Info for Thriller The sixth studio album from the late American singer-songwriter and musician and also the best-selling album of all time with over 45 million copies sold worldwide. The album features the singles 'Billie Jean', 'Beat It', 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'', 'Human Nature', 'P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)', 'Thriller', and the duet with Paul McCartney 'The Girl Is Mine'. „It’s hard to believe now, but when Michael Jackson’s Thriller was released in the UK in time for Christmas 1982, there was an initial sense of misfire. In choosing the album's most lacklustre track, The Girl Is Mine, as its lead single, the postcard delivered was mildly disappointing. The playful duet with Paul McCartney, chosen no doubt to emulate the success McCartney had had earlier the same year with Stevie Wonder on Ebony and Ivory, was simply not what the listeners were expecting. It reached number eight on the UK chart, and the album sold well, but certainly not in the manner that the man who’d delivered Off the Wall should have done. By the following Christmas, Thriller had become the phenomenon it remains to this day. Singles kept dropping off the album like golden fruit from a platinum bough: the precision snap of that snare on UK number one Billie Jean; the raucous Eddie Van Halen guitar on Beat It; the groove-driven frenzy of Wanna Be Startin' Something. It became apparent that this was a remarkable, ever-yielding pop jukebox. By 1984, the album got an extension on its lifecycle with the John Landis-directed video for Thriller, which took the album from successful pop record to cultural icon. Casting the then-clean cut, scandal-free singer as a werewolf in a 15-rated short film was a risk, but one that truly paid off. Soon enough Thriller had become a greatest hits package – seven of its nine tracks were issued as singles. Love it or hate it, Thriller is pop's great, immovable Everest. Marketing departments realised that more and more singles could be pulled from a record to prolong its shelf life, and Michael Jackson became the King of Pop with the whole of the recording industry at his investiture. It was, of course, never the same for Jackson after Thriller. All that followed was a long, gradual downhill slope that culminated in some forgettable records and a tragic early death. But this view from the summit remains unparalleled.“ (Daryl Easlea, BBC Review) Michael Jackson, vocals, percussion Paul McCartney, vocals Vincent Price, spoken vocals Steve Lukather, guitar, bass Eddie Van Halen, guitar Dean Parks, guitar Paul Jackson, guitar Larry Williams, flute, saxophone Jerry Hey, trumpet, flugelhorn Bill Reichenbach, trombone David Paich, piano, synthesizer Greg Phillinganes, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer, programming Steve Porcaro, synthesizer, programming David Foster, synthesizer Rod Temperton, synthesizer Tom Bahler, Synclavier Louis Johnson, bass Ndugu Chancler, drums Jeff Porcaro, drums Paulinho Da Costa, percussion Brian Banks, programming LaToya Jackson, background vocals Julia Waters, background vocals Maxine Waters, background vocals Oren Waters, background vocals Becky Lopez, background vocals Janet Jackson, background vocals Recorded from April 14 – November 8, 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios, West Hollywood, California Engineered by Donn Landee; Humberto Gatica; Matt Forger; Bruce Swedien Produced by Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson Digitally remastered ________________________________________________________________________________ Artist : Michael Jackson Album : Thriller Year: 1982 Composer: Various Genre: Pop Quality : Flac HRA 24bits/96.0kHz Label: Epic / Sony Music Source : Highresaudio HRA-Release: 04.11.2016 Size : 956mb Tracklist 01 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 02 Baby Be Mine 03 The Girl Is Mine 04 Thriller 05 Beat It 06 Billie Jean 07 Human Nature 08 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 09 The Lady in My Life Download Link: Hidden Content: You must reply before you can see the hidden data contained here.