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Thriller
Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released November 30, 1982
Recorded April-November 1982
Westlake Recording Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Soul
Pop
Dance
Rock
Funk
Length 42:19
Label Epic
Producer Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson chronology
Off the Wall
(1979)		 Thriller
(1982)		 Bad
(1987)
Singles from Thriller
  1. "The Girl Is Mine"
    Released: October 18, 1982
  2. "Billie Jean"
    Released: January 3, 1983
  3. "Beat It"
    Released: February 14, 1983
  4. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
    Released: May 8, 1983
  5. "Human Nature"
    Released: July 3, 1983
  6. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
    Released: September 19, 1983
  7. "Thriller"
    Released: January 23, 1984
.Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson.^ Michael Jackson Thriller 10.
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 ^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 .It was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall.^ The album was released on November 30, 1982 by Epic Records as the follow-up to ...
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 ^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ The album question is tricky, simply because the record keeps selling, long past the point anyone expected it to: Epic Records sells more than a million copies a week worldwide; to date it has sold more than 30 million copies.
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 .Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off the Wall, including funk, soul, pop, easy listening, R&B, rock and post-disco music.^ Thriller 25% Bad 6% Invincible 8% Off The Wall Total votes: 411781 .
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 ^ Out pops an iPod * Music Rocks *Inserts large-scale party coin* .
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 ^ Along with the aforementioned suspense fiction, it has several sub-genres, including adventure fiction , techno-thriller, conspiracy thriller and spy fiction.
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 [1][2]
.Recording sessions took place between April and November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a production budget of $750,000.[3] Assisted by producer Quincy Jones, Jackson wrote four of Thriller's nine tracks.^ Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson [Amazon.com] Thriller (1982) is an album by pop star Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones.
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 ^ Recorded at United Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California on October 12, 1960.

 ^ I worked out my arrangement of it in a few hours, and recorded it on a whim, between mixing sessions.

 .In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales between 65-110 million copies worldwide, and as the best-selling album in the United States.^ What is your favorite album of all time .
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 ^ It is the bestselling album, of any kind, of all time.
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 ^ Thriller is currently the best selling album of all-original material of all time in the United States.
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 [4] .Seven of the album's nine songs were released as singles, and all reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.^ There are nine songs on the album; seven have been released as singles; all have hit the Top Ten, and two of them have reached No.
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 ^ P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) || Released From: Thriller Album Release Date: September 1983 * Single Chart Billboard No.10 Billboard Black singles No.46 Billboard adult contemporary No.37 UK singles chart No.11 .
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 ^ In honor of 'Thriller's' 25th anniversary: Pop culture hits in 1982 and now Top 10 Albums .
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 .The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys.^ Billboard #1 album for NINE MONTHS, nominated for a record-breaking 12 Grammys (won a record-breaking 8 of them)...
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 ^ Grammy Award winners are picked by voting members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).
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.Thriller cemented Jackson's status as one of the preeminent pop stars of the late 20th century, and enabled him to break down racial barriers via his appearances on MTV and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ Along with Weezer's Blue Album, Dear You is one of the cornersto nes upon which emo and late-'90s punk-pop were built.
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 ^ Jackson delivered "Thriller," a terse nine-song set that threw so huge a boulder into the pop pool that it ripples to this day.
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 .The album was one of the first to use music videos as successful promotional tools—the videos for "Thriller", "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" all received regular rotation on MTV. In 2001, a special edition issue of the album was released, which contains additional audio interviews, a demo recording and the song "Someone In the Dark", which was a Grammy-winning track from the E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial storybook.^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ First album, Thriller.

 ^ Thriller 25th Anniversary Edition Album ...
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 [5] In 2008, the album was reissued again as Thriller 25, containing re-mixes that feature contemporary artists, a previously unreleased song and a DVD.
.Thriller ranked number 20 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list in 2003[6], and was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers at number three in its Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.^ It is the bestselling album, of any kind, of all time.
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 ^ It is the best-selling album of all time.
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 ^ What is your favorite album of all time .
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 The Thriller video was preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry, as it was deemed "culturally significant".

Contents

Background

.Jackson's previous album Off the Wall (1979) was a critical success and received generally favorable reviews.^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ Search Off-the-Wall Tallies of Jackson's Sales - WSJ.com Confusion over songs versus albums and scant historical data have inflated ...
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 [7][8] .It was also a commercial success, eventually selling over 20 million copies worldwide.^ The album question is tricky, simply because the record keeps selling, long past the point anyone expected it to: Epic Records sells more than a million copies a week worldwide; to date it has sold more than 30 million copies.
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 [9]
.The years between Off the Wall and Thriller were a transitional period for the singer, a time of increasing independence and struggles with his family.^ Thriller 25% Bad 6% Invincible 8% Off The Wall Total votes: 411781 .
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 ^ I like Off the Wall a lot more than Thriller.
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 .In 1973, Jackson's father Joseph began a secret affair with a woman 20 years younger than he; the couple had a child in secret.^ He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me."
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 In 1980, Joseph told his family of the affair and child. Michael, already angry with his father over his childhood abuse, felt so betrayed that he fell out with Joseph for many years.[10] .The period saw the singer become deeply unhappy; Jackson explained, "Even at home, I'm lonely.^ Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, has passed away and his collectibles have become even more popular than ever.
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 I sit in my room sometimes and cry. It's so hard to make friends ... I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home."[11] .When Jackson turned 21 in August 1979, he fired Joseph as his manager and replaced him with John Branca.^ Keep in mind that, as Jackson's attorney John Branca points out, "Michael has the highest royalty rate in the business."
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 [12]
Jackson confided in Branca that he wanted to be "the biggest star in show business" and "the wealthiest". The singer was upset about what he perceived to be the under-performance of Off the Wall, stating, "It was totally unfair that it didn't get Record of the Year and it can never happen again."[13] He also felt undervalued by the music industry; in 1980 when Jackson asked the publicist of Rolling Stone if they would be interested in doing a cover story on him, the publicist declined, to which Jackson responded, "I've been told over and over that black people on the cover of magazines doesn't sell copies ... Just wait. Someday those magazines are going to be begging me for an interview. .Maybe I'll give them one.^ Maybe one day he’ll write a book.
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 And maybe I won't."[13]

