Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Our final installment of the 2025 MJ Restoration project is here, just in time 🙌 Michael's 2nd to last studio album he ever completed, although some could argue it's more of an EP with 5 new tracks, + 8 remixes. Whatever the case, no project involving the King Of Pop's discography is complete without this one!

To anyone who may be here for the first time, welcome! The intention of this project is to find the album's best digital source(s), undo any & all previous remastering work and restore the music to exactly how the artist originally intended it to sound!

The base source for the restoration was (of course) the original CD release from 1997. The CD itself sounds fine on its own! It did have its drawbacks though. By the late 90s, brick-walling the dynamics to achieve a louder sound was an industry standard. In addition, a certain style of EQ was becoming more fashionable again. Known in some circles as smiley-faced EQ, and what I observe to be more of a low-end and high-mids boost. Everyone has their own opinions on this, but to me, I feel it tends to suck the life out of the music.

The original vinyl release of Blood On The Dance Floor had a more natural approach to the mastering, without the same hinderances the CD was subjected to. The result is much more in line with what we've come to know with MJ's other 90s releases 🙂 I've modelled the 2025 Restoration to sound as close to this as possible. The dynamics were able to be revived for the most part, but have still fallen short in some areas compared to the LP (predominantly the remixes). Bringing the EQ over really makes all the difference though 👌

One other glaring difference with the vinyl release compared to all others is a couple alterations in the track-listing. The remixes for 'This Time Around' and 'You Are Not Alone' actually feature different versions! 'This Time Around' has the full mix which runs 6 minutes longer than the common radio mix, and 'You Are Not Alone' is a shorter edit, paced a lot more similarly to the album version. The 2025 Restoration track-listing has been altered to reflect these differences, and the discarded remixes can still be found as extra tracks 👍

I've decided not to make all the remixes public on YouTube, as they may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they can still be found in the full album playlist:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOvYtqeUuiLsq9YAxSiy7BWj-i7RXZ0dY

Check out the other MJ albums apart of the Restoration project 👀⬇
Thriller - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOvYtqeUuiLu-EQLp8hCCAtvka1rODGuu
Invincible - youtu.be/CeFle3bHlAQ
Dangerous - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOvYtqeUuiLsXHde0dY2Qp6nh4xQ5WOGX