Michael Jackson – Thriller (picture disc, unsealed)
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Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion (B1) – Michael Jackson [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Michael Jackson]
Vocals – Paul McCartney (A3)
Performer - Nelson Hayes (A1), Steven Ray (A1)
Backing Vocals – Becky Lopez (A1), Bunny Hull (A1), James Ingram (A1), Julia Waters (A1), Maxine Waters (A1), Oren Waters (A1), Howard Hewett (B3), James Ingram (B3), Becky Lopez (B3), Bunny Hull (B3), Janet Jackson (B3), LaToya Jackson (B3)
Bass – Louis Johnson (A1, A3, B2, B5)
Electric Piano - Greg Phillinganes (A1, A3, B1-2, B5)
Piano – David Paich (A3)
Synthesizer – Greg Phillinganes (A1-2, A4, B1-2, B4), Bill Wolfer( A1), Michael Boddicker (A1-2), David Paich (A2, B3, B5), David Foster (A3), Brian Banks (A4), Rod Temperton (A4), Tom Bahler (B1), Greg Smith (B1-2), Steve Porcaro (B1, B3, B5), Bill Wolfer (B2),
Guitar – David Williams (A1-2, A4), Dean Parks (A3, B2), Steve Lukather (A3), Paul Jackson (B1, B4-5), Eddie Van Halen (B1), Steve Lukather (B1, B3), Don Landee (B1)
Percussion – Paulinho da Costa (A1, B3)
Saxophone – Larry Williams (A1-2, A4)
Flute – Larry Williams (A1-2, A4)
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (A1-2, A4)
Trumpet – Gary Grant (A1-2), Jerry Hey (A-21)
Flugelhorn – Gary Grant (A1-2), Jerry Hey (A1-2)
Drums – Ndugu Chancler (A2, B2, B4), Jeff Porcaro (A3, B1, B3, B5)
Featuring, Rap – Vincent Price (A4)
Electric Bass – Steve Lukather (B1), Louis Johnson (B4)
Keyboards – Bill Wolfer (B1), James Ingram (B4)
Handclaps – Greg Phillinganes (B4), James Ingram (B4), Louis Johnson (B4), Michael Jackson (B4), Steven Ray (B4)
Concertmaster – Jerry Vinci (A3)
Conductor [Strings] – Jeremy Lubbock (B2)
Written by Michael Jackson (A1, A3, B1-2), Rod Temperton (A2), Rod Temperton (A4, B5), John Bettis (B3), Steve Porcaro (B3), James Ingram (B4), Quincy Jones (B4)
1 LP, transparent standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : picture disc
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Not On Label
Original Label : Epic
Recorded April 14 – November 8, 1982 at Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, CA
Recorded & mixed by Bruce Swedien
Engineered by Matt Forger
Produced by Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
Mastered by Bernie Grundman
Art Direction by Lane/Donald
Illustration by Michael Jackson
Photography by Dick Zimmerman
Originally released in November 1982
Reissued in 2010
Tracks:
Side A
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
- Baby Be Mine
- The Girl Is Mine
- Thriller
Side B
- Beat It
- Billie Jean
- Human Nature
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- The Lady in My Life
Awards:
The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. Thriller was recognized as the best-selling album of all time on February 7, 1984, when it was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Number 64 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time – Ranked 20
In 2008, the record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Reviews :
« Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable -- an album that sold 40 million copies in its initial chart run, with seven of its nine tracks reaching the Top Ten (for the record, the terrific "Baby Be Mine" and the pretty good ballad "The Lady in My Life" are not like the others). This was a record that had something for everybody, building on the basic blueprint of Off the Wall by adding harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads, and smoother soul -- expanding the approach to have something for every audience. That alone would have given the album a good shot at a huge audience, but it also arrived precisely when MTV was reaching its ascendancy, and Jackson helped the network by being not just its first superstar, but first black star as much as the network helped him. This all would have made it a success (and its success, in turn, served as a new standard for success), but it stayed on the charts, turning out singles, for nearly two years because it was really, really good. True, it wasn't as tight as Off the Wall -- and the ridiculous, late-night house-of-horrors title track is the prime culprit, arriving in the middle of the record and sucking out its momentum -- but those one or two cuts don't detract from a phenomenal set of music. It's calculated, to be sure, but the chutzpah of those calculations (before this, nobody would even have thought to bring in metal virtuoso Eddie Van Halen to play on a disco cut) is outdone by their success. This is where a song as gentle and lovely as "Human Nature" coexists comfortably with the tough, scared "Beat It," the sweet schmaltz of the Paul McCartney duet "The Girl Is Mine," and the frizzy funk of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)." And, although this is an undeniably fun record, the paranoia is already creeping in, manifesting itself in the record's two best songs: "Billie Jean," where a woman claims Michael is the father of her child, and the delirious "Wanna Be Startin' Something," the freshest funk on the album, but the most claustrophobic, scariest track Jackson ever recorded. These give the record its anchor and are part of the reason why the record is more than just a phenomenon. The other reason, of course, is that much of this is just simply great music. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.5 / 5