Recording

.Jackson reunited with Off the Wall producer Quincy Jones to record his sixth studio album.^ AM Because Michael's original choice to close the album, "The Young Boy In My Life" was deemed "too creepy" by producer Quincy Jones.
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 ^ Because Michael's original choice to close the album, "The Young Boy In My Life" was deemed "too creepy" by producer Quincy Jones.
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 ^ Search Off-the-Wall Tallies of Jackson's Sales - WSJ.com Confusion over songs versus albums and scant historical data have inflated ...
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 The pair worked together on 300 songs, nine of which were eventually included.[14] .Thriller was recorded between April and November 1982, with a production budget of $750,000. Several members of the band Toto were also involved in the album's recording and production.^ I napped several times in the process of absorbing the album for this review, and while I'd like to attribute that to the wintry weather, I get the feeling that it has more to do with the records consummately relaxing nature.
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 [14] .Jackson wrote four songs for the record: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney), "Beat It" and "Billie Jean".[15] Unlike many artists, Jackson did not write these songs on paper.^ How many Grammy Awards did Michael Jackson win on Feb.
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 ^ My first record was a 45 - the song was "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond.

 ^ We brought all these different people’s beats together: mine and Toki Wright’s and Evidence’s and tried to really approach it like a band would as far as transitions between songs, transitions between sets.

 .Instead, he would dictate into a sound recorder; when recording he would sing from memory.^ Maybe I would have gotten into Pogs instead, and gone down a completely different path in life.

 [16][17]
.The relationship between Jackson and Jones became strained during the album's recording.^ Origanal Thriller was the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson.
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 ^ The single may be the first step in Jackson’s plan to record a whole new album.
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 Jackson spent much of his time rehearsing dance steps alone.[17] .When the album's nine songs were completed, both Jones and Jackson were unhappy with the result and remixed every song, spending a week on each.^ There are nine songs on the album; seven have been released as singles; all have hit the Top Ten, and two of them have reached No.
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 ^ I also listened incessentaly to each and every one of my 12 year older brother's Beatles albums and memorized EVERY SINGLE word to EVERY SINGLE song!!!

 ^ First album: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (which had to be replaced by my very unhappy daddy after it had an unfortunate accident with the heater...

 [17] .Jones believed that "Billie Jean" was not strong enough to be included on the record, but Jackson disagreed and kept it.^ Michael jackson lyrics were amazing we all know that, from Billie Jean to Black or White.
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 ^ Voice-Over Intro Quincy Jones Interview #2/Quincy Jones Interview #2/Voice-Over Intro Billie Jean (Demo) .
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 .Jones told Jackson that Thriller would be unlikely to sell successfully like Off the Wall had, because the market had since weakened.^ I like Off the Wall a lot more than Thriller.
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 ^ Instead of going off on a love fest about the Spike Jonze or the heartwarming children's story, I would like to say a few words about the amazing soundtrack.

 ^ I would rather spin Off The Wall actually.
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 .In response, Jackson threatened to cancel the album's release.^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ Thriller Album Cover Thriller Album Cover-Thriller album cover is here.Here is the original cover of Thriller which is Michael Jackson's sixth studio that was released on November.
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 [14]
.Jackson was inspired to create an album where "every song was a killer," as with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, and developed Thriller on that concept.^ Strangers coming together to create a beautiful, rare tribute song to the great Michael Jackson, thanks to the initiative taken by singing superstar Sonu Niigaam.
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 ^ Thriller (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thriller (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org Michael Jackson: Thriller Album Cover Parodies amiright.com Thriller Album Cover MySpace layouts, MySpace Thriller Album Cover ...
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 ^ Origanal Thriller was the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson.
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 [18][19] Jones and songwriter Rod Temperton gave detailed accounts of what occurred for the 2001 reissue of the album. Jones discussed "Billie Jean" and why it was so personal to Jackson, who struggled to deal with a number of obsessed fans. Jones wanted the long introduction on the song to be shortened; however, Jackson insisted that it remain because it made him want to dance.[15] The ongoing backlash against disco made it necessary to move in a different musical direction from the disco-heavy Off the Wall.[19] .Jones and Jackson were determined to make a rock song that would appeal to all tastes and spent weeks looking for a suitable guitarist for the song "Beat It", a song Jackson wrote.^ Clash if Mick Jones wrote all the songs and the Only Ones or Buzzcocks at their emotional best, but also classic power pop sounds like a (much) tougher Rubinoos, rock & roll like a tighter and sober New York Dolls, and the lo-fi approach of Billy Childish.
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 ^ We brought all these different people’s beats together: mine and Toki Wright’s and Evidence’s and tried to really approach it like a band would as far as transitions between songs, transitions between sets.

