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Plus one bad boy bonus. All things considered, I find portions of the album to be rather exceptional. Excellent production, super bouncy, loads of treble, and so on. I really enjoy the drums. The dynamism of the best tracks does, however, make the lesser tracks on the boring side (Human Nature, The Lady in my Life, Baby Be Mine). Deliberating over my favourite songs, I can't pick between the absolute stomping middle of Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean. The impact of these songs in particular influenced the genre no end. One could go on about his personal life, and let it affect your perception of this album, but taken as a piece of music, I find it grand. I think, even with the bad boy bonus, 4 is a very fair score.
I always enjoy MJ's music and this album was no exception. There are a few slow more boring tracks that bog down the album a bit but overall this is has a great Pop/Disco sound. Highlights: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Thriller Beat It Billie Jean P.Y.T.
Never been a Michael Jackson fan, but had a friend who was obsessed with him as a kid, which is a but strange thinking about it. I thought the video for thriller was amazing at the time, still is tbf. I also remember playing the Michael Jackson sega game with him too That Paul McCartney cameo on the girl is mine is so cheesy. Made me cringe. It's all just a bit too disco. I kinda get why people like it, but I'm never going to be a big fan Thriller is the best track here by far. Beat it is pretty iconic too. Argh....so is Billy Jean.... I feel I'm being generous with a 3, it isn't really my thing, but equally I think this is his most highly praised album so maybe not. 2.5 Just realised I talked about this friend in my last MJ review too, oh well
Just hit after hit with this one, straight thrillers, no fillers. Hee hee!
Holy shit, hit na hit. Vormt niet een coherent geheel
It's Jackson, properly iconic album some great songs. Not sure I've ever listened end to end before and I don't regret it now having done so.
There’s a reason this album is as iconic as it is!
Masterpiece.
One of the, if not the greatest, pop albums of all time! I loved every song on this album! Michael Jackson is the GOAT!
i mean it’s thriller. genius through and through
ja obvi banger
he was the prince of pop for a reason
Full of grooves and attitudes. All the best songs came out as singles, the rest are alright. Best Song(s): Thriller, PYT Listen Again: It's Inevitable
Great album
The Girl is Mine is the only song I truly dislike on this album, but the cringe wasn't strong enough for me to take a star off. The rest of the album is legendary for a reason.
A five star for me means it gets heavy play in my rotation. Such good music but O wouldnt play this album often
Pure 80's sound magic ✨
Not listening to this stupid cunt shit pedophile faggot
What could anyone say about this record that has not already been said. It is the epitome of the Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones partnership. Every detail was dialed in and scrutinized to pop perfection. It is my opinion that this album also represents the start of an expectation of perfection that still exists to this day. I for one like the pops and hisses or flaws that can show up and make a record or song feel more tangible and human but you can not argue with perfection right?
He's called the King of Pop for a reason
Nr. 16/1001 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 4/5 Baby Be Mine 4/5 The Girl is Mine 4/5 Thriller 5/5 Beat It 5/5 Billie Jean 5/5 Human Nature 4/5 P.Y.T 4/5 The Lady in My Life 3/5 Average: 4,22 Awesome album. Really enjoyed it more than I remembered. This is my best rated album so far, taking over from Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath (3,78)
Pretty much a classic.
Honestly didn't realize how many hits were on this album! Very surprised, and it is clearly an album that has loved up to its hype.
Guapísimo
ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME! BEEN ON REPEAT SINCE THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED AS A YOUTH! My favorite Quincy Jones project and my favorite Michael Jackson album
POP POP POP Throbby synth beats The Girl is Mine does not sound like the MJ that fame has impressed on us. BEAT IT Beat It beat it... wait that's a pretty banging solo BILLIE JEAN has a really smooth bass line Human Nature's synth tag is a brain worm and good sample opportunity. Otherwise really laidback but there is a lot of sonic interest
Banger
An album that I would take with me to a desert island ;-)
Really good album
Very fun listen
A classic!
Tried to view this one without taking into account the controversial nature of Michael Jackson. It's easy to tell why it's the best selling album ever, almost every song is a hit. The Van Halen guitar solo is on of the most iconic in music and obviously Thriller itself is a cultural phenomenon. However, I've knocked 1 point off for Paul McCartney's confusing appearance, and a weak finish as I didn't really enjoy the last 2 songs all that much.
Appropriate for the time of year. Thriller->Beat It ->Billie Jean is a crazy 3 song stretch and probably the most well known one.
- I like thriller, beat it, and Billie Jean, but tbh this sound overall isn’t for me - didn’t realize that Kanye sampled PYT in Good Life
Chill even with headache
A favorite of mine that has been in my car CD player for months at a time, periodically
Classic.
