Michael Jackson - Thriller

Michael Jackson's Thriller is the bestselling album of all time, with 45 million worldwide sales powered by seven Top 10 U.S. singles and eight Grammy Awards. The 1982 album was also a success from which the pop superstar never really recovered--subsequent albums seemed to have no other goal than to beat the records set by Thriller. The highly-polished sound of Quincy Jones's production sounds almost organic compared to Jackson's more recent work, and in the same regard, Thriller was significantly slicker than its predecessor, Off the Wall. Both albums established a Jackson style that aimed for the dance floor with songs built on a state-of-the-art bed of percussion and keyboards. Elements of milestone Thriller tracks like "Billie Jean" (arguably Jackson's best-ever performance) and "Beat It" (with its hard-rock solo by guitarist Eddie Van Halen) influenced not just Jackson's records, but those of the entire dance-pop world. On the song "Thriller," Jackson indulged his tast

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Tracks

  • A1)   Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
  • A2)   Baby Be Mine
  • A3)   The Girl Is Mine
  • A4)   Thriller
  • B1)   Beat It
  • B2)   Billie Jean
  • B3)   Human Nature
  • B4)   P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
  • B5)   The Lady In My Life

Track listing above is from Epic - EPC 85930 (Europe) LP

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