Put The Needle On The Record Week #72 Michael Jackson - Thriller
For this weeks feature we go back to November 1982 and the Michael Jackson album "Thriller".
Who doesn't own a copy of the Michael Jackson album "Thriller"! It is the biggest selling album of all time, shifting 70 million copies. The album cost $750,000 to make and was recorded between April and November in 1982.
The album was Jackson's 6th studio album and features some of his biggest hits and best tracks, such as, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Thriller", "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and my favourite track off the album "Human Nature". It was produced by Quincy Jones and of course featured some groundbreaking video's, including the title track "Thriller". The album was warmly received by music critics and hit the top of the charts in many countries around the world.
Seven singles were released off the album (it only featured 9 tracks!), "The Girl Is Mine", an odd choice for first single, as for me, it is the weakest track on the album, (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart), "Billie Jean" (which reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart and number 1 in the States), "Beat It", (which reached number 3 in the UK Singles chart and Number 1 in the states), "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", (which reached number 8 in the UK Singles chart and number 5 in the States), "Human Nature", not released as a single in the UK (Which reached number 7 in the Billboard chart in the states), "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing"), (which reached number 11 in the UK Singles chart and number 10 in the states) and "Thriller", (which reached number 10 in the UK Singles chart and number 4 in the states). .
The album, reached Number 1 in both the UK Album chartand The Billboard Top 200 in America.
Track Listing
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine (With Paul McCartney)
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
The Lady In My Life
If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!
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