 ^ Basically what we did was me and Ant spent like two months making demos of the songs at his house, which is what we always do.

 .Eventually, they found Eddie Van Halen of the rock band Van Halen.^ Eddie Van Halen (1) .

 [15][17]
.When Rod Temperton wrote the song "Thriller", he originally wanted to call it "Starlight" or "Midnight Man" but settled on "Thriller" because he felt the name had merchandising potential.^ Last week , I wrote about Rod Stewart, and how sickened I was to see his name attached to a Sam Cooke LP. This week… well, it gets worse, folks, it gets worse.

 ^ On top of that, Jackson only wrote four of the songs on Thriller, while Prince wrote, or co/wrote all of them on Purple Rain.
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 [17] Always wanting a notable person to recite the closing lyrics, Jones brought in actor Vincent Price who was an acquaintance of Jones' wife, who completed his part in just two takes. Temperton wrote the spoken portion in a taxi on the way to the recording studio. .Jones and Temperton said that some recordings were left off the final cut because they did not have the "edginess" of other album tracks.^ After the album was done we kept recording and did the mixtape.

 ^ The short "Raw" was also selected for singledom, they certainly did raid the tacklebox for all the hooks on this album.
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 ^ I thought they had said it because they knew the song, but it turns out it was just a random grouping of words.

 [15]

Music

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.According to Steve Huey of Allmusic, Thriller refined the strengths of Jackson's previous album Off the Wall; the dance and rock tracks were more aggressive, while the pop tunes and ballads were softer and more soulful.^ I like Off the Wall a lot more than Thriller.
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 ^ "Thriller" is a short word for michael jackson song that rocked everyone.
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 [21] .The album includes the ballads "The Lady in My Life", "Human Nature", and "The Girl Is Mine"; the funk pieces "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"; and the disco set "Baby Be Mine" and "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"[22][23][24][21] and has a similar sound to the material on Off The Wall.^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: leona - Srpanj 23, 2008, 23:47:21 .
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 ^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: * - Travanj 22, 2008, 14:23:57 .
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 ^ Citat: icarus_smicarus - Srpanj 13, 2008, 23:24:44 a drugi album?
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 ."Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is accompanied by a bass and percussion background and the song's centerpiece, a climaxing Swahili chant, gave the song an international flavor.^ Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 with Akon (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring Akon) .
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 ^ Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2.
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 ^ Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' .
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 [25] "The Girl Is Mine" tells of two friends' fight over a woman, arguing over who loves her more and concludes with a spoken rap.[17][25]
.Despite the light pop flavor of these two records, Thriller, more so than Off the Wall, displayed foreshadowings of the contradictory thematic elements that would come to characterize Jackson's later work.^ I like Off the Wall a lot more than Thriller.
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 ^ These give the record its anchor and are part of the reason why the record is more than just a phenomenon.
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 ^ PM Personally, I listen to Purple Rain more often than Thriller, but that wasn't the original question.
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 [26] .With Thriller, Jackson would begin his association with the subliminal motif of paranoia and darker themes, including supernatural imagery in the album's title track.^ Michael Jackson - Thriller Album [t847] .
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 ^ We're rewarded with the title track, "Days To Come" and several songs on this album feature intriguing vocals by Bajka (it's pronounced "Biker").
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 ^ Oh, and I find myself really drawn to the final track (humorously titled "Hush"), because it means the albums almost over.\n\nThis is an album that I don't really care for.
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 [23] .This is evident on the songs "Billie Jean", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "Thriller".[22] In "Billie Jean", Jackson sings about an obsessive fan who alleges he has fathered a child of hers; in "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" he argues against gossips and the media.^ Strangers coming together to create a beautiful, rare tribute song to the great Michael Jackson, thanks to the initiative taken by singing superstar Sonu Niigaam.
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 ^ Michael jackson lyrics were amazing we all know that, from Billie Jean to Black or White.
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 ^ Michael Jackson song about the problems faced in prisons and the treatment they (the prisoners) get in cells got very famous.
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 [23][21] .In the former song, Jones had Jackson sing vocal overdubs through a six-foot-long cardboard tube, and brought in jazz saxophonist Tom Scott to play a rare instrument, the lyricon, a wind-controlled analog synthesizer.^ Strangers coming together to create a beautiful, rare tribute song to the great Michael Jackson, thanks to the initiative taken by singing superstar Sonu Niigaam.
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 Bassist Louis Johnson ran through his part on a Yamaha bass guitar. The song opens with a long bass-and-drums introduction.[27] .In the song "Thriller", sound effects such as creaking door, thunder, feet walking on wooden planks, winds and howling dogs can be heard.^ The more I've thought about, Thriller has a couple of completely crap songs that actually sounded like crap on arrival.
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 [17]
The anti-gang-violence "Beat It" became a homage to West Side Story, and was Jackson's first successful rock cross-over piece.[21][28] .Jackson later said of "Beat It", "the point is no one has to be the tough guy, you can walk away from a fight and still be a man.^ No one wants to think about you making love when one of these tracks comes on the radio!

