was recorded in 2001 for Jackson's tenth studio album ''Invincible''. American producer Timbaland and Epic Records chairman L.A. Reid executively produced the album, with addition production from Rodney Jerkins, StarGate and John McClain. Timbaland said that Reid had personally approached the producer at his home to discuss the new Jackson project. Jesse Johnson, former lead guitarist of the American band The Time revealed that he had worked on elements of one song that featured Mary J. Blige, Questlove, and D'Angelo. However, the track failed to be included in the final track listing of the album. Reid said that they wanted to honor Jackson's legacy when naming the album, "the title of this album (''Xscape'') honors Michael's album naming process. He always chose a song from the album to name his projects and, beginning with ''Thriller'', used only one word titles, each with an edgy quality to them (''Thriller'', ''Bad'', ''Dangerous'', ''HIStory'' and ''Invincible''). This is true of the new project." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xscape (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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