Thriller

Many childhood memories connected to this album

Classic - perfect mix.

I don't like it tho. Not my vibe. Although it's a legend.

Tons of hits and even the lesser songs are still better than most. Wanna be Startin’ Somethin’ and PYT sound like leftovers from Off the Wall (not a bad thing). I like basically everything on this album except The Girl Is Mine which is a pile of hot garbage. If you ever wondered if Paul McCartney could ever be more schlocky than he was with Wings, listen to The Girl Is Mine. Pure Trash. Remove that song and it’s a nearly perfect album.

Muy bueno

This is a legitimate contender for greatest album of all time. Love love love this, all the way through. QJ and MJ forever

Lives up ro the hype

All the best MJ songs

Come on people, it's Michael Jackson

Such a weird little freak boy but made some great music!

Didn’t realize it came out in 1982. Unlocked some memories of the excitement around the Thriller video, the regular one and the long form one. Saw the long form one at a roller skating rink off the Roosevelt Blvd in Philadelphia.

So good. A couple of weak tracks but the good tracks are so so good. An album that has inspired numerous other musicians. Samples used by Nas, SWV, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, The Prodigy, Kanye West, 2Pac….

Some real classics on this album. A must listen to any music lover.

way more enjoyable than I expected

Look. It's a classic album by a superstar (Quincy Jones) and a music legend (MJ). But, there is some real duds here alongside the classics. Beat It is really good, and well produced. The Girl Is Mine though is complete pants and Paul Mc is wasted on that. Averages out to a three for me. I get why it's so popular. I'm old enough to remember the excitement as a kid watching the Thriller clip when it came out. Novelty value only now, I don't get much from this.

Sorry, I'm not a fan, and this hasn't aged well. Even the Paul McCartney appearance couldn't save this.

Obviously some absolute bangers on here. The middle of the album is amazing. I would say though it misses out on a 5 as there are a few weaker tracks, a questionable track and then there’s Paul McCartney.

Bops man bops. Timeless ones I say. Already familiar with almost this whole album. Thriller is the BEST spooky song and I wish more people went for that vibe. Good stuff man

Svært.. Jeg har et forhold til musikken. Men forholdet er minder om en radio som altid kørte i baggrunden. Det er vildt nok at jeg har hørt stort set alle numrene uafhængige af hinanden, og især når albummet er 7 år ældre end mig.

Jeg burde ikke kunne li’ det her. Det burde jeg virkelig ikke. Jeg er hverken til pop eller pædoer. Men da jeg var 12 var jeg ret vild med Michelle. Og Michelle var vild med MJ. Så for at imponere købte jeg HiStory på kassettebånd, og i en periode holdt Michelle og jeg i hånd og øvede at tungekysse mens vi hørte MJ på mit anlæg. Så Mister Jackson har lagret sig et sted i min unge sjæl. Jeg har ikke hørt det i 30 år, men jeg må bare give det at der satme er nogle bangers på Thriller. Særligt midten af albummet kan noget, hvor der er en perlerække af hits: Thriller, Beat It og Billy Jean. Resten er lidt mere roligt/følsomt. I dag vil jeg hellere høre Chris Cornells akustiske version af Billy Jean, men der er sange på det her album som får alligevel foden til at vippe.

A perfect record that you can forgive the cringe ‘The Girl is Mine’ for.

haha. ähm es isch etz gad 2:35 noch de plattetaufi. es git keis album wo so guet chönt passe. s automatischte füfi noch abbey road. wanne be startin somethin', jo miggi du startisch gad relativ viel. mini liebi zu disco zu synkopierter musig wo immerno melodie und intressanti parts het. quincy, ich lieb dich. david williams ich wär nöd wer ich bin ohni dich. the girl is mine eassily schwächste song ufem album. immerno sehr guet. und denn chunt fucking thriller. fuck. de song elai isch e 6i. es isch z guet. jedi sekunde isch perfekt arrangiert d vocal stacks d synths de david williams wieder d drum machine d stimm d blöser FUCK.

michii jacksoon bin da chli en kulturbanause, kenn sini nöd hits nöd würkli wanna be startin und baby be mine sind seehr smooth aber nüt krasses für mich... the girl is mine hani megaaa geil gfunde und au super feature (au wenn ich so titel nöd unglaublich super find hahaha) thriller, beat it und billie jean isch en insane run vo hits, best it gindi glaub allgemein sis beste lied und de beat vo billie jean isch so unglaublich eifach und geiil UND DENN D STRINGS DIRIRIRDUUUU han human nature zwrst chli langwilig gfunde aber mite ziit hetsmer immer besser gfalle...mega herzigs lied hahahahaha dass am luca pyt gfallt überraschtmi gaaar nöd nananananaaa ouh scho fertig? uhuere schnell verbiigange aber ja das wird es starchs 4i für mich. alli lieder sind echt guet, au wennmi nöd alles glich gecatched het

Top album.

Overplayed to death but somehow still slays, hate to say it

Honestly carried by the opening track and that legendary 3 song run in the middle. The rest of it has aged pretty poorly in terms of the stilted production. Undeniably influential but is nowhere near the classic people hold it up as.

Overall a good album "hihi". Was number one in sales for years which was never seen before. In terms of sound, the different basslines are just soo epic.

I don't think I can say anything that hasn't been said about this album. Usually I only give 5 stars to albums with absolutely zero skips, but I have to make an exception for this one. I just can't with The Girl Is Mine. 100% a skip. But the run from Thriller through P.Y.T. is actually insane. How do these songs still sound so fresh all these years later? I literally always have to dance or bob along or move in some way when any of these songs (as well as Wanna Be Startin' Somethin') come on. I believe the key to the magic of Michael Jackson's music is that it comes from the heart of a very gifted dancer. That's rare, and it's what makes him one of the true greats.

Great album

ok

Sounds like The Bee Gees to me now 😂

4.8 - Yeah this is a great album, so many good tunes

When an album like this comes up my hope is that there will be some hidden gems uncovered. Unfortunately that wasn't my experience here - for me on this listen, the hits are the hits and everything else is fine. Don't get me wrong, that still makes for an unbelievable record - more than half the tracks are undeniable pop classics, and the rest are at least solid songs. Yet it's just a little disappointing to come out of the album experience without really anything new. Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean is a 3 track run that is surely unparalleled in pop. Fave Tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, P.Y.T 4.5/5

I know this one gets all the glory. But I lived through this guy’s career from back when he was little Michael dancing and leading the Jackson 5. And I remember being so sick of this album being overplayed. It’s good, very good even. But I’m sticking with my opinion that Off the Wall is his solo best.

If you could seperate the musician from the rest of the person this album could get 4 stars. However you can't and so because of all that Michael Jackson has done 2 is the absolute maximum it is going to get.

Sitting in anticipation for one of the strongest 3 song runs in album history - Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean. PYT them immediately gave me the creeps. Woops. Musically, this album is just very strong. It defined what got played on the radio for years following it, and it still holds up as a strong album to this day. 8.5/10

RIP quincy jones. genius.

Fire front to back. Human Nature, Billie Jean, and Beat it round out my top 3. This is the GOAT for a reason.

A couple classics here so long as I'm not invoking the rule I should, but aside from that, not great. Not great. "The doggone girl," Michael?