The run of Thriller - Best It - Billie Jean might be the best of any pop album
Had this on tape as a kid and loved it. Still do. A couple of the slower songs are a bit schmaltzy but there are so many different approaches that it's constantly an interesting listen. PYT hasn't aged too well as a concept given... y'know... Vincent Price MVP. Love the Eddie Van Halen guitar solo on Beat It too. The Girl is Mine is notable for being the worst song on the album, which happens to be written by two of the best songwriters ever. Why does McCartney sing that one bit really low? Why did they think the talking bit at the end was a good idea? Despite how crap the song is there are a couple of bits where their skill shines through in the chorus.
really good
Classic. Some great track from a great artist.
When it's good, it's amazing. When it's bad, it's utter dregs. Sadly the bad outweights the good here.
classic
3 stars with some standout tracks - I know this is an extremely hot take.
Allerbeste pop album of all time weinig wat dit kan overtreffen Zo ontzettend veel classirkers op een album zou verboden moeten zijn
Good album except The Lady In My Life
Good bops. Don’t know how often I’d put it on for an active listen
Epic
puh... one of the big ones. Never listened to it completely. And I must say, apart from the big hits thriller, billie jean and beat it, the album is pretty... meh.
Undeniable
This is a classic pop album, solid listen front to back. With songs like thriller, Billie Jean, and beat it, Michael shows why he was the king of pop.
Cultural phenomenon, best selling album of all time, pop sensation, what more needs be said. The album is held back by songs like, the girl is mine but overall still holds up as a solid 8.5/10
Not as good as expected rip
ok so this album starts off with an absolute slapper of a track. out of the 9 songs on the original, five of them hold near and dear places to my heart. the other half of the album is very lackluster and boring in comparison. Baby Be Mine is the one of the lesser half that could definitely grow to be a personal hit given some more listens, the beat is crazy funky. it's like a higher tempo version of the next song (the Paul McCartney collab) with a little more going on. Human Nature is cute and not a terrible song but it's pretty hard to follow Thriller, Beat It, then Billie Jean. Same for the last song, it's a goood jam but not as good as PYT right before it. obviously this album is pretty fantastic and the highs are extremely high and the lows are higher than a lotta artists ever get, but the perfection and range of the higher tempo songs makes the lower tempo tracks meld together into one big R&B mush.
banger
Bopper
The opening and closing songs were a bit sleeper, but I did not realize that this album is basically a collection of Michael Jackson’s best music. What a great album.
Such a fun album- really enjoyed singing to it in the car
Great album. Perfect song to start the album. Not all songs can be A+, and the ballad with Paul McCartney was not for me.
Many hits - Wanna Be Startin Somethin, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, PYT The Girl is Mine - duet with Paul McCartney Beat It - EVH solo!
Esté ya me lo escuché, esta bueno, esta épico que la primera canción sea tan larga y en general tiene puro temon
One of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion, probably in the top 25. I wish the ratings were 1-10 instead and this would land at 9 since it's not going to be in my usual music rotation but for the purposes of 1-5 I'll rate this a 5.
Ripper of an album. Loved the lesser known tracks even more than the songs I was very familiar with (which there weren't many of)!
#1 banger, bit repetitive, but he keeps it fresh. You're a vegetable. #2 Slow, kind of me. Good swing, and fun, but eh . interesting key change at the end. #3 banger. Paul is goat, great concept, very fun, great lyrics. #4 All time classic. #5 All time classic. #6 all time classic. #6 pretty good, slow. #7 PYT is such a bop #8 Meh
I really like a few songs but didn't really love anything after Off the Wall
9/10. So many hits one after the other I just can't give it a 10 and I don't know why
This is one of the greatest albums ever made, and certainly the best pop album of all time. The only track on this album I'm not a big fan of is "The Girl is Mine".
5*****
-MICHAEL JACKSON???? what a week im having so far -starting off STRONG -have listened to one or two michael jackson songs but never a full album -VERY strong starting song -this song is with paulie mccartney and my last album was the beatles (love it) -i mean literally who doesn’t know thriller -this song is really the star of the album -i also know beat it but i don’t like it as much as thriller -lots of very popular singles on this album, like billie jean which i do like but not as much as THRILLER -his voice really is something special. forgot to mention that somehow -PYT!!!!!!! an iconic classic -im going to rate this a 3 because its a CLASSIC and theres a lot of good songs here but its not Really my taste
As perfect of an album you can find. A fun sound that The Weeknd is revisiting today. Throw it on at any party and get dancing and singing!
Classic
Tiene temas que quedaron en la historia pero me parece sobrevalorado. Demasiado hype.
