Thriller (album) - Definition and Overview

Thriller
Album by Michael Jackson
Released	December 1 1982
Recorded	April-November 1982
Genre	Post-disco / Funk / Pop Rock
Length	42 mins 19 secs
Record label	Epic Records
Producer	Quincy Jones
Professional reviews
Q	5 stars out of 5	October 2000 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=135817&resource=135817&fixture_artist=141283)
Robert Christgau	Grade: A	link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=932&name=Michael+Jackson)
Rolling Stone	4 stars out of 5	(RS 387) (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=42693&cf=1650)
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=A9kqog44ttvjz)
Michael Jackson Chronology
Off The Wall (1979)	Thriller (1982)	Bad (1987)

Thriller (1982) is an album by pop star Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is also the name of the title track on the album. "Thriller", track 4 on the album, features a spoken interlude by Vincent Price and was also made into a very popular music video directed by John Landis. Track 5, "Beat It", features a guitar solo by Eddie van Halen.

Thriller is currently the best selling album of all-original material of all time in the United States, and the second best-selling album overall (behind The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)). In 2003 the TV network VH1 named it the 23rd greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
2. "Baby Be Mine"
3. "The Girl is Mine" (with Paul McCartney)
4. "Thriller"
5. "Beat It"
6. "Billie Jean"
7. "Human Nature"
8. "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)"
9. "The Lady In My Life"