I mean, it's Thriller, but still; 'Thriller' into 'Beat It' into 'Billie Jean' into 'Human Nature'. Sheesh.

Michael Jackson moonwalks through this entire record and still manages to never make any missteps.

Thriller is one of the greatest albums ever made. There has been some revisionist history on the album; some people say that it’s not as good as its mega-hits or that Off the Wall is better. Off the Wall is also an amazing album, and I will be happy when I listen to it again for this challenge; however, Thriller is on a whole other plane of existence. 1. Wanna be Startin Somethin: one of the best intros ever with an absolutely stunning groove. I also love the background vocals. 2. Baby Be Mine: A really good song that has some killer funky bass, although it’s probably in my bottom 3 for the album. 3. The Girl is Mine: honestly, when I think about this song, I think it’s the black mark on an otherwise generational album. However, when I listen to it, it’s actually just a really pleasant McCartney and MJ collab that is goofy fun. My only complaint of the album is having these two songs back to back. If it was sequenced a little better, it wouldn’t feel like a lull between these two songs. 4. Thriller: Just perfection. The narration, the sound effects, and most importantly, the music. It is genuinely my earliest memory of music in my life. I remember watching the movie “Michael Jackson’s This is It” and seeing the Thriller section. It scared me shitless. Now it’s one of my favorite songs ever. 5. Beat It: this is probably my most played MJ song ever. The chorus is memorable that you kindve forget that there is a killer guitar solo, and when that comes in, I’m always floored. MJ’s ability to get me hyped is nearly unmatched. 6. Billie Jean: I’m going to say it now, this (4,5,6) is the greatest 3 song run in the history of music. Billie Jean is my favorite MJ song and I know every lyric to this masterpiece (as I’m sure a lot of people do). Also the greatest chorus ever. My favorite vocal performance ever. Phenomenal. 7. Human Nature: Another great song that slows the album down at the perfect time. The “Why”s are intoxicating. 8. P.Y.T: I absolutely love the funk of this song and it has another great vocal performance from MJ. More great background vocals on the PYTs. 9. The Lady in My Life: I like this song a lot, although I wish the album swapped this with Human Nature; I think it would’ve been a better finish. Still really good.

#59 Only bangers.

...(.

9 tracks 7 of them top 10 hits what more do you need to say. Great production from QJ as well. R.i.p.QJ

I was at a bar for a Halloween party this weekend. In between bouts of generic, shitty EDM, the DJ spun up Thriller. The crowd went fuuuucking nuts. We're talking an average age of maybe 25. If a song can create that much excitement, 42 years after its release, with a group of people whose parents were still kids when it came out, you know it's special.

Some absolute classics on this. Are they all the killer hits MJ wanted? Not quite.

There are about 3 clunkers on here including Thriller and the Girl is Mine. Still think Off The Wall is a better album.

Today I learned that you can run to almost any song on Thriller but absolutely not "The Lady in My Life"

Ultimately, I have to draw the line at the Paul McCartney collaboration.

The girl is mine feels really corny, especially the spoken word part. By far the weakest part on this otherwise stellar album of 80's pop. While every other song has infectiously danceable rhythms it stands out as a such a weird choice. Didn't realize Wanna be startin' something is the longest song on here.

I guess almost everybody knows or has heard about this album. It was and still is an historically important for the history of pop/rock. But for me, despite its' historical relevance can not be more than a 4.

I mean…..greatest album ever???

It’s been very rare to find albums that actually hold true to the name of being needed to hear before you die but this is one, an absolute classic of an album. Banger after banger.

All bangers

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Favorite Tracks: Billie Jean Beat It Thriller

A good mix of dance-y songs and ballads. Oh hey, Paul McCartney! Thriller - Beat It - Billie Jean is one hell of a back-to-back-to-back.

This is a GOOD album. Every song is fun and catchy, to the point that the album finished when I wasn't prepared. Thriller contains more singles than non-singles, yet every song is unique. Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones crafted Thriller's sound to straddle between R&B and pop. But Thriller also reminds the listener that Jackson created his own disco music before, and I love he didn't hide that aspect. The genres put together make for a fantastic, unique listen. It's no surprise this album was huge and remains a classic to this day. I would even posit that, yes, Jackson had decent to good success in his earlier solo career, but Thriller cemented his long-lasting success for his subsequent albums. There's nothing like this album, with how descriptive and engaging the music is, let alone the music videos. Every artist wants one iconic music video, but Thriller set the standard. While the self-titled track is unlike any other music video, Jackson can boast that he has multiple memorable videos on Thriller.

I don't even know what to say about this album that hasn't already been said. At this point, what CAN you say about an album that was revered then, is still revered, and that changed the entire course of pop music forever? It brought everyone together because there's literally something on here for everyone. There are no skips on the album, and literally, nearly every song on the album was a hit for Jackson, and those songs are still easily recognized today. Then there are the music videos for this album, which brought about a completely separate culture craze leading to an increase in scenery, dance, storytelling, and the overall spectacle of music videos. This is one of those albums that only comes around a handful of times in a lifetime.

This single album is a greatest hits album for most hall of fame careers. It's the best selling album of all time, and is so good that it harbors gems like a duet with Paul McCartney that is mostly forgotten when discussing this record. The most awkward of its tracks simply suffered from a mix that wasn't a great song for Michael's voice but would go on to be reworked as an R&B smash for LL Cool J. There's an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo buried in here just in case it wasn't the consensus ultimate 1980s album. And none of this addresses the cultural phenomen of Michael Jackson or the music videos that came with the album; foremost is of course Thriller, an absolute artistic game changer. He carried on with so much more after this alongside the tragedy of his life, and he had a hall of fame discography before this, but this was the mountaintop. He could write these songs for every instrument or element he wanted included and knew how to massage out exactly what he wanted the listener to experience while achieving precisely that. Even with its age apparent in places, it's exactly what a pop album should be.

One of the most iconic albums of all time. This album stayed at the #1 spot on charts for 37 non-consecutive weeks. All of the singles from this album reached the top 10 on the Billboard 100. This is the best selling album of all time with over 32 million copies. That’s absolutely insane! With that record, this album had at least a little bit of a reputation to live up to. I didn’t know what to expect for the most part coming into this. There’s definitely some good tracks here, but the other tracks just don’t do anything for me personally. This album is very 80s, and that’s for better or for worse most of the time. Some songs do great with the sound, while other songs I think make it sound more of its time. To me the album really wanes in the beginning and end. The Paul McCartney duet on “The Girl Is Mine” was unexpected and nice, albeit a little bit cheesy sometimes. “Thriller,” “Beat It,” and “Billie Jean” are some of the most iconic songs of all time, and for good reason. They’re iconic and still fun to listen to after being released over 40 years ago, which is impressive. Micheal’s performance is stellar, as expected. I think he does better on some songs more than others though here. His voice really adds to what makes this album special. While I do respect this album, how iconic it is, and how much of an impact this had on music, I don’t think it’s perfect. I completely understand why people may like this more than I do however. If you like some good old 80s pop tunes, this might be for you.

