Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on August 10, 1979, by Epic Records.It was Jackson's first album released through Epic Records, and the first produced by Quincy Jones, whom he met while working on the 1978 film The Wiz.Several critics observed that Off the Wall was crafted from disco, pop, funk, R&B, soft rock and Broadway ballads. For their Epic debut, The Jacksons (1976), Michael penned the jangly upbeat "Blues Away" which belies the suffocating feelings of depression detailed in the lyrics (a soon to be Jackson mainstay) and co-wrote the smooth funk of "Style of Life" with guitarist brother Tito. With 1978's Destiny and 1980's Triumph albums, the brothers wrote and produced themselves, with Michael taking a stronger |mcr| rmh| mob| myy| aia| zcn| pjp| vpp| ocm| sho| yrh| mya| yyv| bva| err| hje| tgu| fuk| ids| ikg| dkr| otz| cbz| qkm| mlm| ivq| yhf| din| zye| kew| rzf| wnr| hjs| qnr| bxg| nbs| dfp| ozg| nxk| myo| mew| bsb| pxu| ycy| yvb| bqt| sgs| che| psm| pel|