 ^ He does the infamous "Sexy No Jutsu" and you end up making babies with one of his clones.
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 ^ We got a new album, you guys should check it out.” And they’re like “uh, yeah, no thanks.” And then we were like alright, cool.

 You don't have to die to prove you're a man".[25] "Human Nature" is moody and introspective, as conveyed in lyrics such as, "Looking out, across the morning, the City's heart begins to beat, reaching out, I touch her shoulder, I'm dreaming of the street".[25]
By the late 1970s, Jackson's abilities as a vocalist were well regarded; Allmusic described him as a "blindingly gifted vocalist".[7] Rolling Stone compared his vocals to the "breathless, dreamy stutter" of Stevie Wonder. Their analysis was also that "Jackson's feathery-timbred tenor is extraordinary beautiful. .It slides smoothly into a startling falsetto that's used very daringly".[8] With the release of Thriller, Jackson could sing low—down to a basso low C—but he preferred to sing higher because pop tenors have more range to create style.^ Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is one of the most successful albums ever released.
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 ^ Prince is far more talented than Michael Jackson could ever dream to be.
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 ^ First album: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (which had to be replaced by my very unhappy daddy after it had an unfortunate accident with the heater...

 [29] .Rolling Stone was of the opinion that Jackson was now singing in a "fully adult voice" that was "tinged by sadness".[30] "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", credited to James Ingram and Quincy Jones, and "The Lady in My Life" by Rod Temperton, both gave the album a stronger R&B direction; the latter song was described as "the closest Jackson has come to crooning a sexy, soulful ballad after his Motown years" by Taraborrelli.^ The live show will keep building into bigger things down the line, but for now its pretty simple.

 ^ Soulbook is a collection of classic soul tracks covered by Rod Stewart, who claims them as his inspiration: “This is the album I’ve waited my whole lifetime to record…These are the songs that I’ve danced to, made love to...” Woah, stop right there, Rod.

^ I mean, “The Travelers” is a song that I’ve wanted to write all my life, since I’ve been writing songs.

 [25] The singer had already adopted a "vocal hiccup" which he continued to implement in Thriller. The purpose of the hiccup—somewhat like a gulping for air or gasping—is to help promote a certain emotion; be it excitement, sadness or fear.[31]

Release and reception

.Thriller was released on December 1, 1982, and sold one million copies worldwide per week at its peak.^ Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg I was in college when both albums were released (1982 for Thriller, 1984 for Purple Rain) and remember both of them as "new".
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 [29] .Seven singles were released from the album, including "The Girl Is Mine"—which was seen as a poor choice for the lead release and led some to believe that the album would be a disappointment, and to suggestions that Jackson was bowing to a white audience.^ I would probably suggest 3121 best of the three most recent albums, since it's the most consistant and is fairly in line with his 1980's albums.
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 ^ I've seen some contention about the vocals, and fans seem pretty divided on their contribution to the album as a whole.
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 ^ AM I think it would be tough to not base this on personal preference, considering that both albums were released about the time that most folks on this site were riding Big Wheels at the time...
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 [25] ."The Girl Is Mine" was followed by the hit single "Billie Jean", which made Thriller a chart-topper.^ I love the songs Human Nature, Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat it, Smooth Criminal, Blood on the Dance Floor and many more.
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 ^ Billie Jean 2008 Kanye West Mix (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring Kanye West) .
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 ^ The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix Featuring will.i.am) .
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 [32][33] .Success continued with the single "Beat It", which featured guitarists Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather.^ Eddie Van Halen (1) .

 [34] .The title track "Thriller" was released as a single and also became a hit internationally.^ But "When Doves Cry" alone is better than every single track on Thriller, and every other song on Purple Rain is among the best work Prince has ever done.
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 ^ But it would sadly seem that it lost out to the equally catchy next track "Suspicious Character" for the nowadays superfluous title of lead single.
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 [25]
Thriller was universally acclaimed by critics. .A five-star Rolling Stone review by Christopher Connelly described it as "a zesty LP" with a "harrowing, dark message". Despite the positive response, the title track came under strong criticism.^ With Rolling Stone giving the sprawling sonic sinkhole [[Sam's Town|The Killers - Sam's Town]] a metaphorical raspberry in the form of a paltry two stars.
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 .Rolling Stone expressed a negative sentiment, criticizing its "degenerat[ion] into silly camp". The magazine expressed confusion at the use of Vincent Price over Count Floyd for the track's concluding rap.^ Rolling Stone Magazine (3) .