I’m a child of the 70s and grew up with Michael Jackson at the top of his game. While I don’t mean to be contrarian, I’ve never really understood why this album is regarded as the pinnacle of pop. Don’t get me wrong; some of the songs are absolutely exceptional. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’,” “Billie Jean,” and “Beat It” are classics that will be cherished for decades to come. And every Halloween, we’ll reliably hear “Thriller,” even if it does come off as a bit tacky. However, let’s focus on the album itself. Jackson shines when he channels Stevie Wonder on “Human Nature,” but on the other hand we have tracks like “Baby Be Mine,” “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” and “The Lady in My Life.” Unfortunately, these three songs barely rise above mediocrity, and the less said about “The Girl Is Mine,” the better. The hits undeniably had a significant impact on pop music, but as an album, "Thriller" falls short.

Well it's just great!

Imagine having 3 world hits on an album AND a song with Paul McCartney. To be fair this one is pretty shitty.

Arguably pop perfection. The middle track run I absolutely think is peak MJ.

Good music, shitty person.

Art before artist.

5 *

This is as close as you can get to the perfect album (other than the last 45 seconds of the McCartney duet). Deservedly the best-selling album of all time. Sometimes the general public isn't as dumb as we've been led to believe.

who starts an album like that.... (good way) baby be mine is a deep track id listen to alot.... so i will be listening to it alot ok the girl is mine... is that where this all started ???? is that why we have the boy is mine.. mind blown and then just bangerz... PYT is usually my go to off this album but i also need to give credit to beat it also v satisfying

Not many thoughts here, reliable, nostalgic, no skips, etc. wish i could give half stars. Haven't listened to this one all the way through in a very long time and enjoyed it but not quite 5 for me

Almost perfect. Human Nature and P.Y.T. back-to-back is just 🤌. No skips except the key change spoken word section at the end of The Girl Is Mine.

You wanna be starting something? Yes. Maybe it’s a dance party. Maybe it’s getting late after a cordial backyard bbq where most people have gone home to put their little ones to sleep. Maybe yours is asleep. But you — you’re far from asleep. Maybe you’re ready to start something….anything. and because you’re a good neighbor you corral the 10 stragglers left who also want to start something and don’t care about their little ones getting enough sleep into the garage where the music can be turned up without waking a baby or a neighbor. And maybe you drop the needle on side one of Thriller and hear that fucking beat and look around to see the hips start to shake. You shove strollers and wrenches and baseballs out of the way to make space on the dusty cement floor of the garage so web developers and writers and project managers can move freely. A whiskey bottle appears, more champagne, a beer bottle explodes on the floor but you just laugh. You hear Michael talking about babies “if you can’t feed a baby, then don’t have a baby” — “is he talking to me”? you wonder through the fog of booze and push the thought away to keep dancing, hoping the music doesn’t wake your sleeping kid. The beat is pulsing and urgent. “You're a vegetable” you sing along (can that be the right lyric?) and if feels like a brass band is in the room with you. It starts getting hazy and Michael’s frenetic singing makes you feel like if you keep moving you’ll stop time and tonight you want to make it all stop and just stay in this moment, listening to this beat forever. Sweat is starting to drip from foreheads, as you dance together in a hypnotic rhythm to the familiar beat that’s been in your collective consciousness for your entire lives —moving more freely now like you did when you were 5 dancing to this song in your best friend's bedroom. Maybe you look around and see your friends flailing their limbs — also pushing out thoughts of babies and middle age and waking neighbors and crushing responsibility. Because tonight we have one — to start something and have it never end. We move and shake and start to clap in a state of ecstasy as we all scream “hee ha” together. It doesn’t matter what song comes after, because this song — this moment — seems to last forever. It feels like my birth and the release of Thriller happened at nearly the same time. There were nights sitting at the top of the stairs when my parents had a party below, this album playing too loud for me to sleep. It was the 80’s and they were in their prime. They’d shout “hee ha” while downing vodka gimlets and giggling, no doubt also wondering if they’d made the right choice about kids, worrying about their own crushing responsibility (me) and no doubt hoping that that moment could last forever. Maybe it’s still going. We’ll never have an album so strange and so popular and so good ever again. This was it. Nonsense words (tenderoni), breathy “huh huh ugh” and “the funk of 40,000 years” spoken by a ghoul will never again be on an album that is as mainstream as this one. But it all just worked. (All except the girl is mine…that song should not be on this album).

A classic

Pop masterpieces amalgamation of dance The king reigns supreme

emplacou hit atrás de hit

6.5/10

First one I almost skipped outright. Don’t understand why so many people like this. And that’s without taking the whole creepiness into account.

While this is better than Bad, it's still utterly unappealing to me. Why was this so massively successful?

201/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Not all great songs, but the ones that are were great, thrilling even. Medium 3.

Don’t think I ever listened to this front to back and clearly understood from hearing all the hits how iconic it really was. Minus that song with Paul McCartney, which just sounds creepy now.

A masterpiece.

How can you not like this album if you listened to it growing up? This album is what makes pop better

It’s easy to see why this is the best selling album of all time. Given over half of them are phenomenal singles and the other bit are melodic love songs with MJ’s vocals, there’s a little bit of everything great here. Thriller really does live up to the title.

Varenda låt är en banger

damn

How do I rate this? In the pop world this album was a huge phenomenon with multiple bangers so it deserves 5 stars and to be on a list of albums you should hear but do I WANT to listen to it? Not really. It was an OK listen and I don't mind hearing anything from this album inadvertently (except maybe the improbable and mawkish, "The Girl Is Mine") but I would never choose to listen to this on my own.

I thought I wasn't much into MJ but this grew on me. I even enjoy him and Paul McCartney fighting over a girl, as silly as it sounds

Is there a more perfect pop album? Maybe close, but I don't think so.

This album honestly had be waffling on whether it should be a four or five stars, but that’s because I think I was being too critical. I went back through all my previous rankings and this album just hits so hard compared to other four stars that it has to be a five. Five ICONIC songs on this album out of a total of nine tracks. Three of the remaining four and good to listen to. I have to be honest though I really don’t enjoy ‘The Girl is Mine’. Lyrically I think it’s not great and I think the concept of the song is weird, but that single song can’t unravel this album. 5 stars, amazing album that still holds up.

I like all of the hits on this album (Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, PYT), but the remaining songs were pretty blah. Not sure why they started the album with the 3 weakest songs. Maybe it’s because I already know those songs so well that the surprise factor is gone, but overall I wasn’t super impressed with this album. Still enjoyable though.

Ya it’s considered one of the best albums of all time and I don’t have anything revolutionary to say about it so I’ll give some fun facts: Having 7 out of 9 songs be singles is so wild. What’s also wild is how far apart they were released. In looking at the wiki entry, the song thriller wasn’t even released as a single until over a year after the albums release! That’s just so unfathomable now where an album is basically irrelevant after a couple months. I was also surprised to see this described as a “post disco” album where they were trying to move away from the sound which is weird because the bass lines for thriller and Billie Jean are straight up disco beats, which I’m totally down for though. Thriller is such a freakin good song. The musical structure of it seems kind of simple at first glance with just a repeating bass line and essentially four chords but what is so badass is after the third chorus, when the whole song has been in a minor key, you get this coda that has these major 7 chords with a full on Roger’s and Hammerstein vocal track all the way up to a 57sus4 splooge worthy chord that just comes out of nowhere. Also, I’m amazed how well the outro talking bit still holds up. Like this should have aged so poorly because it’s so cheesy but it’s still iconic. Beat it is great. Billie Jean is obvs real good, but this is one where there are so many good covers of this song (the civil wars is my fave) that I do kinda prefer the covers. On PYT there’s a bit at the end where it sounds like Alvin the chipmunk that kanye samples for the background noise of Good Life. I actually kinda hated the girl is mine. This should be so good with the Paul collab but this talking bit at the end really has aged poorly. Why on earth did they think that was a good idea. Overall, this is just an amazing album that truly showed the power of music in popular culture.

