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BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR: HISTORY IN THE MIX features eight remixed tracks from HISTORY: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE along with five new songs. Personnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, guitar, drums, percussion); Janet Jackson (vocals); John Forte (rap vocals); Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam (various instruments); Bryan Loren (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, programming); Slash, Wyclef Jean (guitar); Robert Chausow (violin); Juliet Haffner (viola); Larry Williams, Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft (horns); Brad Buxer (piano, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion, programming); Teddy Riley, Doug Grigsby (keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Te-Bass (bass); Alex Breuer, Matt Carpenter, Andrew Scheps, Rob Hoffman, Jeff Taylor (programming); Andrae Crouch Singers (background vocals). Producers include: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, R. Kelly. Engineers include: Teddy Riley, Dave Way, Mick Guzauski. Personnel: Shaquille O'Neal, The Notorious B.I.G. (rap vocals); Bill Bottrell (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion); Jeff Mironov, Jen Leigh, Steve Lukather, Trevor Rabin, Rob Hoffman (guitar); Paul Peabody (violin); Larry Williams , Gary Grant, Jerry Hey, Kim Hutchcroft, William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr. (horns); Brad Buxer (piano, keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects); Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer, drums, percussion, drum programming); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, synthesizer, bass synthesizer); Chuck Wild (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, sound effects); R. Kelly (keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals); Lafayette Carthon, Dallas Austin, David Paich, Michael Boddicker, Randy Waldman, Rob Arbittier (keyboards, synthesizer); Bruce Swedien (drums, percussion, sound effects); Bryan Loren (drums, percussion, background vocals); Omar Hakim, Buddy Williams , Steve Ferrone, Bobby Brooks (drums, percussion); Andrew Scheps (drum programming, sound effects); Peter Mokran (drum programming); Matt Forger (sound effects); Rodger Bumpass, Jesse Corti, Michael McCary, Linda McCrary, Andraé Crouch, The Andraé Crouch Singers, Nathan Morris, Sandra Crouch, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Boyz II Men (background vocals). Arrangers: Brad Buxer; Dallas Austin; Jimmy Jam; R. Kelly; Terry Lewis; Bruce Swedien. BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR nearly snuck into record stores, preceded by a strange absence of hype. The implicit message of its five new songs, like that of the non-marketing campaign for the album, seems to be: enough already, let's get back to the music. The title song, a colder re-write of the Jackson classic "Billie Jean," draws you in, but Jackson quickly gets to the heart of the album with two astonishing songs that address his public image. "Ghosts" has an icy, metallic beat, while "Is It Scary" has the dramatic flair of a big pop ballad, but they feature nearly identical opening verses about ghosts and ghouls behind the walls and under the bed. In the former song, the ghouls are the