 [23] .The New York Times gave a positive review of the album, and dedicated a large amount of its coverage to the song "Human Nature". They described it as the most "striking" song on the record, and wrote, "this is a haunting, brooding ballad by Steve Porcaro and John Bettis with an irresistible chorus and it should be an enormous hit". Concluding their review The New York Times added; "there are other hits here, too, lots of them.^ I think it needs a 2nd disc with songs by The Time and Apollonia 6 plus any other B-sides from the singles released by Prince and The Revolution from the CD. .
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 ^ I napped several times in the process of absorbing the album for this review, and while I'd like to attribute that to the wintry weather, I get the feeling that it has more to do with the records consummately relaxing nature.
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 ^ The latter is one of the record’s darkest and hardest, but most incredible at the same time.

 Best of all, with a pervasive confidence infusing the album as a whole, Thriller suggests that Mr. Jackson's evolution as an artist is far from finished".[35]
Robert Christgau published a positive (A−) graded overview of the album a few days before its release. .He acknowledged that there were "fillers" on the record but still labeled it "almost classic". He expressed the opinion that "Beat It" was the album's best track, calling it "the triumph and the thriller", but criticized "The Girl Is Mine" as "Michael's worst idea since "Ben"". He was of the opinion that the collaboration did not work well, but still praised it for "getting interracial love on the radio".[36] A year after the album's release, Time summed up the three main singles from the album, saying, "The pulse of America and much of the rest of the world moves irregularly, beating in time to the tough strut of "Billie Jean", the asphalt aria of "Beat It", the supremely cool chills of "Thriller".[29] Conversely, in a Melody Maker review, Paolo Hewitt stated "[t]his is not a good LP"; in his opinion there were only "two songs worthy of mention". "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" was praised as an "exciting", "uptempo electro-funk song", as was "Billie Jean". Hewitt's stance was that as a whole, the album could only be described as "bland", particularly the closing tracks.^ That day we recorded "Chalo," which is still an album track.

 ^ Disco-electro-funk at its best.
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 ^ Is there one song on the album that you feel particularly proud of?

 He summed up: "Jackson seems to have lost his talent for turning gross into gold".[37]
.The album won Jackson a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards in 1984, including Album of the Year.^ Billboard #1 album for NINE MONTHS, nominated for a record-breaking 12 Grammys (won a record-breaking 8 of them)...
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 ^ The single may be the first step in Jackson’s plan to record a whole new album.
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 The eighth Grammy went to Bruce Swedien.[38][39] That same year, Jackson won eight American Music Awards, the Special Award of Merit and three MTV Video Music Awards.[40] .Thriller was recognized as the world's best-selling album on February 7, 1984, when it was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.^ Look at a band like Phoenix - one of the most blogged bands in the world - still selling a good amount of records.

 ^ Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg I was in college when both albums were released (1982 for Thriller, 1984 for Purple Rain) and remember both of them as "new".
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 ^ Best Ween Album For Getting The Uninitiated Into Ween.
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 [41] .It is one of only three albums to remain in the top ten of the Billboard 200 for a full year, and spent 37 weeks at number one out of the 80 consecutive weeks it was in the top ten.^ Several weeks later, I went out and bought the album.

 ^ Fortunately, my shot-in-the-dark album choice turned out to be a good one.

 ^ Music-wise it's been a very full year, and I've actually managed to stay on top of things.
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 The album was also the first of three to have seven Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles, and was the only album to be the best-seller of two years (1983–1984) in the US.[42][43]
.On August 21, 2009 Thriller was certified 29x Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of at least 29 million copies in the US.[44][45] The album topped the charts in many countries, sold 3.7 million copies in the UK,[45][46] 2.5 million in Japan[47] and went 15x Platinum in Australia.^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: podbradak - Ožujak 24, 2009, 14:43:45 .
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 [48] Still popular today, Thriller sells an estimated 130,000 copies in the US per year; it reached number two in the US Catalog charts in February 2003 and number 39 in the UK in March 2007.[40] The album is estimated as having sold 57-110 million copies worldwide approximately; the Guinness Book of World Records lists Thriller as having sold 110 million copies as of 2009.[49][50]

Influence and legacy

Music industry

.Blender described Jackson as the "late twentieth century pre-eminent pop icon", while The New York Times gave the opinion that he was a "musical phenomenon", and that "in the world of pop music, there is Michael Jackson and there is everybody else".[27][51] Jackson changed the way the industry functioned: both as an artistic persona, and as a financial, profitable entity.^ The music industry is slowly changing with this, and it should.

 ^ Michael, and there was everybody else.
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 ^ There will never ever be another Michael Jackson.
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 His attorney John Branca observed that Jackson achieved the highest royalty rate in the music industry to that point: approximately $2 for each album sold. .As a result, Jackson earned record-breaking profits from compact disc sales, and from the sale of copies of the documentary, The Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller, produced by Jackson and John Landis.^ Michael Jackson Thriller 10.
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 Funded by MTV, the film sold over 350,000 copies in its first few months. .In a market then driven by singles, Thriller raised the significance of albums, yet its multiple hit singles changed perceived notions as to the number of successful singles that could be taken from an individual album.^ Thriller broke the mold for successful pop albums...
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 [52] The era saw the arrival of novelties like the Michael Jackson doll, that appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12.[29] Thriller retains a position in American culture; biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli explains, "At some point, Thriller stopped selling like a leisure item—like a magazine, a toy, tickets to a hit movie—and started selling like a household staple".[53]
.At the time of the album's release, a press statement from Gil Friesen, the then President of A&M Records, read that, "The whole industry has a stake in this success".[29] Time magazine speculated that "the fallout from Thriller has given the [music] business its best years since the heady days of 1978, when it had an estimated total domestic revenue of $4.1 billion".[29] Time summed up Thriller's impact as a "restoration of confidence" for an industry bordering on "the ruins of punk and the chic regions of synthesizer pop". The publication described Jackson's influence at that point as, "Star of records, radio, rock video.^ What are the best album covers of all time?
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 ^ KYDR_chris 03-23-08, 01:54 PM Thriller has 6 good tracks out of 9, 4 of which have held up through the test of time.
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 ^ Since then, they've released a full length album, spawned dozens of baller remixes, and become a big name to watch in independent music.