Bro I’m not gonna even act like I haven’t heard this before. Yes Michael Jackson is good no shit
1. ztarting zomething - 2 2. baby me mine - 1.5 3. the girl iz mine - 1 4. thriller - 4 5. beat it - 3 6. billi jean - 4 7. human nature - 1.5 8. pretty young thing - 1.5 9. the lady in my life - 1
A perfect pop album. Hit after hit after hit, with good reason, danceable, fun from front to back.
Glorious
https://youtu.be/QHi479xN_po?si=mvo2sRT_oQI10eTf Billie Jean has a legit shot at being the greatest pop song of all time. Also, Vincent Price's presence is always great. Aside from the core hits, though, the rest of this album has always left me kinda cold.
Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean is as solid a 3 song block as you'll find. Now which of the 3 goes on the list
Ok
Classic
🫶🏼
I had forgotten how good this album was. He was genius for his time. Brought back many fond memories of wearing a single glove running around my backyard.
The soundtrack of the 80’s.
BL: one of the most famous albums of all time. I know about half the tracks on this album, so will be excited to hear the other half and see the cuts and it they stand up well or not AL: Didn’t really like this truth be told. Found it to be incredibly overproduced, lacking in vision, and just a collection of songs designed to sell singles. Which to me is antithetical to the concept of an album. So not really my thing. FT: “Thriller” 2/5
Lives up to being the best selling album of all time.
wanna be startin somethin - 90 baby be mine - 94 the girl is mine - 86 thriller - 98 beat it - 95 billie jean - 99 human nature - 94 pyt - 95 lady in my life - 85
Sometimes it’s some of the best pop music ever produced. But it has one or two skips that keep it from truly being incredible.
Obviously some great hits. Overall, just not quite for me.
Classic.
Thriller, Beat it, and Billie Jean are iconic songs, but nothing in the album really spoke to me.
Not as good as I remember
You can’t go wrong with Michael Jackson. It’s a classic for a reason. Great tunes.
Absolute perfection. What else is there to say? Favourite tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', The Girl Is Mine, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)
one of my favorite albums of all time. funky and beautiful
Some absolute classics on here. But that song with Paul gives me the ick. The talking section...ugh!!
It's good. 4/5
Possibly, the best pop album ever…
3* It is a classic album.
Gets one star less just because of the girl is mine. Who decided that that wet fart of a song should be the lead single
5.0
Every track is a masterpiece. Can really figure out any negative sides from this album.
I never owned a Michael Jackson album and was never enamoured with his music as a whole, although some of the songs were definitely great Pop songs. I was really quite scared that I was somehow going to love this and be wracked with conflict. Nowadays, every Michael Jackson song is accompanied by a little voice screaming in the back of my head. He is a controversial character. So I’ve tried to set that aside and just listen to the music. Some of it is good pop music. I also have great memories of Channel 4 premiering the Thriller video when I was 15 years old and watching what is basically a short Halloween film. It was infused with fun and a great beat. It is a classic song. I have difficulties with Billie Jean – as long as I don’t listen to the words it’s a good dance track, same with Beat It. And I positively hate the Paul McCartney collaboration. I’m not sure it’s a conflict I can ever resolve, so I would be happy to come firmly down the middle with a 2.5. Although half a point comes off for the fact that he is unrecognisable after this point. #MJsowhite
I'm pretty sickened that MJ is back in the mainstream as just a regular pop star. Didn't listen. Won't listen.
I never connected to this the way the rest of the world did. I always found it kind of silly, and today was the first time I checked out the lyrics, which are even more ridiculous than I thought. Billie Jean slaps, though, but I'll take Off the Wall over this every time.
I liked it
Crecí con este disco porque no había día que mi padre no lo pusiese.
This album is the album of my early childhood songs Iike Billie Jean and Wanna be Starting something are some of the best pop songs ever released. This album means a lot to me. And I will not tolerate The girl is mine hate, it is a straight banger
Hate everything about thriller
fucking nonce. i still don't understand why wacko jacko has a free pass at being respected and adored when he was a top nonce.
Top Nonce. Fun fact: I got suspended from school in Year 8 for mooning the audience every time 'Thriller' was sang during a lip syncing performance. Good times.
Thrillllaaaaa
Despite his personal failings - this is still an amazing pop album.
Typical classic of MichaelJackson 10/10
Let me be very clear: this rating is not for the singer (by this point we’re all well aware of what he did), but for this album’s place in pop history, and for the talented musicians, backing vocalists, songwriters, engineers and producers who helped create it. And also Vincent Price, who earns two stars on his own.
Ok
Classic. Many good songs but it wasn’t cohesive.
Quite an emotional roller coaster. After repeatedly getting called a vegetable, being scared out of mind, getting instructed to rub one out, and finally receiving a dissertation on human behavioral psychology, I felt overwhelmed, exhausted and strangely disoriented, probably much like that baby tiger that Michael used for the cover photo-shoot. Oh well, in the vain of so many lazy reviewers on this site; "I mean, it's MJ". 🐯🐯🐯
Classic Album. Buy it.