Amazing. Succinct, beautiful, one of those that may never be topped. Listening to this album after hearing so many of the other albums on this list just gives me more of an appreciation for it. Truly a triumph. This album permeates through culture, with almost every song having a ridiculously famous cover/interpolation. I think of RHCP and Rage, but I don’t think either of them are as universal as this album. The pinnacle of the list thus far.

What is there to even say? This is arguably one of the greatest albums ever made. Hit after hit from beginning to end. I love the timeliness of getting Thriller to kick off spooky season, it’s like this list has a mind of its own. PYT is my favorite MJ song, Beat It and Billie Jean are all-timers, and if Human Nature isn’t on your Yacht Rock playlist, I want nothing of it.

How is this not 5 stars? It's the best selling album of all time (20 million more than second place). It has seven top ten singles on it. It is objectively the most successful album ever created. The length is good, the hits are great, and it's impact is unheard of! Even if you don't like Michael Jackson, you can't deny that this is one of the greatest albums ever made. On a side note, I can still remember where I was the first time I watched the Thriller music video. We were on a middle school field trip to the aquarium and we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. They were playing music videos on all the tv's that night, and one of the servers could do the entire dance. When Thriller came on, the whole restaurant stopped what they were doing to watch this guy perform the entire song and dance perfectly. It's a core memory that has stuck with me for 20 years.

What more can be said about this absolute classic. I'm still amazed on the skill and ingenuity every tine I listen to it. 5/5

yeah, amazing

My mom listened to this one when she was vacuuming the house back when I was very small. This is the first time I've heard it without a lot of background noise. It's very danceable and catchy. I see why it's on the list. But I think I like it better with the vacuum.

fuck this creep

Banger, 10/10

If ever there was an appropriate album to be assigned on this crisp autumn day, it is this one! The fact that people debate whether or not this album is the best ever made only proves that it is one of the greatest. Look, this album isn't perfect, but it is the perfect example of a great album. There's are nine tracks, each with a unique feel but a cohesive sound. There's a guest appearance of a huge star from yesteryear. There's an iconic music video. There's a three-track run of mega-hits which are more popular than most religions. What other grade could this album get?

Yeah yeah yeah, it's important and influential and everything, I have no problem giving it all the roses it deserves on an objective level. Subjectively, I don't want ever want to listen to music that sounds like this, no matter how well written or produced it is (or at least, how well written and produced people SAY it is). 2/5

Album was fun. Had mostly good songs and a few very popular tunes. Liked “P.Y.T” the most. 3.5/5 Might listen again

More than 40 years later, Thriller is just as exciting as it was when Jackson was becoming a global phenomenon. Of course, many of these tracks have become so culturally ubiquitous that it is nearly impossible to evaluate them free of that context, but I did find that even throw away tracks like "Baby Be Mine" are still fantastic singles-in-waiting, elevated by Jackson's very presence on them. Production is truly phenomenal: the synths lack the cloyingly cheap sounds that soon overtook all pop music, horns sound at least mostly acoustic, and the sonic bells and whistles that Quincey Jones sprinkles throughout the album (nowhere more beautifully than on the glittering "Human Nature") never sounds dated or embarrassing -- a feat that few producers would achieve in the early/mid-80s, as cheap synths seemed to lower the quality bar for everyone. All of this having been said, the album suffers from two completely unnecessary tracks that do drag the record down: "The Lady in My Life," which feels lost and forced onto this album, unbefitting of its status as the closer; and "The Girl Is Mine," a ridiculous duet with Paul McCartney that is cute enough, but beneath both artists. 4.5 out of 5

I had truly forgotten what a magnificent vocalist Michael Jackson was. That seems stupid as I write it, but his work on Thriller is so much more supported and nuanced than his later work, free of breathy unsupported tone and overaccentuated frilly consonants. The same can be said of Quincy Jones' production; quintessential early 80's synthesized sound which will eventually be overdone, but here still have human nuance to them. The other thing which occurred to me is how much more I *watched* this album than listened to it. It's honestly hard to hear Thriller, Billie Jean, or Beat It and not play the video in my head.

-5 for potentially being a pedophile, but a certified banger.

Still blows my mind that he released Thriller one week AFTER Halloween

Catchy, but not my type

No hay palabras para describir esta joya. Simplemente magnífico.

great album 5 stars

This album is from my era and I knew more songs on it than unexpected. I’m not a huge MJ fan but it’s a really solid album.

Brilliant songs off this album although I had heard them all before. The other songs which I have not heard before are ok.

Biggest selling album of all time, sold 1 to 2 million copies A WEEK for almost a year. Contains monster songs like "Beat It", "Wanna Be Starting Something", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller". It also features a goddamn Beatle *and* Vincent Price. So yeah, you could say this is good...

fire

PYT did not age well did it? I guess I'm here to rate an album though.

The 80th. Wonderfull

I mean it's sold more copies than the Bible

Bf gbg

Hits are hits, the rest are not my jam. 3

The sheer cultural impact of this album and Michael Jackson had on the US population, especially the kids in the 1980s, was unavoidable. This album, at least for me, is nostalgia in its purest form. Would Michael Jackson and the eventual juggernaut of Thriller even have been as successful without the platform of MTV to rocket it off into the pop culture stratosphere? Who knows. But you cannot deny the sheer brilliance of how expansive Quincy Jones's range as a producer was to create an undeniable and incredible masterpiece.

Through and through just a masterfully produced album.

Classic, with some magnificent songs on it. Buy it now and revel in it!

Unreal album! Those middle tracks are all absolute hits. Not exactly my style of music but one simply can’t not love MJ. A couple of weaker tracks toward the end are disappointing. 4.5 starts really but it’s earned a 5!

Beat It, Billie Jean, P.Y.T., Thriller. Just loaded with hits. Best selling record of all time. Most of the non-hits sound kind of dated. It is also, of course, a shame that he molested children.

It's hard to set aside everything that happened since, but this album was absolutely a triumph.

Albumi #61, 27.09.2024 Michael Jacksonin legendaarisin albumi vuodelta 1982 on eittämättä loistava pop-musiikin taideteos. Ainoatakaan huonoa kappaletta ei levyltä löydy ja groove on kohdillaan alusta loppuun.

Totally an album full of classics -just have a hard time with him as an artist bc of his personal life

Classic

Best synth tones, but overall mid

Not as instantly catchy as his others

Not a huge Michael Jackson fan. Still expected more. But compared to the other stuff in here it was still good

3.5 Not my type of music but this undeniably fun.

I'm a bigger fan of Off the Wall than Thriller, but this is still a great album!