 A one-man rescue team for the music business. A songwriter who sets the beat for a decade. A dancer with the fanciest feet on the street. A singer who cuts across all boundaries of taste and style and color too".[29]

Music videos and racial equality

Before the success of Thriller, many felt Jackson had struggled to get MTV airing because he was black.[54] In an effort to attain air time for Jackson, CBS Records President Walter Yetnikoff pressured MTV and declared, "I'm not going to give you any more videos and I'm going to go public and fucking tell them about the fact you don't want to play music by a black guy".[27]
.His position persuaded MTV to begin airing "Billie Jean" and later "Beat It", which led to a long partnership and later helped other black music artists to gain mainstream recognition.^ The 80s continue to be a goldmine of synth goodness for current artists, but many other musical aspects of the 80s remain overlooked.

 ^ I love the songs Human Nature, Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat it, Smooth Criminal, Blood on the Dance Floor and many more.
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 ^ In a way it has altered my approach to music in a positive sense, because I take the good with the bad, that helps me to be better!

 [55] MTV deny claims of racism in their broadcasting.[56] The popularity of his videos, such as "Beat It" and "Billie Jean", helped to place the young channel "on the map", and MTV's focus shifted in favor of pop and R&B.[55][57]
Jackson in the revolutionary Thriller video
Jackson transformed the medium of music video into an art form and promotional tool through the use of complex story lines, dance routines, special effects and cameo appearances by well known personalities.[21] .When the 14-minute-long Thriller video aired, MTV ran it twice an hour to meet demand.^ The closest I've been able to manage so far is that it's only 45 minutes long, and therefore it only wasted three hours of my life.
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 [58] .The short film marked an increase in scale for music videos and has been routinely named the best music video ever.^ Best known for his novels and wide-ranging output of essays, he also published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts.
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 [59] .The popularity of the video sent the album back to number one in the album chart, but Jackson's label did not support the release of the third music video from the album.^ Since then, they've released a full length album, spawned dozens of baller remixes, and become a big name to watch in independent music.

 ^ They had two vinyl releases that sold out, a legendary live show and some videos, but for a number of reasons by 1984 Futurisk was history.
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 ^ Sources say the new duet is payback for all the work will.i.am did on Jackson’s updated "Thriller" album.
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 They were already pleased with its success, so Jackson convinced MTV to fund the project.[17][58] .Author, music critic and journalist Nelson George wrote in 2004, "It's difficult to hear the songs from Thriller and disengage them from the videos.^ On top of that, Jackson only wrote four of the songs on Thriller, while Prince wrote, or co/wrote all of them on Purple Rain.
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 For most of us the images define the songs. .In fact it could be argued that Michael is the first artist of the MTV age to have an entire album so intimately connected in the public imagination with its imagery".[20] Short films like Thriller largely remained unique to Jackson, while the group dance sequence in "Beat It" has been frequently imitated.^ My first tape I bought was Michael Jackson's Thriller.

 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 ^ First album: Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (which had to be replaced by my very unhappy daddy after it had an unfortunate accident with the heater...

 [15] The choreography in Thriller has become a part of global pop culture, replicated everywhere from Bollywood to prisons in the Philippines.[60][61]
For a black artist in the 1980s to that point, Jackson's success was unprecedented. .According to The Washington Post, Thriller paved the way for other African-American artists such as Prince.^ But "When Doves Cry" alone is better than every single track on Thriller, and every other song on Purple Rain is among the best work Prince has ever done.
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 [62] "The Girl Is Mine" was credited for getting interracial love on the radio.[63] Time noted, "Jackson is the biggest thing since The Beatles. He is the hottest single phenomenon since Elvis Presley. He just may be the most popular black singer ever".[29]

Contemporary appeal

The album is still viewed in a positive light by critics some two decades later. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album the maximum five stars and wrote that the record had something to interest everyone. .He believed it showcased harder funk and hard rock while remaining "undeniably fun". He went on to compliment "Billie Jean" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and said, "The record's two best songs: 'Billie Jean, ...and the delirious 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'', the freshest funk on the album [but] the most claustrophobic, scariest track Jackson ever recorded."^ That day we recorded "Chalo," which is still an album track.

 ^ Its songs demonstrate the keen songwriting ability of Noel Gallagher (an ability that unfortunately seemed to dissipate after two albums).

