Looking back on Michael Jackson’s best (and worst) albums

Together with producer Quincy Jones, Jackson created the first real record of his adulthood: a featherweight rapture of disco-flecked R&B, replete with instant dance-floor dazzlers (”Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” ”Rock With You,” ”Workin’ Day and Night”), a few midtempo charmers (”It’s the Falling in Love,” ”Girlfriend”), and, well, one pretty maudlin ballad (”She’s Out of My Life”). For all its spangled glitter-ball flair, the album easily transcends its polyester era. A-