Legendary album. Its kind of a masterpiece of production and songwriting - Theres a reason why its like 34x platinum or whatever. 5/5
I think the middle section of Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean is great but that's probably middle school nostalgia talking. (but oh man, I totally forgot about Eddie's solo!) The rest is as bad as the other MJ albums on this list.
Certified banger. SHAMONE!
Todd I don't think I've listened to this from start to end. The ablum is very cohesive, I kinda forget when one song has ended and another started.
...and while I say again that Michael Jackson is more of a singles artist I think that this album has really a lot of gems and feels better in it its consistency than Bad. The title track and 'Beat It' are obviously great but already the opener goes in full.
a true classic album! I mean it's Michael Jackson, it's his Magnum Opus
Excellent vocals and music; not to my personal taste, but Jackson was incredibly talented. I had never heard Human Nature, PYT but I enjoyed them.
Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean...in a row. does not get any better than that
This album has all the best Michael Jackson songs on it. An almost comical dud for me is 'The Girl is Mine' with Paul McCartney - the spoken section, in particular, is very very funny! It is so difficult to know how to feel about Michael Jackson, but for me, I just feel that his musical ability and hit-making skills are unparalleled. I'm going to give this five stars because it is a spectacular pop record, and if an alien came to this planet, it would be a great introduction to pop music. Even my baby was dancing!
The great by the most significant pop singer until today is not something I can evaluate.
Michael Jackson is in the prime of his life on this album. Creating fantastic, catchy tunes, collaborating with the best in the business. Really just making whatever songs he wants and doing it very well. Unfortunately, not every song he creates goes together on one album. This is a nitpick, but Michael is a pedo and I will only do such a petty nitpick for him. This is an album of all good songs, but the songs don’t make for a cohesive album. That’s really the only complaint. I hate to say it, but everything else is spectacular. 4/5
Shamone. Phenomenal. Paul McCartney does his best to ruin the funk on that one track but still a solid 5 stars.
Discazo.
The album is really satisfying to listen to from the first track. There is so much complexity in the syncopated percussion, layered bass, interesting chords and vocal harmonies. The arrangement and production is ingenious and almost alien-like, when certain chords hit (like the thriller chord) it almost brought a tear to my eye. I have to say I believe that Jackson was a paedophile who exploited children that admired him. He was clearly a very damaged individual who had a traumatic life, but this does not excuse his crimes. It would be easy to give this 1/5 but there is no point lying, I still listen to this album and think it is incredible. As I’ve said in other reviews, I can separate an album from the artist so it is still getting 5/5 from me, but I want to be clear that I think Jackson did some horrific things in his life and I think people need to accept that.
I enjoy a lot of pop music, and I’m truly not saying this to be contrarian or anything - but I never got the extreme Michael Jackson hype. Some of the production is cool but also very 80s.
Yes what can I say. It is pop music. Good pop music. I was surprised that I had not heard a majority of the songs on this record. And that the ones previously unknown to em were good .
the sound can feel dated at times, but it is almost hilarious that 3 of MJ's most legendary songs are in a row
The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney), Thriller, Beat it, Billie Jean.
Legendär
7 great songs, 1 ok song, 1 bad song. This was about as easy a 5 star album as there could be.
- obviously i heard them all before, but thriller and pyt just always hit - short album tbh - they all slated tho
Legendary hits. Didn’t realize all these classics were on the same album.
Funky synths. Basically the best of Michael Jackson, but for some reason it just doesn’t fully excite me. Should probably be a 5 but firing off a 4.
The "2nd side" of this album is one of the best ever.
Fact is that this is a no skip album with some of the most recognizable lyrics and cuts of all time
i dont know if kids were scared of the thriller music video because it was horror or because its michael jackson and they're kids incredible album though
wow famous record a giant in rnb genre
it really is that simple folks. 8 flawless tracks, and the lady in my life for fun. this is one of the greatest albums there is.
It would be a five star except there are a couple of weak songs. The ballads I don't care for.
Controversial, but I love this album. I own it and I listen to it often. I can’t help that it is so dang good, even if the artist did terrible things.
Baby Be Mine is an underrated gem. The album is just short of perfection.