I want to know which girl Michael and Paul we're fighting over. 5.

So I liked this album more than I thought I would. And now I know who to blame for the introduction of keyboards into popular music. Personal Enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

one of the best albums ever

Struggle with this because of artist. Will give it a go. So many hits. So smooth. Hardly any skips, no wonder it took off. Incredibly coherent, defining sound. R&B is just not my favourite genre. Great album.

Decent album. There were really only a few good songs on here, the rest were pretty meh. 3/5

Probably one of the most iconic albums of all time across genres! Three absolute classics in a row with Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean. Not all songs are great though. Favorite track is probably Human Nature.

Amazing

It’s obvious why this was the best selling album of all times.

Very good. Amazing how many huge hits are on one album. Paul McCartney almost cost it five stars.

Perfect record. Favorite track: P.Y.T.

The very best Michael Jackson album! Every song is a must listen.

The one with the obnoxious overplayed hits, yeah.

The King, can’t really argue with why this album sold so well, bop after bop

A classic. A few weaker songs bring it down from 5 to a high 4*

Banger after banger

The middle chunk of this album is great. In my opinion, it carries the rest of the album. The rest of kind of mid.

Very influential album. Not my thing though

Classic album but not myvscene

Fun, bright, timeless.

Some hits, some fillers. It has not aged well for me

5 mil estrelas.

Michael is dubbed the "King of Pop" and this is his coronation. Highlights: "Wanna Be Startin' Something", "Billie Jean", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"

banger after banger. Genre spanning. Shame about the paedophilia

The year is 1983 and I am six years old. I am sitting at the kitchen table in the house I grew up in, listening to Thriller (the song) on a cassette through a huge silver boom box. I keep rewinding the tape and playing that song over and over. My parents are in the living room yelling into the kitchen wondering what is so great about that song that I have to keep listening to it instead of coming in to watch Hee-Haw with them. This has to be one of my earliest music-related memories. Now that I think about it, this might have been the origin of my enjoyment of strange, dark & theatrical music. Did Thriller send me down a path that ended with heavy psych and metal? Maybe. Listening 41 years later, that song still kicks butt. The album has three of the best pop songs ever written right in the middle of the run. Even with the hindsight of what MJ became, it is impossible to deny his genius as an artist. However, since we DO have the benefit of knowing what he was and what he became, I'm taking two stars away because of the ridiculous obsession with objectification of women (not unique to MJ in the 80s) and for the overall cringe-worthiness of a few of the tunes (PYT, The Girl is Mine). As I say on almost every album that comes up from this era...the 80s were a strange time to be alive.

Sorry I don't listen to Paedophilia's

Oh ffs. This is tough. I would love to dismiss this artist outright. But you had to be there! Every person alive in 1982 was dancing to this record. That’s not an exaggeration. Someday soon, you’ll be able to shout “mama se mama sa mama coo sa” in a nursing home, and grannies will jump. I’m going to strap my blinders on and point at Quincy Jones. He was already an extraordinarily successful producer. This and Off the Wall are really his projects. All the swinging, jazzy sophisticated song structure, is totally in line with Quincy’s previous work. Michael’s style changed (sucked ass, no pun intended) without him. So, for Quincy Jones, this is pop music perfection. It was atomic levels of popularity. Beatles and Elvis level sensation, around the world. And then the Thriller video landed and nothing has been the same since. Another jam for granny to bust a hip to. She and her mahjong group will know every move. I remember every kid busting out the Billie Jean moves every time they crossed a tiled floor. Absolutely every child attempted the Moonwalk. This record will remain relevant for a long time, despite the creep on the cover. This is still great. Like really great. Quincy Jones is a genius and he brought out the very best in the artists he worked with. Thank you Quincy Jones. 5/5

The best selling album of all time. Timeless.

Listening to MJ is so funny, because it becomes very evident when he wrote a song versus when Quincy or Rod Temperton wrote it. MJ writes absolute nonsense lyrics that are so fucking funny. Wanna Be Startin' Something is the best example of this. I mean, what needs to be said about this album. It's one of the greatest pop releases of all time. Quincy is a god at production and guided this album into the promised land. If you ever doubt Quincy's influence, check out the original version of Thriller on youtube (it's called Starlight and it is some Jehovah's Witness propaganda). MJ's vocals are infallible, and the harmonies are so intricate and lush. The melodies and counter melodies are so perfectly done, it is hard to imagine the amount of talent that went into how some of these songs were written and arranged. Human Nature might be the greatest pop song ever written and performed. Lady in My Life might be the most underrated song in history also, but it is a tough act to follow up such an impeccable tracklist. Add onto this the brilliant music videos that were partnered with this album, Thriller fucks. FUCK THE GIRL IS MINE THOUGH, THAT SONG IS SO FUCKING SHIT GOD DAMN. FUCK YOU PAUL. This album is too perfect to not give a five, even with that shitty song. The other songs are too incredible.

Not bad. High highs and low lows though.

Pop, 1982 -> 4

Joo-o vähän haastavaahan tätä on kuunnella ja DJ:n näkökulmsta tähän ongelmaan törmää usein. MJ:n tuotannosta oon itse soittanut vanhaa Jackson 5:a, ajalta jolloin M oli lapsi eikä kiinnostunut lapsista. Tämän toteamisen jälkeen itse levyyn. Onhan tää ihan järkyttävän hyvin tuotettu ja toteutettu pop-eepos. Varmaan olis vitosen arvoinen jos ei olis tätä viimeaikaista tietoa mielessä artistista. 3/5

Hittien ympärillä yllättävän meh pop-levy. Helppo kolmonen mut neloseen tekee kyl vähän tiukkaa.

The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney), Thriller, Beat it, Billie Jean.

Didn’t even really need to listen to this to know it was getting 5 stars. If you can listen to this album without breaking out a dance move-there might be something wrong with you.

one of the best albums of all time. there will never be anything like it.

Thriller is obviously massive but to me it has three incredible songs and then some that are somewhere between good and terrible (Paul McCartney is definitely not needed :D ). I think the strength of Thriller, Billie Jean and Beat It plus the quality of production are enough to get this to a 4 by itself but the rest of it doesn't come close and can't get into the sort of 5 territory something iconic like this challenges you to grade it as.

Disappointing, albeit from pretty lofty expectations. I can't remember listening to this MJ album in full before, and aside from the Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean run, it's pretty mediocre (with a shout out to the ending of the Paul McCartney song which is excruciating). Did Like Wanna Be Startin' Something as well though. Basically, most things that he does with a bit of oomph and energy work for me, when he gets ballady it tends to be a lot less good. Low 4/5.

goid tunes

There is no question that Thriller is one of the greatest albums ever made, containing songs that have entered the collective consciousness of the entire planet. Jackson and Jones created a masterpiece. Some probably feel uncomfortable with it because of Michael Jackson but I have two things to say to that: 1. You have to separate the art from the artist, otherwise you'll never watch a Hitchcock movie, look at a Picasso, read H.P. Lovecraft or listen to Wagner. All horrible, problematic people but people tend to be less bothered once enough time has passed and MJ is too recent but forget it, move on, who knows what your favourite artist really got up to in their private life and what objectionable views they held? Their creativity doesn't have to be part of that, just enjoy it for what it is. 2. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that what happened to MJ was one of the worst acts of collective bullying we've ever seen. Was he weird? Of course he was weird. He was fucking Michael Jackson, a star from childhood and more famous than God. Was he a paedophile? I sincerely doubt it. He was childlike and probably acted and behaved in a way around kids that we view very differently from today but I strongly suspect he never sexually abused anyone. So much money-grabbing, false memory, opportunistic law suits that led to irreversible reputational damage and no doubt contributed to his drug use and ultimately his death. The way the world treated MJ was like a modern-day witch burning. MJ should be remembered positively for what he created. The only thing that should be reviled is the way he was treated by the world on rumours and hearsay. Too bad the real "Human Nature" was shown at its worst.