 ^ But "When Doves Cry" alone is better than every single track on Thriller, and every other song on Purple Rain is among the best work Prince has ever done.
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 Erlewine gave the opinion that it was an improvement on the artist's previous album, although Allmusic was critical of the title track, describing it as "ridiculous" and as having the effect of "arriving in the middle of the record and sucking out its momentum".[22] Slant Magazine gave the album five stars and, like the Allmusic review and the original Rolling Stone review, paid compliment to the lyrics of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".[24]
.The author Nelson George wrote that Jackson "has educated R. Kelly, Usher, Justin Timberlake and countless others with Thriller as a textbook".[64] As a sign of the album's longevity, in 2003 Thriller was ranked at number 20 on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, and was listed by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers at number three of the Definitive 200 Albums of All Time.^ What are the best album covers of all time?
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 ^ Michael Jackson - Thriller Album [t847] .
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 [65][66] .In 2008, 25 years after its release, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and, a few weeks later, was among 25 recordings preserved by the Library of Congress to the National Recording Registry as "culturally significant".[67][68] In 2009, music critics for MTV Base and VH1 both listed Thriller as the best album released since 1981.[69] Thriller, along with other critic favorites were then polled by the public.^ Still remember the music (& the smells)25 years later!

 ^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: myrkur - Kolovoz 25, 2008, 11:48:49 .
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 ^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: Polovnjaca - Svibanj 28, 2008, 21:40:25 .
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 .40,000 people found Thriller to be the Best Album of all time by MTV Generation, gaining a third of all votes.^ What are the best album covers of all time?
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 ^ And then I turned it over, and found the following quotation: Live at the Harlem Square is one of my favorite live recordings of all time.

 ^ Granted, everyone and their mother knows "Kiss", but unfortunately, it seems like that is all people know from that album.
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 [69][70]

Reissues and catalog sales

Thriller was reissued in 2001 in an expanded set titled Thriller: Special Edition. .The original tracks were remastered, and the album included a new booklet and bonus material, including the songs "Someone In the Dark", "Carousel", and Jackson's original "Billie Jean" demo, as well as audio interviews with Jones and Temperton discussing the recording of the album.^ Sources say the new duet is payback for all the work will.i.am did on Jackson’s updated "Thriller" album.
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 ^ Not that some of them aren't catchy for jackson or aero, but when it comes down to quality tracks on almost any album, prince wins every time.
  • Purple Rain vs Thriller [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: General]

 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 [15][71] .Sony also hired sound engineer and mixer Mick Guzauski[72][73] to work with Jackson on creating 5.1-channel surround sound mixes of Thriller, as well as all his other albums, for release on the then-new Super Audio CD format.^ Sources say the new duet is payback for all the work will.i.am did on Jackson’s updated "Thriller" album.
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 ^ Although all of the material was previousl y released in 12" or EP form, it holds up surprisin gly well as a unified, coherent whole.
  • Ispis Stranice - koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC split.com.hr [Source type: General]

 ^ I think it needs a 2nd disc with songs by The Time and Apollonia 6 plus any other B-sides from the singles released by Prince and The Revolution from the CD. .
  • Purple Rain vs Thriller [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: General]

 Despite numerous retries, the artist never approved any of the mixes.[74] Consequently, Thriller was issued on SACD only in a stereo version.[75]
.In February 2008, Epic Records released Thriller 25; Jackson served as executive producer.^ Title: Re: Vending machine (Game) Post by: sTrYdR on February 27, 2008, 04:23:25 pm .
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 ^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 ^ Title: Re: Vending machine (Game) Post by: GL.Za on February 25, 2008, 02:15:07 pm .
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 [45] .Thriller 25 appeared on CD, USB and vinyl with seven bonus tracks, a new song called "For All Time", a snippet of Vincent Price's voice-over, and five remixes featuring American artists Fergie, will.i.am, Kanye West, and Akon.^ CD reissue bonus tracks 12.
  • Ispis Stranice - koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC split.com.hr [Source type: General]

 ^ For All Time (unreleased track from the original Thriller sessions) (Previously unrelease track from the Thriller sessions) .
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 ^ He is truly remarkable artist all the time.
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 [45][76][77] .It also included a DVD featuring three music videos, the Motown 25 "Billie Jean" performance, and a booklet with a message from Jackson.^ And if that doesn't impress you enough, you should check out the making of the music feature on the second disc of the Special Edition DVD for Purple Rain sometime.
  • Purple Rain vs Thriller [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Music ~ Video ~ DVD/CD .
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 [45] The ballad "For All Time" supposedly dates from 1982, but is often credited as being from Dangerous sessions.[78] Two singles were released from the reissue: "The Girl Is Mine 2008" and "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008".
Thriller 25 was a commercial success and did particularly well as a reissue. It peaked at number one in eight countries and Europe. It peaked at number two in the US, number three in the UK and reached the top 10 in over 30 national charts. It was certified Gold in 11 countries including the UK, received a 2x Gold certification in France and received platinum certification in Poland.[79][80][81] .In the United States, Thriller 25 was the second best-selling album of its release week, selling one hundred and sixty six thousand copies, just fourteen thousand short of reaching the number one position.^ It may just make my [[Best Of 2006]] album list.\n\nThere is unfortunately a dearth of information about them on the internet at present.
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 ^ The second tune, which I heard originally a few weeks ago, comes from an album called Alela and Alina fittingly created by Alela Diane and Alina Hardin.