Likes: the opener is a jam and an easy favorite for me (the whole thing is just asking to be stimmed), Baby Be Mine is totally underrated (what a solid groove), Thriller is a bold move and a total riot, Beat It has always felt weirdly Westside Story to me (in a good way) there's just a level of camp and theatrics to it, Billie Jean's defensive ambiguity has always been cool, and Human Nature gets stuck in my head like crazy Dislikes: The McCartney collab is a total dud and in spite of how catchy P.Y.T. is, I find the lyrics and general concept mildly annoying and even a little creepy? The last couple tracks honestly don't do much for me. Favorite tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Baby Be Mine, Thriller Favorite lyrics: "you're a vegetable"(lol), "girl, I can thrill you more than any ghoul would ever dare try",
Amazing album.
Who isn’t giving this a 5?
A solid proportion of this album is undeniable excellently crafted pop. There are some let downs, which combined with Mr Jackson’s personal transgressions, make me unwilling to give this a 5 Best tracks: Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (though the Glee version is superior) Worst: The Lady In My Life
classic, but sounds pretty dated.
Banger after banger after banger. Even the songs that aren't that good in comparison to the hits are still fantastic. There is a lot to say about Jackson, but his musical talent is beyond reproach.
When I was a kid this was a 5! Now, let's see...do you seperate the art from the artist on this? Tough call, music wise this is untouchable, everything else surrounding the person gets muddy
The hits(Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean) are unsurprisingly great, but there’s just too much mediocre filler (Baby be Mine and everything after Billie Jean) to give this 5 stars.
It's a good album, and consistently good too. Thriller is a massive, massive tune, going straight into Beat It (wowzers!) then THAT goes straight into Billie Jean (hooo lordy!). What a 3-track run. Overall it's a solid 4 stars.
Classic, but an imperfect pearl for me 4,5/5
Połowa hitów jest na tym albumie, najlepiej sprzedający się album ever. Nic dziwnego że 5 wpadło.
Stone cold classic.
Familiar with the hits. Never listened all the way through!
I cant separate the art from the artist when it comes to this creep so I'm not listening to any michael Jackson albums. Instead I listened to Band on the Run and Illmatic and had a much better time
good start, but the middle of this album is amazing. Thriller, Beat it, and billie Jean followed by PYT not far after should be criminal. It doesn’t take a music enthusiast to understand how great this album is. Micheal Jackson did not hold back at all and the pop music world was changed for the better because of it. The only reason this amazing album didn’t get a higher score is the first song was way too long, and there was a common theme throughout the album with that. Some songs were just too drawn out.
obviously masterpiece
Own on Vinyl
2.5 beat it is too slow and i didnt like the less famous tracks apart from the first one. billie jean slaps though.
This is an absolute banger of an album today! 5/5 before even listening to it. I'm very familiar with it, and have heard it many times before. Looking forward to listening to it again! Thriller is Michael Jackson's swan song. This is peak fame for Michael, and he would spend the rest of his life trying to match the popularity of this record. The production costs for this album were in the vicinity of $750,000 which is insane. Off of the record, came 7 singles (out of 9 total songs), all of which charted in the top ten pop songs in the US. The first single (The Girl Is Mine, featuring Paul McCartney) was the weakest of them in my mind. Amusingly, the last single to get released was Thriller. The music video for Thriller was the first music video by a black artist that was ever played on MTV. The music video is basically a movie about a teenage couple, in which the female has a bad dream that the male is a werewolf/zombie. The filming costs associated with the 13 minute music video were in the ballpark of $500,000! The money was well spent, however, because (2 years after the albums release) the release of Thriller caused the total album sales to double!!! While promoting the single Billie Jean on the TV programme Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Michael did his famous "Moonwalk" for the first time, blowing people away with his choreography. The song Beat It features a guitar solo, which was recorded by Eddie Van Halen. Apparently while recording the solo, Eddie caused the monitors to catch fire! That's bad ass! Overall, an absolutely historic pop classic! You can not have a list of mandatory listening without having this record on it. This record sold over 70 million copies! One of the highest sales rates of any record, ever! What an absolute powerhouse! Unashamedly love this record! Favourite songs: Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing), Human Nature, The Girl Is Mine Least favourite song: Baby Be Mine 5/5
Partially filled by nostalgia, partially by incredible, iconic banger after banger, with just the right number of wonderful slower songs mixed in. MJ knew how to craft the perfect album. He definitely deserved his King of Pop crown.
One of my favorite albums of all time. Even with Jackson’s troubled past, I can still acknowledge that he was a phenomenal artist.
Very nostalgic for some reason o.o
It's got some bangers, but also some duds.
One of the greatest pop albums of all time, what more can I say?
I don’t really feel the need to explain myself with this one.
not much to be said about this one. it’s thriller, the best selling album of all time with some of the most recognizable tracks in music. that being said, there were some songs that i wasn’t the biggest fan of, so i cant give it a perfect rating.
There are some absolute classics on here plus some filler. very conflicting album in an art vs artist way
Immaculately crafted in every conceivable way, yet I never have felt particularly compelled to listen to it. Blame it on the cheesy camp-off or the poor sequencing, something is stopping me from loving it the way I should.
