It’s just like a scene from Thriller – Michael Jackson is releasing an album from beyond the grave. Due out in November, the album is part of a $250 million deal his estate signed with Sony in March 2010 and will eventually see a DVD release, a Greatest Hits package and reissues of all his albums.

This album, however, will be of most interest to fans as it has 10 previously unreleased songs, most of which are thought to date from the Thriller and Bad sessions when he was at his creative peak. Jacko’s former manager, Frank DiLeo, told Rolling Stone “There are a couple of songs we recorded for the Bad album that we had to cut that are just sensational.”

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