The hits are undeniable

Always nice to get albums that I know, I'm very conflicted on whether or not to give this a 5 because it has some absolute bangers but idk that's just Michael Jackson you know. However I'm feeling benevolent this morning

First time listening this album in full. So many great jams that are timeless

Y'know, for the best selling album of all time, it's pretty good, but any time a big blockbuster album of the 1980s drags in an artist from another generation for a cameo, the capitalism of the endeavor really shines through and I feel like I've been taken for a ride.

Thriller is absolutely incredible. It blew me away the first time I heard it, and it remains one of the best albums ever.

Hyi... Tai no ei, onhan tässä klassikoita joista on vähä pakko tykätä

It is hard to comprehend how much of a cultural force this album is, but it helps when you listen to it and it essentially sounds as contemporary and vital today as it did then. And the three songs in a row of "Beat It" "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" is arguably the strongest three song set of pop songs on any pop album ever.

It’s a testament to Jackson’s hit-making abilities that despite having heard many of these songs countless times, I still love a lot of what this project has to offer… except “Human Nature”.

First time I’ve listened to him in ages. Undoubtably fantastic album. 9/10

Such a good album (although there is a bit or a pedo vibe)

Three iconic songs, some other cool grooves, but a couple of cringe-worthy bring down the score. A weak 4 for me...

So many hits on one album. Easily his best.

It was my 11th birthday and nobody came to my birthday party except for my friend Mark, who brought me “Thriller” on cassette tape as a gift. Mark and I spent the afternoon swimming and eating hot dogs and listening to “Thriller.” It was a great birthday. Thanks, Mark.

I know it by heart he was my fave throughout my childhood

I owned the tape and played it on my Sony Walkman (the yellow one) and the Bestie Boys in HEAVEY rotation for several summers—I've heard this at least 2,000 times. I don't feel that's an exaggeration. I also remember sneaking to watch the Thriller video the night it premiered. It was so scary to me then...which now seems absolutely ridiculous. I give the album and music a 5, not the person.

Thrilling. But Purple Rain is better.

I can see why people love this album it is one of the best of all time, it has the legendary 3 song run thriller to billie jean. Even though I don’t like him as a person (pedophile) I loved this album.

I know MJ was like a freak or whatever but this entire album is certified bangers. They just don’t make songs about rotting inside a corpse's shell for eternity like they used to!!

What more can you say. Yes it took a village, mega producer, Toto and Eddie Van Halen to make it great, but that does not take away from the product.

I mean come on It’s one of my favourites Practically perfect

Me at the start: I guess I have to listen to this. :shrug: Me 34 minutes later: I WANNA LOVE YOU!! P Y T! PRETTY YOUNG THING!!

Literally the most well known pop album of all time. Every song on here is worthy of its awards and accolades. After all, he was the King of Pop for a reason 10/10

I'm a fan.

How does one rate an album by a serial child sex offender? It's tricky. On the face of it, banging album and I'm sure lots of non-pedophiles contributed to making this album what it was. It's punchy and fun, objectively great songs. It's not all my bag and I've never been a crazy MJ fan (that's paid off). Indulging someone who was a bad person feels wrong. I'm not invested enough to rate highly

Well in isolation it's a great album and has some of Michael Jackon's best songs on it, absolute bangers, but I can't give him a high score can I?

I have heard this so many times but I was excited to listen again. There are three skips on this album, ‘Baby Be Mine’, ‘The Girl is Mine’ (worst song on the album) and ‘The Lady in My Life’, however the other songs are so ridiculously good that they make this a 5 star album.

Full of bangers, what a classic

One cannot simply ignore the impact on pop MJ had. Are the allegations against him hugely problematic? Of course but we are not trying him here for that. It does make listening to PYT extra icky though. That said the three song run of Thriller-Beat it-Billie Jean has got to go down as the best of all-time. I defy you not to groove and find some happiness there. Not perfect mind you. The Girl is mine is maybe the most insincere duet since Ebony and Ivory… Sir Paul the 80’s were not kind. This is the pinnacle of Pop from a captivating people’s imagination sense. It’s not wonder all the fame and attention sent him essentially mad. Who among us wouldn’t? I dare say none of us are inappropriate with kids however… So we’re back there now. Music alone it’s earned it’s 5 but I can’t go any higher than 4.

major classic. it’s hard to believe so many great songs are on one album. 4.5

This might be my favorite MJ album, but it also makes me realize that maybe I don't like Michael Jackson solo all that much. Thriller is a great song, but I love the video more than the music. Everything else on here is either things I've heard a zillion times (which is no fault of this album) or just kind of 'eh'.

Favourite song - Beat it

Overrated

Back when I was a little kid, there was a neighbor kid who described this album to me as "scary" and said that in his house you were considered brave if you could listen to it all the way through. Sometime after that, this album came up in conversation with someone else and I repeated what I had heard from the neighbor kid. The person I was talking to was like, what do you mean? And I didn't know how to respond. I think about that a lot. Now all these years later I'm listening to the album for the first time and it occurs to me that the kid was probably talking specifically about the song and not the album.

While this is not my style, you can’t deny that it’s an incredible album. There’s a reason that he was the king of pop

Some good songs on it for sure.

Is this album better than Bad? No - but, this album is still incredible. A real benchmark for what pop music is and it defined pop music forever. This album is the best selling album of all time for a reason, and nothing I can say here could do justice to the other tens to hundreds of thousands of other reviews written for this beast of a thing. So alas, 5.

Bettet than Bad (the album)

Klassiker, viele Lieder davon laufen auch heute, über 40 Jahre später, noch regelmäßig im Radio. Zweifelslos einzigartiger Stil. Persönlich finde ich es ganz in Ordnung, muss ich aber nicht ständig hören.

Music is funky Michael is weird Duet with Paul is bananas

This was a fun album. I’ve never really had an issue with Michael Jackson, but because he’s always been such a big deal, I’ve tended to overlook him and focus on other artists. It’s not something I can see myself coming back to often unless there’s a specific reason, but it definitely wasn’t time wasted either.

Some of MJs biggest hits with some lesser known stuff. Baby Be Mine was a nice surprise. It kinda loses steam towards the end with some terrible lyrics, including the McCartney train wreck. Still all the way up to Billie Jean, it's a pretty solid album. An extra star for not being that British noise this list continues to throw at me.

4.1/5 listened 3x. Best MJ album

One of the best albums ever. All numbers here are hits. Love it, should listen to it more often.