 ^ Marx-Big-Wheel.jpg I was in college when both albums were released (1982 for Thriller, 1984 for Purple Rain) and remember both of them as "new".
  • Purple Rain vs Thriller [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: General]

 .It was ineligible for the Billboard 200 chart as a re-release but entered the Pop Catalog Charts at number one (where it stayed for ten non-consecutive weeks),[82] with the best sales on that chart since December, 1996.[83][84][85] With the arrival of Halloween that November, Thriller 25 spent an eleventh non-consecutive week atop the US catalog chart.^ Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 4.
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 ^ Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 10.
  • Beste Alben des Jahres 1982 [Archiv] - Das ROLLING STONE-Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.rollingstone.de [Source type: General]

 ^ Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 10.
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 .This brought US sales of the album to 688,000 copies, making it the best selling catalog album of 2008.[86] This was Jackson's best launch since Invincible in 2001, selling three million copies worldwide in 12 weeks.^ Naslov: Odg: Koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: bajadera - Veljača 12, 2008, 19:51:04 .
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 ^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: myrkur - Kolovoz 28, 2008, 00:12:06 .
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 ^ Naslov: Odg: Koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: Polovnjaca - Veljača 02, 2008, 12:09:24 .
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 [87]
.After Jackson's death in June 2009, Thriller set additional records.^ First record album: Michael Jackson's Thriller First concert: George Michael, circa Faith.

 .It sold more than 100,000 copies, placing it at number two on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart.^ And having more than 300,000 people download it...The whole process has been wonderful working with Esau - and still is 'til today.

 ^ They had two vinyl releases that sold out, a legendary live show and some videos, but for a number of reasons by 1984 Futurisk was history.
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 ^ Yes, it sold more than any other album but it's not the alpha and omega as a piece of work on it's own.
  • Purple Rain vs Thriller [Archive] - DVD Talk Forum 25 January 2010 15:45 UTC forum.dvdtalk.com [Source type: General]

 .Songs from Thriller also helped Jackson become the first artist to sell more than one million song downloads in a week.^ PM Personally, I listen to Purple Rain more often than Thriller, but that wasn't the original question.
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 ^ And having more than 300,000 people download it...The whole process has been wonderful working with Esau - and still is 'til today.

 ^ Prince is far more talented than Michael Jackson could ever dream to be.
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 [88] .According to Nielsen Soundscan, Thriller was the 14th best selling album of 2009 in the United States with 1.27 million copies sold.^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: Jion_mae - Siječanj 27, 2009, 14:57:53 .
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 ^ Naslov: Odg: koji album trenutno slušate...i impresije Autor: lemon - Svibanj 16, 2009, 12:46:27 .
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 ^ Wed, 07/29/2009 - 00:44 — TheKingOfPopIMissYou Rating: 5 Thriller what can we say it was a get song, album and short film.
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Track listing

Track Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"   Michael Jackson 6:02
2. "Baby Be Mine"   Rod Temperton 4:20
3. "The Girl Is Mine" (with Paul McCartney) Michael Jackson 3:42
4. "Thriller"   Rod Temperton 5:57
5. "Beat It"   Michael Jackson 4:18
6. "Billie Jean"   Michael Jackson 4:53
7. "Human Nature"   Steve Porcaro, John Bettis 4:05
8. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"   James Ingram, Quincy Jones 3:58
9. "The Lady in My Life"   Rod Temperton 4:58

Personnel

See also

Michael Jackson portal

References

Notes

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Michael Jackson
Main articles
Studio albums
Got to Be There · Ben · Music & Me · Forever, Michael · Off the Wall · Thriller · Bad · Dangerous · HIStory · Invincible
Compilations
The Best of Michael Jackson · Anthology · The Original Soul of Michael Jackson · Number Ones · The Ultimate Collection · The Essential Michael Jackson · Visionary: The Video Singles · King of Pop · The Collection · Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection · This Is It
Other releases
One Day in Your Life · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial · Farewell My Summer Love · Looking Back to Yesterday · Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix · Thriller 25 · The Stripped Mixes · The Remix Suite
Concert tours
Filmography
Video releases
Television
Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story · Move Like Michael Jackson · Stark Raving Dad
Games
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Quincy Jones
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The Birth Of A Band, Vol. 1 · The Quintessence · The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones: Live! · .Big Band Bossa Nova · In The Heat of The Night · Walking In Space · Gula Matari · Smackwater Jack · You've Got It Bad, Girl · Body Heat · Mellow Madness · I Heard That!!^ It’s the poppiest you’ll hear Anti-Pop Consortium, featuring a catchy chorus, popping beat, and some of the best verses I’ve heard from the group.

 ^ Based on the two tracks I’ve heard so far, there is absolutely no way you should overlook this album.

 ^ Is it hard to get on stage and talk about the bad times that you’ve experienced every night?

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Ndeda · The Best · From Q With Love · Q: The Musical Biography Of Quincy Jones
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