Great album.
Hitsen är fantastiska. I övrigt är det inte lika bra. Blir ändå en fyra.
There's a brief description of my taste in music. Well I want to buy my first album it was a choice between this album and Def Leppard pyromania. Def Leppard won but thriller was definitely a strong choice for second.
Think this held the title of "most sold albums of all time" for a very long time, and understandably so. I also read that Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones' intent was to make a record "with just hit tracks". I think they succeeded pretty well in that. Probably everyone in the world has heard some song on this album at least once, and some artists could only dream of making one of these songs once in their life. There are some tracks (The Lady in My Life and The Girl Is Mine) that are definitely not on par with the rest, but otherwise it's just banger after banger.
This is far from my favorite album but I recognize the greatness. With more hits on one album than most bands can dream of in a lifelong career it's an insane achievement. The hits are good. The songs which were not hits were surprisingly bad and felt more like filler to this Thriller album. It's a great album but I'm just not a great fan.
While Michael Jackson isn't always my thing, the middle of this album plays like a "best hits" playlist
If you're only going to listen to 1 Michael Jackson album this would have to be my recommendation. So many good songs on this 9 track album.
This could be reamed Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits. So many hits!
A classic with no doubt
Funky, cute, good to dance to, cool layered melodies and vocals. The album has some filler, though, and five minutes is a bit long for a pop song.
Thriller A total masterpiece of dance music. Almost every song is a perfect super hit. The girl is mine is so cheesy but still great
Not much to say. It’s the best selling record of All time and an objectively perfect record. It’s the reason music videos exist and arguably the most influential record of all time as far as the industry is concerned. Everything about it is top tier, writing, arranging, performance, production etc.
He’s a pedophile. If I’m not considering that, thriller and beat it are amazing. I know the bass line in Billie Jean is supposed to be amazing but that song has never done it for me. I think this loses a point for me because besides Beat It and Thriller, the other songs are boring and longer than they need to be. 1 if we are considering the artist. 4: if we are notZ
Jacko at his best, right from the first nots on the album through to the last track. Everything he did after this was compared to this and frequently fell short of thriller. It's a good album and deserves 5/5 as there isn't a bad track on the album, excellent production and the track layout flows well
This may be the easiest 5 stars I'll hand out... there is no surprise that this is the best selling album ever with 'Beat It', 'Bille Jean', and 'PYT' to name three.
Am I am Jacksoner? No. Does Billie Jean, Beat It and Thriller make a pretty amazing set of lead-offs. Yes. Is The Girl Is Mine, along with Ebony and Ivory, a crime against music. Yes. Yes. Yes.
I thought this was going to be better. A lot better. It's not. Yeah, it has the threee big numbers in the middle - and Billie Jean is by far the best of those btw. Beat it's OK and Thriller - well, relies on having seen the video a bit maybe? But the rest of it is utter bollocks. Turgid and really terrible at times - This girl is mine is particularly dreadful - I mean, honestly, a fucking awful way to close an album. And what the fuck was McCartney thinking about when he agreed to collaborate with the utter horseshit that is The girls is mine? And Pretty Young Thing hasn't exactly aged well as a concept has it? Genuinely can't understand the 4+ rating here. Yes, there are two, maybe three, decent tracks in the middle. Yes, the start of side 2 is pretty strong, but the end is so, so bad. I'm stuck between a 1 and a 2. I suppose it should be a 2 because it has some half decent tracks, but, in this instance, I'll bring in the man being into things. So it's my first one. And not just because of Jackson - I really, really disliked this and can't imagine I'd ever listen to it again.
What can I say that hasn’t been said already. I enjoyed.
i was expecting more duds but the only bad song on here is the girl is mine
4.5/5. If we’re separating the artist from their art, this record was groundbreaking for its time. Talk about capturing the 80s zeitgeist. Hard not to give it a high score when you hear songs like Beat It and Billie Jean.
Sorry, can't listen to MJ without thinking about all the kids he raped.
Assessing the success of MJ’s aim to make an album of ‘all killer’: Billie Jean is a stone cold classic, no arguments here. I think the second best track might be Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, which is pretty great too (‘You’re a vegetable!’) Beat It is good, if a little cheesy. Same with Thriller (but slightly less good & slightly more cheesy). Both are obviously iconic. Human Nature is decent as sentimental ballads go, and if I’m being generous P.Y.T. can join the ‘killer’ club too. That still leaves a third of the album that is ok, I guess, but certainly not killer. Nevertheless, a decent ratio: 4 stars. Maybe even 4.5.
RIP Michael
Perfecto.
i mean come on
Perhaps the most over rated album ever, not sorry.
