MICHAEL JACKSON – Thriller – LP – Picture Disk

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LP – Limited Picture Disk

Michael Jackson’s Thrilleris the bestselling album of all time, with 45 million worldwide sales powered by 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 byThriller.

The highly polished sound of Quincy Jones’s production sounds almost organic compared to Jackson’s more recent work, and in the same regard,Thrillerwas 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 milestoneThrillertracks 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 taste for the juvenile and invited Vincent Price to rap in a really scary voice.

WithThrillerthe album, Jackson created a different kind of monster – a hit album of such magnitude that it would have an irrevocable impact not just on the singer’s art, but on his altogether kooky life.

Tracklist:

A1 Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
A2 Baby Be Mine
A3 The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
A4 Thriller

B1 Beat It
B2 Billie Jean
B3 Human Nature
B4 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
B5 The Lady In My Life