Michael Jackson – Thriller 40 (2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Experience the world’s biggest-selling album with over 100 million in sales – and the first album to be certified triple Diamond by the RIAA – on this new Thriller 40th Anniversary 2CD set.

Disc 1: Michael Jackson’s 1982 smash album Thriller changed pop music forever. This original album, featuring seven top 10 hits including “Billie Jean,” “Beat It” and “Thriller,” helped Michael win a record-setting eight Grammy Awards in one night.
Disc 2: Features Thriller-era bonus material including previously unreleased demos.Forty years after its release on the 30th of November 1982, people still name Thriller as one of Michael Jackson’s greatest albums. To mark the occasion, Sony is rolling out the red carpet for the anniversary edition of this masterpiece, including 25 bonus tracks! For this record, which was released in the same year as the Compact Disc, the 24-year-old star once again teamed up with Quincy Jones. The era was also marked by the rise of MTV—which was only a year old at the time—and Michael dreamed of reaching funk lovers as well as rock and pop fans. However, Thriller became what we know it to be because it was essentially a compilation of strong, perfect songs. As Quincy would later say: ‘If an album reaches number one, it’s because the songs are perfect to begin with!’

Emphasising the role of sound engineer Bruce Swedien and songwriter Rod Temperton, who’d already been involved in Off the Wall, the producer told Rolling Stone magazine in 2009: ‘Michael didn’t create Thriller. It takes a team to make an album. He wrote four songs, and sang his ass off, but he didn’t conceive it. That’s not how an album works.’ ‘The Girl Is Mine’, the duet with Paul McCartney, was released as a single on the 18th of October 1982, a good month after the album. By joining forces with the ex-Beatles member again, Michael Jackson showed the way. He broke down racial boundaries even further, building bridges between America and Europe and blurring the lines between musical genres. His label, Epic–like everyone involved–knew that this album was going to be unlike anything else the world had ever seen.

To link the album to Off The Wall, Thriller is logically opened by ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’’. With its sample of Manu Dibango’s ‘Soul Makossa’ (the Cameroonian saxophonist would only claim royalties in 2008), it was the perfect way to satisfy Michael’s lifelong fans. However, the lyrics were already less smooth than they had been in the past, revealing that the star had hardened up and freed himself from his child-artist image. Of course, the heart of this colossal album is in its three major songs: ‘Thriller’, ’Beat It’ and ‘Billie Jean’. With creaking doors, werewolf screams, a long instrumental intro (Michael’s voice only appears at the one-minute mark) and a monologue by 50s, 60s and 70s horror star Vincent Price, ‘Thriller’ (and its video) remains a pop culture megalith. With a pyrotechnic guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen (who, according to legend, burned out the studio speakers during the recording), ‘Beat It’ is a relentless, ultra-rhythmic rock song, just what Quincy Jones was hoping for since he’d fantasised about placing a song similar to The Knack’s ‘My Sharona’ (1979) at the heart of the album. However, the stand-out track from Thriller, of course, is the record-shattering hit ‘Billie Jean’. This is an excellent reissue of a true masterpiece. – Marc Zisman

Tracklist:

1-01. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (06:02)
1-02. Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine (04:20)
1-03. Michael Jackson – The Girl Is Mine (03:41)
1-04. Michael Jackson – Thriller (05:57)
1-05. Michael Jackson – Beat It (04:18)
1-06. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (04:54)
1-07. Michael Jackson – Human Nature (04:05)
1-08. Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (03:58)
1-09. Michael Jackson – The Lady in My Life (04:58)
1-10. Michael Jackson – Starlight (05:03)
1-11. Michael Jackson – Got the Hots (Demo) (04:25)
1-12. Michael Jackson – Who Do You Know (Demo) (05:22)
1-13. Michael Jackson – Carousel (03:39)
1-14. Michael Jackson – Behind The Mask (Mike’s Mix (Demo)) (05:00)
1-15. Michael Jackson – Can’t Get Outta The Rain (04:06)
1-16. Michael Jackson – The Toy (Demo) (03:04)
1-17. Michael Jackson – Sunset Driver (Demo) (04:02)
1-18. Michael Jackson – What A Lovely Way To Go (Demo) (03:55)
1-19. Michael Jackson – She’s Trouble (Demo) (04:12)
1-20. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (1981 Home Demo) (02:20)
1-21. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Long Version) (06:20)
1-22. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (2008 Kanye West Mix) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix) (04:35)
1-23. Michael Jackson – Beat It (Demo) (02:03)
1-24. Michael Jackson – Beat It (2008 with Fergie Remix) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix) (04:11)
1-25. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Demo) (05:42)
1-26. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Tommy D’s Main Mix) (07:40)
1-27. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (2008 with Akon) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix) (04:14)
1-28. Michael Jackson – Human Nature 7″ (03:47)
1-29. Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Demo Version) (03:46)
1-30. Michael Jackson – P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (2008 with will.i.am) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix) (04:21)
1-31. Michael Jackson – The Girl Is Mine (2008 with will.i.am) (Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix) (03:10)
1-32. Michael Jackson – Thriller 7″ (Special Edit) (04:38)
1-33. Michael Jackson – Thriller (Def Thrill Mix) (07:22)
1-34. Michael Jackson – Thriller (Megamix) (09:13)

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