// Liner notes
Released November 29, 1982 via Epic: the best-selling album in recorded history, and the record that redrew the boundaries of what a pop album could be. Quincy Jones producing, Michael Jackson at the absolute peak of his powers, nine tracks.
"Billie Jean" and its bassline. "Beat It" with Eddie Van Halen's solo. The title track, nearly six minutes of horror-movie theatre with Vincent Price's closing narration. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Human Nature," "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)," and "The Girl Is Mine" with Paul McCartney. Eight Grammys, seven singles in the Top 10, and a run of videos that forced MTV to change what it played.
Thriller was mixed for vinyl first, and it still sounds best that way, the low end sitting where Bruce Swedien put it.
Specs
- Format
- LP, Vinyl, Reissue
- Original release
- 1982
- Label
- Epic
- Genre
- Pop / R&B / Post-Disco / Funk
Tracklist
Side A
- A1Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
- A2Baby Be Mine
- A3The Girl Is Mine
- A4Thriller
Side B
- B1Beat It
- B2Billie Jean
- B3Human Nature
- B4P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- B5The Lady In My Life