I mean what the fuck else can I rate this? There are several tracks in Bad that I prefer over this but this is a more consistently strong album altogether. A little frontloaded in terms of having some of his biggest hits in the first half. Highlights Thriller: ***** Still feels wrong without the music video accompanying it, still an iconic song nonetheless. I think the Vincent Pryce section might be etched into my brain (apparently he chose a flat sum of money over royalties for the song lmao). Wanna be Startin 'Somethin': ***** Such a groovy fucking opener, immediate confidence from the get-go. Might be one of MJ's catchiest beats. The way it feeds in from the opening is infinitely satisfying Beat It: ***** My favourite of the album. Feels more like something that would be on Bad than the rest of this album. Might be the best guitar work in his music (a tie up between this and Dirty Diana for me)

4 out of 5. Didn't know this album had so many bangers like Beat It too. The production value throughout was my favorite part of the whole thing.

Wanna be Startin' Somethin' is actually a pretty cool way to open an album - I like this track more than I remembered. The guy is at the top of his game here, and this album has some great moments. And some dreadful ones: Baby be Mine, and The Girl is Mine. Yuck. And the last three tracks ... really bad. But Thriller (the track) still sounds great - (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) I remember watching the video when it was released, at a friend's house - the whole family watched! It was an event! And what an amazing video/track it is. One must remember I was very into Vincent Price films at this point. And Scooby Doo! Then there's Beat It ... and Billie Jean. Not bad at all. I thought I would dislike this more than I did ... but "no mere mortal can resist the evil of the thriller" ... maniacal laughter. Excellent.

Not Bad, but it doesn't thrill me.

This has too many classics to be denied really. I’m not sure what they were putting in certain music at this time to make it pop the way it does. Wanna Be Startin Something is a cool high tempo start, the Paul McCartney feature is random to say the least, but then the album really takes off. Thriller is cinematic and awesome, always reminding me of that one Preston Hedges performance we did, but Billie Jean steals the show. Michael Jacksons moonwalk routine during the instrumental is etched in my memory. I cant hear it without seeing it! One of the best songs ever for sure. -1 star for PYT because, lets be honest, thats aged a bit badly 😵

Great album but definitely not the GOAT like a lot of people say, not even close. The good tracks are very good but there are a couple of duds - including the Paul McCartney one, surprisingly. You can see why it’s a classic though. Thriller / Beat It / Billie Jean as a three track run is just ridiculous. This album has been overplayed in my lifetime from 1999 onwards - I can only imagine the craze this caused in the 1980s.

No one should need to review this album. Rating it anything less than 5* is a crime

Probably his best album. The last one I had felt very boring outside the singles, but here even the other tracks were interesting to listen to.

banger

Michael Jackson was formative for me, and this album has what was my favorite song as a kid, "Billie Jean." It's just a complete classic.

An absolute banger this one, I love it!

Oh boy a great album from one of the GOATs! Such a musical mind!

funky-pop, we all know the songs

Off the wall is still better, but this was a monster in 82

This is pretty close to a greatest hits compilation. Ridded with bangers. Thriller, Beat it and Billie Jean are immaculate. Baby be mine, The Lady in my Life and PYT were new ones for me that I enjoyed. Human nature had great vocals of course, but didn't hit quite as hard as others. Spectacular overall. King of Pop

Classic album, maybe one of the best ever in my opinion. Every song on this album is fantastic. I remember when the video for Thriller came out, it blew everyone away. My older sister went to see him in concert and she said it was an amazing show.

Jackson wanted to create an album where "every song was a killer". It’s close but the ballards tend to let it down for me. The girl is mine is pure celebratory dazzle dazzle nonsense. lady in my life has got that weak fey voice and cheeseball lyrics. And I can’t stand Human Nature although I can see its appeal. But cmon. Beat it. Wanna be starting something. Thriller. Billie Jean. The sounds of the 80s.

disco pop we need more disco pop hee hee letsgo my favorite song: thriller

Groovy ass opening beat. There’s just something inherently fruity about Michael’s vocals. Sounds like he’s saying you’re a vegetable. Guitar solo in wanna be starting something goes crazy. What is with the hee hee shit he always does I’ve never understood it. Maybe child abuse is justified if it produces singers like Michael. Baby be mine is such a floaty little pop tune. Paul McCartney feature hit me like a freight train what da heck. This shit must have blown up the charts. Tfw little Michael steals your gf…. First certified banger arrives. Pretty ballsy to just make a song about ghouls and jam it in the middle of your album full of standard pop fare. I was not aware beat it was from the same album as thriller man MJ was fucking cooking on this one. The guitar on this track shreds but I can’t stop thinking about the weird al version of this song. Holy shit 3 bangers in a row!!!! Back to sex music I suppose. Thank you Michael. PYT slaps I think this is my favourite track on this album. So groovy. There’s gotta be a pedophile joke in here somewhere. Man that was a good ass album, not a single dud track. No one that makes music that good could possibly diddle kids. Maybe Michael should have made a song about how he doesn’t diddle kids. Thank you Joe Jackson for beating talent out of this child!!

A quintessentially Michael Jackson album full of classic hits that aims to excite and touch my inner child, but rather makes it feel bored and maybe a little uncomfortable. Thriller is a classic hit that has been so run into the ground I'm unable to actually enjoy any part of it except for the unceasing HEE HEEs. If the whole song had been just HEE HEEs, I would genuinely have enjoyed it more. Thriller is obviously the obvious hit, so I was pleasantly surprised when Beat It started playing. Unfortunately, all I could envision was Weird Al inflation porn (which honestly might be better than this album). While I've never been a massive fan of Mr Jacksons work, I can see how it was exciting at the time. The synths, the catchy melodies, poppy tunes, Paul McCartney and MJ having an unusual amount of strange conversation about possessing a woman that kind of felt like she might have been a metaphor for who is going to top, the hee hees, the white glove, the chorus of singers saying "something something Microsoft". It is alI quite theatrical. I definitely have to say that this is a timeless album and doesn't grow old, just like the bodies of those kids buried behind that she'd on the Neverland ranch.

I remember Michael Jackson coming on in a record store, hearing it on a high quality sound system for the first time opened my eyes towards how masterful it sounded. Surprisingly this is the first time I've given a full listen through of the album. My only criticism is it is slightly front loaded and the highs are so high that it makes songs that would otherwise be the highlights of an average album seem a lot worse. 9/10 Fav tracks - Wanna Be Startin' Somthin', Baby be Mine, The Girl is Mine, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing), The Lady of My Life Least Fav - Human Nature

Was listening to the start of the Album in the shower but I remember it being mid and fuck me did I not like that Paul McCartney song. Meat is MJ's 3 best songs back to back to back Thriller, Beat it (off?) and Billie Jean. That last one is about being a deadbeat dad and praying to god he can Millie Rock on daytime court TV. Rest of the Album is whatever. Overall what he did to those kids was bad 3/5

Really strong opener with Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'. Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean easily cement this as a fantastic album and a single listen to this album would make any rational person an MJ truther. Didn't gel much with The Girl Is Mine and The Lady in My Life, the rest of the songs were good.

Ecouté avec une oreille ^^

just bliss, except the closer also perfect for workout somehow

Man, this one has a lot of hits. I don't particularly like the hits, but they're pretty undeniable. The non-hits are a touch goofy / lame.

