Thriller
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Thriller [Remaster]
Michael Jackson
Format: Compact Disc
Release Date: Oct 16, 2001
 Original release year: 1982
 Label: Epic (USA)
 Engineer: Bruce SWedien
 Guest Artists: Eddie Van Halen; Paul McCartney; Steve Lukather; Vincent Price; David Foster; Janet Jackson; Jeff Porcaro
 Stereo: Stereo
 Studio/Live: Studio
 Pieces in Set: 1
 Desc: Performer
 
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Genre: RandB/Soul, Sub-Genre: Pop RandB


 
Track Listings:             
 
Title         Sample (30 sec)
DISC 1  
1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'  
2. Baby Be Mine  
3. Girl Is Mine, The - (with Paul McCartney)  
4. Thriller  
5. Beat It  
6. Billie Jean  
7. Human Nature  
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)  
9. Lady In My Life, The  
10. Quincy Jones Commentary  
11. Someone In The Dark - (bonus track)  
12. Quincy Jones Commentary  
13. Billie Jean - (previously unreleased, 1981 demo)  
14. Quincy Jones Commentary  
15. Rod Temperton Commentary  
16. Quincy Jones Commentary  
17. Voice-Over Session From "Thriller"  
18. Rod Temperton Commentary  
19. Quincy Jones Commentary  
20. Carousel - (previously unreleased)  
21. Quincy Jones Commentary  


 
Product Notes:  
 
Personnel includes: Michael Jackson (vocals, percussion); Paul McCartney (vocals); Vincent Price (spoken vocals); Steve Lukather (guitar, bass); Eddie Van Halen, Dean Parks, 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, Rod Temperton (synthesizer); Tom Bahler (Synclavier); Louis Johnson (bass); Ndugu Chancler, Jeff Porcaro (drums); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Brian Banks (programming); LaToya Jackson, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters, Oren Waters, Becky Lopez, Janet Jackson (background vocals).

Producer: Quincy Jones.

Reissue producer: Bruce SWedien.

Principally recorded at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California. Originally released on Epic (38112).

Digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman (Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, California).

The finest example of perfect disco pop, and a record that should be prescribed to musical snobs and manic depressives. The album is a true ambassador of what pop music can be. Jackson whoops and dances through a suite of unforgettable melodies that should be danced to with a smile on your face. Each track offers at least one musical hook, whether it is the beauty of 'Human Nature' (who can resist the 'dada dada da da da') or the 'whoo whoo' of 'Billie Jean'. It's all too good.

 
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Editorial Reviews:  
 
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.98) - Ranked #20 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...There was a time when he was truly the King of Pop. This is it..."

Rolling Stone (11/89) - Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey.

Q (1/03, p.56) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever"

Q (1/00, p.138) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...The music stands undimmed by time....delivers some of the greatest ever pop-soul-dance-whatever...hardly a Weak moment, and still no one goes 'aow' quite like Michael Jackson."

Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century