Michael Jackson - Thriller
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Free Music Notes for Thriller
Free Music Review: A Poison Chalice
Hit: 4 Stars
In the same way that one becomes colder the further away from the sun travel, the quality of MJs CDs/LPs diminished the further away he departed from his best CD Off the Wall. As this is the CD after the great 1979 release, he still has something in his favor. By & large he was still blessed to be working with Quincy Jones & the under valued Rod Templeton. At this time he wasn't chasing the title of King of Pop, or following the latest trends. He was also using live instruments ( the lack of which, I feel, diluted his future CDs) Add to this base, the writing skills of Toto, the guitar skills of Eddie Van Halen, the vocal 'rap' of Vincent Price, and you have all the ingredients of a major, major hit.
This was the first LP (as it was then) that I ever purchased, and I still have it to this day. Whilst this release has its poppier moments ('Beat It & Thriller' being prime examples) there are some quality moments on offer. I have a soft spot for 'The Girl is mine'. Maybe because I can remember hearing it on 'Top of the Pops' and being melted away with it. 'PYT' is another favorite (co-written by James Ingram, and featuring Janet Jackson as a vocal Pretty Young Thing) the much sampled Toto offering 'Human Nature', and the gorgeous 'Lady in My Life'
Subsequent releases from Mr. Jackson would suffer with being compared to this big money seller, and the quality would diminish as a result
Free Music Review: This Album Has Stood the Test of Time
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm not the biggest fan of dance or R & B music, but this album cuts across several genres and has long established itself for the pop landmark that it is. Being a longtime listener of top 40 music, I have to say that Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" is one of the most well written and well crafted pop song ever. It was a multi-million dollar best seller and soared to the top of the pop charts in 1983. The video was great too being a landmark clip that broke the color barrier for exposure on MTV. No one can escape the infectious beat of "Billie Jean", and frankly most of the other songs on the album too.
Stand outs include "Beat It" with its heavy rock backbeat and "Wanna Be Startin' Something", a real get off your seat kind of dance track. And then the tender "The Girl is Mine" duet with Paul McCartney picks up where Jackson left off on his previous album and a solo McCartney tune he did on his own called "Girlfriend".
Pure pop genius for its time, "Thriller" has withstood the test of time to make it one of the greats in pop music right along landmark albums by The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac and the Rolling Stones.
Free Music Review: Fantastic sound
Hit: 5 Stars
Regarding the SACD sound on this CD - it is one of the best in my collection. It is 2 channel, which is how it was recorded and thus sounds more alive and natural than the CD layer sound. Surround sound ruins many good stereo recordings and I'm glad they didn't do that to this one. If the sound from this doesn't come at you primarily from the center, then your stereo isn't setup correctly. Free Music Review: classic
Hit: 1 Stars
Some of the songs skipped, but after contacting the seller, they refunded my money, offered an apology and did not request for the item to be returned. I was happy with their service regarding the matter.Free Music Review: Scared me when I was a little boy. And scares me now!
Hit: 1 Stars
The music video of this traumatized me as a child as well as the movie Annie. They both came out around the same time and scared the $#*+ out of me! I saw the video again on Vh1 Classic and it reminded me of how bad it really was. This album should have been called "BAD". But I guess Michael Jackson would have run out of names for future products that were not any better. Weird Al Yakovic wasted his time making fun of the songs on this album that already make fun of themselves. "The Girl is Mine" is the only song that was actually good on this album. I am certain Paul McCartney is the reason for this. Other than that not even Eddie Van Halen could save him on "Beat It". And Michael Jackson does not seem any more masculine than David Lee Roth which does not make it or the video any better. My question is why did they remaster THIS ALBUM to 5.1! What makes it so revolutionary or special. 80s were a scary time and commercialism just got worse after this album. If you want a great album that desrves to be in 5.1 over any other album get Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon instead. It sounds incredible and like it came from another planet.