Thriller Music Cd

Michael Jackson - Thriller

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Thriller      Artist : Michael Jackson      List Price : $16.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-10-25      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (329 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Thriller      Come on, how can you say no to dancing zombies?      Rating:      Okay, so here's an idea. Let's approach this album with an open mind. Let's forget all about Michael Jackson's "whacko Jacko" antics. Let's forget all about the "boys pants half-off" jokes. Let's forget about all of that. Let's just think of the music, shall we? The music here is classic. Despite really being a product of its time, the album's held up very well. Of course, it must be noticed that this is the biggest selling album worldwide by a very long shot. It has sold - wait for it - 65 million copies worldwide since its release and has gone platinum twenty-seven times. And seven of the nine tracks were Top Ten hits, specifically the title track, "The Girl Is Mine," "Beat It," "Billy Jean," "Wanna be Startin' Something," "Human Nature," and "P.Y.T." And I love all of the hits. The dance tracks are aces all around, from the giddy camp of the title track to the disco of "P.Y.T." to the hard-rockin' "Beat It" (featuring Eddie Van Halen on guitar!) to the African rhythms worked into "Wanna Be Startin' Something." A party without any of these songs is not a party at all. One of my favorite memories, in fact, involves having a dance-off with a friend over a chair. What song were we dancing to, you ask? "Thriller." Ah, but it isn't just all dance. There's more to it than that. "Billy Jean" is the epitome of cheesy '80s synth-pop, with a bass part that will stick with you forever and fantastic use of synthesizers. I usually don't go for that kind of stuff, but this is different. This is really, really good music. And I love the two ballads. For one, I find "The Girl is Mine" HILARIOUS. "Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover, not a fighter" just cracks me up. It's a great song, too. You know who cowrote and sang it? I'll tell you who cowrote and sang it. Paul McCartney. I mean, of course it's good! It's got Paul McCartney, the undisputed king of melody, on it. And I'm totally in love with "Human Nature," the most melodic and arguably the best song on the album. Michael's vocals really shine there. And I LOVE that melody!!!!! Okay, now that I'm done spazzing, let me get to the other two tracks. They're... disappointing. They're only bound to be disappointing. I mean, consider the quality of the seven big hits. Still, they're not bad. I'm not a huge fan of "Baby Be Mine," but "The Lady in My Life" is an okay ballad. But those seven hits have a lot going for them - melody, danceability, campy humor, cool guitar solos from Eddie Van Halen... yeah. Sure, it's overplayed as hell, but I don't care. This is one of the few truly great albums from the '80s. Isn't it ironic how I don't like '80s music much but I love the quintessential '80s smash hit? Funny how life works that way. Can't forget the videos, either. No one moonwalks like Michael! Whether you're a gangster or a ghoul, you too can dance like MJ.     Customer Reviews for Thriller Cd      Classic Michael: Happy 50th Birthday to the King of Pop!      Rating:      Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3DZINSFBJ5XMG Editorial Reviews for Thriller Audio Cd      Amazon.com essential recording      Michael Jackson's Thriller is the bestselling album of all time, with 45 million worldwide sales powered by seven Top 10 U.S. singles and eight Grammy Awards. The 1982 album was also a success from which the pop superstar never really recovered--subsequent albums seemed to have no other goal than to beat the records set by Thriller. The highly-polished sound of Quincy Jones's production sounds almost organic compared to Jackson's more recent work, and in the same regard, Thriller was significantly slicker than its predecessor, Off the Wall. Both albums established a Jackson style that aimed for the dance floor with songs built on a state-of-the-art bed of percussion and keyboards. Elements of milestone Thriller tracks like "Billie Jean" (arguably Jackson's best-ever performance) and "Beat It" (with its hard-rock solo by guitarist Eddie Van Halen) influenced not just Jackson's records, but those of the entire dance-pop world. On the song "Thriller," Jackson indulged his taste for the juvenile and invited Vincent Price to rap in a really scary voice. With Thriller the album, Jackson created a different kind of monster--a hit album of such magnitude that it would have an irrevocable impact not just on the singer's art, but on his altogether kooky life. --John Milward