Thriller
| Michael Jackson
Thriller
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records.[1][2] It explores genres similar to Jackson's previous album, Off the Wall, including pop, post-disco, rockand funk. Recording sessions took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. Quincy Jones produced the album and Jackson wrote four of its nine songs."-Wikipeda
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The Billboard
"Thriller" was an album born of outsized ambitions
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Rolling Stone
Thriller‘s tense, nearly obsessive sound complements lyrics that delineate a world that has put the twenty-four-year-old on the defensive.
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BBC
Thriller had become the phenomenon it remains to this day.
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Classic Rock Review
the songs are melodic, entertaining, and well composed.
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We Plug Good Music
undisputed best-selling album of all time.
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Sputnik Music
Michael Jackson Thriller is a great album that dissolves the ultimate question of whether some people are immune to sin.
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Slant Magazine
Thriller is still big, and Jackson’s getting small only serves to highlight its pop (musical and cultural) achievements
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Pitchfork
We live now in the world of the “long tail”—Thriller was the big head.
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Time
But as a piece of music, it remains the greatest pop album of all time.
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New York Times
''Thriller'' is a wonderful pop record, the latest statement by one of the great singers in popular music today.
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All Music
harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads, and smoother soul
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Telegraph
Broke down long-standing racial barriers in the music industry, spanning traditional divides between pop, rock and dance music.
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PopMatters
Thriller is one of those few iconic records whose influence seems to be prevalent no matter the climate.
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50 Third and 3RD
something for everyone—disco fans, soul fans, rock fans, those who adore love songs and those whose tastes lean more to the campy side.
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Vintage King
It’s a truly timeless record that stands as a testament songwriting, producing, engineering, and music as we know it.
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Prefix Magazine
Like the decade’s blind optimism, Jackson finely strained the blues so that only an aggressive beat, pop hooks and aesthetic flair remained.
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Medium
Thriller was, and still is, worth the hype.
Listeners Reviews
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No one has had a album run like this one. it was fresh then. it is fresh now. and the timelessness will keep it saran wrap fresh until the end of days. legendary. no cap 5/5
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