Just great!

Great album!

The middle part of this album is absolutely perfect, but the last few songs keep me from giving this a 5

Was going to give 4 stars but I couldn't find the flaws. Front to back bangers!

I mean cmon this is arguably the greatest album of all time and it’s easy to hear why. Just a perfect collection of songs, the arrangements, his vocals, just an all around classic project. Not a skip in sight, it’s always good to listen to this album again!

He's a nonce

Perfect? No. Still Incredibly Good.

Some songs i´ve listened before, and the audio mix is stupid good. How did i never listen this entirely before?? A classic masterpiece

I recently got the UHQR version of this and I’ve heard things I’ve never heard before. The separation is amazing. Although the detail some takes the party vibe out of the mix. It’s taken me many years to fully appreciate this album, all the performances and songwriting that went into it, and Quincy Jones’s production of this album. Simply amazing.

I loved this album when I owned it as an eight-year-old. And I can definitely see why it is so highly ranked on this list. But my score is based on how much I enjoyed it today and the likelihood that I would listen to it tomorrow.

It has the good singles, but the rest is quite forgettable. I don’t think the next generation will look kindly on the album.

I'll give it 4 just because of its gargantuan status. Some good stuff, but some of it sounds quite dated. I think Michael himself summed it up: You're a vegetable, ow!

it’s not perfect but it’s good

Lempparit: The Girl Is Mine, Human Nature

7/22/24. Don't think there's much to say, this is one of the best albums of all time in terms of songwriting, production, and performance. Very memorable tracks.

One of the best albums of all time. No notes.

The guitarist for Toto totally shreds on this record.

sad michael

Excellent singing and musicianship in one of the biggest pop albums of all time: MJ is in great form here. The upbeat pop songs here are instantly catchy and danceable, while the slower soul songs are good efforts but don’t hold my attention as well. A lot here has stood the test of time.

Obviously a real classic, not a 5-star for me though

Best Album OAT. MJ was a TRYHARD. 10/10 indiscutible. Claro que iba a ser el mejor, this shit is Legendary in every aspect you can imagine.

It just might be the best OAT. 10/10 mítico mejor que el sexo

Classic. One of the best albums ever released.

baby be mine thriller beat it billie jean p.y.t. (pretty young thing)

King of Pop arrives. Seven jams and two stinkers. Album isn’t Bad. Unlike McCartney whose overplayed jams grate on my nerves, Mike’s Thriller can (almost) do no wrong. I find myself coming back to “Human Nature” and “PYT” and “Baby Be Mine” most often to escape the dominance of the other tracks. A truly fantastic odyssey into the weirdness of MJ, the man who couldn’t find love and channeled that frustration into the drive for perfection at all costs that he and Jordan embodied during my youth.

just hate it. hate it. I find it so overrated. showing how boring pop is this time. rating it higher would be a crime. just hate it.

An obvious all-timer, being deducted one star for an obvious reason (I hate to listen to both Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney say “doggone” over and over).

Michael Jackson's Thriller is the biggest selling non-compilation album of all time; the album set records for sales, number-one pop songs, and Grammy awards. Thriller's unmatched success led to Jackson's claim to be the "King of Pop." The album was released when MTV was in its early stages, and Jackson's songs were propelled by a series of remarkably popular music videos. The album includes a collection of songs of surprising range - from ballads to funk to dance tracks - but all packaged as remarkably catchy pop songs. Jackson's smooth, expressive voice is the consistent element across all of the styles. The songs on this album are iconic - "Beat It," "Billy Jean," "Pretty Young Thing," and "The Girl is Mine" - and among the reasons that Michael Jackson may deserve the "King of Pop" title.

Possibly the only album made worse by a Beatle appearing, and the man was not a good guy, but as an album it is both really good and very important. Falls just short of full marks for me; for the duet and the crimes.

++: Baby Be Mine, Thriller, Billie Jean, P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) +: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', The Girl Is Mine, Beat It +-: Human Nature, The Lady In My Life 8,9/10

It's Thriller. The Girl is Mine is terrible. The rest of it, especially the run of singles in the middle is God like. He was a nonce.

- Ich bleibe bei meiner immerwährend unpopular opinion: Bad>Thriller - Dieses Album ist mir nach hinten raus einfach immer zu schnulzig und zart. Vom Song Thriller war ich sowieso noch nie so richtig begeistert und Billie Jean und Beat it sind natürlich absolute Banger, reißen es aber leider nicht raus 3,25/5

- Hits (Thriller, Beat It, Billi Jean) waren okay, Rest war nervig - würde ich eher nicht wieder hören, da mir seine Stimme generell eher auf den Zeiger geht

One of the Best selling album of All time. Side A ending with Thriller and Side B starting with Beat IT and Billie Jean! Three strong and great Songs right After each other. That's Amazing!

This was a milestone in my/our adolescence: who doesn't remember being stunned by the video, practically a short film by John Landis? And the handful of songs that you could listen to from one end to the other and put the needle back to the beginning and repeat? God, we were so happy and we didn't know it :-)

Big expectations for this one - but overall pretty meh. Some catchy songs and musically very interesting. Lyrically, a little cheesy in places. I am glad I listened but dont need to add this to the regular rotation.

The greatest pop album I know of. It delivers hit after hit and it's crazy that so many of Michael Jackson's top songs are on the same album.

Hi theiller

Really solid album.

Dang haha McCartney track is so weak 😂 I wonder if it was a case where no one else in the studio had the guts to tell them the truth haha. Doesn't matter though, of course this album is bangin. Beat It and Billie Jean are back to back nukes. What pop songs can compete? Not just catchy but intense! With the exception of Girl Is Mine, all other tracks bring something to the table; Thriller the fun, Human Nature the soul, PYT the funk. I mean Tenderoni?? Pretty easy 5 from me.

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Nice

Baby be mine and The Girl Is Mine are Incredible The stretch of bangers after that is truly jaw dropping

Honestly a lot less exciting than I expected. Songs are a little dragged out and sounds a little flat. A lot fewer surprises on this album compared to the others I’ve heard this week. Know this is a foundational album - I’ll give it a few more listens!

One of the best albums of all time - half of these songs will be on my 2024 Spotify wrapped. Personal faves: - Wanna be startin somethin - Baby be mine - The girl is mine - Human nature - PYT - <3<3<3 THE LADY IN MY LIFE <3<3<3

Enjoyed

10/10. Up there for best album of all time. Classic after classic.

I’m not the biggest Michael Jackson fan and that’ll upset some folks.

4 good singles and the rest is cringe tat. The Paul McCartney track is particularly awful

It had no reason to be this good when it released and it has no reason to be this good now. It kicks ass in every respect.

# Playlist track - Wanna be Startin' Somethin' # Notes - This thing has Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean. In a row! - It's fun, campy, catchy, infectious maybe. All around amazing listen.

Standard.

I liked this album much more than I thought I would. Not a big fan of PYT.

Respeito quem goste, eu não gosto.

Quincey Jones was a beast of a producer, but I am not a fan of MJ's vocals.

fantastic, not a bad song on here, one of the greatest pop albums I've ever heard

let down by some awful tracks 3.5