Pop album GOAT prove me wrong
U cannot deny the jam
No mere mortal can resist the evil of the Thriller
Practically anybody will be ready to launch into the lurching zombie dance when this record's title track erupts on the radio. It is so well-known, iconic, fun, funky, corny and dare I say wholesome. Not to wander into a rockumentary alleyway, but also recall that Michael Jackson and MTV set each other to go thermonuclear with the dazzling videos. Also recall that this gave great material for Weird Al to parody - it's biting irony how in Weird Al's biopic he ridiculed MJ for begging to emulate "Eat it". Now that I've read up a little on this album's history, it seems like MJ wanted some payback for "Off The Wall" being disregarded. He wanted to really blow the industry, so mission accomplished by being certified platinum time a zlllion.
seminal album by the king of pop (mid you The Wall was as good)
Iconic - knew most songs going in, still great to listen to. Everything is a standout track. 5/1001 Listened 5/22/23
classic
If you like Mike you'd love this album - if you think he's a bit of a weird nonce then you'd probably still like this album but to a lesser extent.
Classic pop album. Tons of hits.
Bops bops and more bops
Perfect album through and through. every single song go hard and it’s actually nuts.
What an incredible blend of rock, funk, and soul blended with pop. Truly one of those albums that deserves the recognition. So many classic songs that catch your attention as soon as the music starts. Hard to believe something like this can just be created by someone with that much talent. Just thinking about the dancing that accompanied this is mind blowing, because the music stands out so much by itself. I would love to own this album.
I'm somewhat ashamed to say that I don't think I've ever listened to this the whole way through. It's a masterpiece, but still not perfect I'd say. The Paul McCartney duet and the last song were a bit cringy I thought. Other than those though, it's a solid 9/10.
I prefer Off the Wall by a considerable margin but having such big singles in the same album is quite the accomplishment, I'll give it that. Too bad that corny duet with Paul McCartney kills the momentum otherwise that would have been a pop masterpiece.
The Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean streak is just unbeatable in terms of pop songs. It's all getting kind of old, but it's still a great album.
Pop classic.
I wouldn't listen to this everyday, but it's an undeniable and powerful classic in terms of pop music.
Top 3 Songs: 1 - Beat It (5) 2 - Billie Jean (6) 3 - Thriller (4)
Considering it still is the best-selling album of all time it is surprisingly sappy. And I expected there'd be another catchy tune beyond the ones I've already heard a billion times - there is not.
It's OK. The bangers we all know are in the middle but the rest of the album is quite forgettable.
Probably one of the most hit filled albums ever, Thriller is jam packed with top 40 and top 100 hits. Production is exquisite and the songs iconic. Even people who didn't like Michael Jackson's previous albums or style, liked this album. It made him the King of Pop. It is the album that drove wider acceptance of black artists on MTV and among white audiences. About the only complaint is that packaging is bland. The cover image looks backwards toward the late 70s and not to the future of music that this album helped create.
I don't think I've ever listened to this album fully. I've heard the songs here and there but I enjoyed hearing it all together.
funky and cool
Literally the first album I ever owned.
Not a Michaelhead by any stretch of the word, but with hits like Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat It, I’m not gonna argue that this album does have some pretty serious slap
Hit after hit. Baselines so groovy I ignored the little squeaks and oohs and aahs that once bothered me enough to think I didn’t like MJs music 4/5
Slapping baseline followed by slapping baseline. I’m not the biggest MJ fan, but I can totally understand why this is a classic. It had me groovin
Kokonaisuutena tasaisen hyvä, tai itse asiassa kiinnostavasti nousee keskellä hittitrion kohdalla kunnon jytäämiseksi. Jackson saa kyllä kasarin levottomuuden toimimaan, vaikka ei tää mun henk koht suosikki olekaan
Hyvää ja vetävästi laulettua mutta esteettisesti minua miellyttämätöntä poppia, PLUS levyn keskelle sisällytetty 4-5 tähden mini-EP. Billie Jean - puhdasta neroutta, ei muuta.
This was my second time listening to this entire album. I'm obviously aware of the famous tracks and have heard them a million times. That said, I don't love this album. I love the hits but I don't love the other songs.
Pop genius 'n' paedo pervert.
Michael asside, Quincy Jones' work on this album is great. I've capped it at 4 because of how cheesy The Girl is Mine is. It's weird listening to an album like this now, you're so familiar with each track it's hard to hear it as an album. I guess that's pop for you.
Gallons of ink have been spent talking about this album and there is nothing I could say here that would be new or interesting. I don't usually like pop too much and am not really an MJ fan. But this record still slaps. Sometimes, everything just comes togeather. This basically a perfect pop album.
Very good, "bumping"
Speechless.
Pretty solid album really
Damn, I still really like most of this album. The duet with McCartney always seemed weird to me, but the rest of the record is great. I love how Thriller is basically a pop song with death metal lyrics, and I love the mix of live horn sections and synth horns; this album has a lot of potential cheese, but the production is so tight that it all works.
Everyone in the world knows like 2/3 of these songs by being alive. However, I did quite enjoy listening to them in order, along with a few songs I had never heard. It was a good time, surprisingly. 4/5
Yeah, this is his best album. Brief but makes a hell of an impact with some of the best songs in pop history. Michael’s voice, the production and performances are largely A-tier. Still going to be 4 stars/A- because I’m not as hot on certain songs as others. Also, man guilty.
classic
HEEE HEEE
Simpelweg legendarisch. Michael Jackson had iets wat niet veel hebben/hadden, die pure muzikale genialiteit, duidelijke visie en het geduld om het door te ontwikkelen tot het perfect was. Dit zal een van de weinige pop albums zijn die we 5 sterren geven.
Four stand-out tracks: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Thriller", "Bbeat It", and "Billie Jean", but then you have the naff "The Girl Is Mine" - even so, a stupendous album.
This album really is so good in so many ways. Mostly on the production front, the instrumentals sound so smooth and polished that the songs just float by so nicely. Obviously the classics on here are awesome, but most of the other in-between tracks are pretty incredible, although maybe not as immediately poppy. 8/10
Seriously? You want me to rate this? One of the best selling records of all time. With 3 of the best pop songs of all time and like 5 more really good songs too??? Yeah. …. 5
9/10
Really good album top to bottom, the bangers are absolutely bangers, and I still found myself grooving along to the less known songs. Not sure what the Paul McCartney bit was all about though...
Big shoes. big, big shoes. Huge cultural shadow, the good songs on it are classics... and there's other songs on there too I guess. idk on the whole I might actually like Bad more
You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable) You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable) Still they hate you (Still they hate you) You're a vegetable (you're a vegetable) You're just a buffet (You're just a buffet) (You're a vegetable) This is a legit lyric from a top-ten single from one of the best-selling albums of all time. Mindblowing. This album is genuinely catchy. It is, however, Michael Jackson. Who was a problematic guy. Divorcing the artist from the art, this is an easy 5*. Do I want to divorce them? Not really.
I'm not the biggest MJ fan, but this is a great album, of course! Saved tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Thriller, Billie Jean
Makes sense why its the greatest selling album (studio or otherwise) of all-time. Never listened to it front to back like that. So clean, such tight production. Amazed really by how many hits are on one album.
3,5
MJ was king.
There's a few average songs, but the album is a banger from the king of pop
OG King of Pop
Ok.
The hits sound a bit different with context of the full album. As much as the phenomenon itself is not surprising, the funky disco rest of the album is, a bit. I mean, I don't know what I expected, it's pretty logical. But still didn't expect this. xD
I get it - he's the King of Pop. And I must admit, his artwork is thrilling (lol), but after all these years he has become quite dull to me. What is more, the album feels more like a compilation than an album. Just a mix of different sounds, and yeah, deal with it.
Truly classic pop album. Both title song and "Billy Jean" are great, timeless. I really like that kinda background sounds that Michael was making in some songs.
Iconic album already knew almost every song and can see why its hailed as being a classic.
Iconic album which had equally iconic videos to go with them. I remember my mate buying this when I was but a pup, and he complained because most of the tracks had already been released as singles, so there wasn't anything new in the album. I just thought it was class. Still a strong album that stands on its own over 40 years later.
Class album
This album definitely belongs in the list. I'm not a Michael Jackson fan. I hadn't played the album before, but I knew every single song except the last one. It's not my style, but there's nothing to complain about on this album. Favorite song: wanna be startin' somethin'
One of the most popular albums by an alleged pedophile in the entire world.
It’s impossible for me to not do the thriller dance during the song.
Classic
JAMAIIIIIIIIS J'écoute ca
PREFS : Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Baby Be Mine, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean MOINS PREF : The Girl Is Mine
a classic
Best-selling album with ephemeral hits including the title track, "Billie Jean", and "Beat It" Jackson's post-disco pop acclaimed as maybe the best pop record of all time. Hard to separate the tracks from their pervasiveness but it is enjoyable and an easy, catchy listen.
Favorite song: Beat It
Wow. Otro clásico
I mostly liked the singles. There was at least some part of every song I liked a little. But there was also some part or every song I didn’t like. Mostly just too much 80s sound.
solid record by the king of pop. although a musical star already, this album launched him into the stratosphere and made him a household name. the album contained nine songs, of which seven(!) were singles. impressive. in fact, this album is the top selling album of all time. highlights: “wanna be startin’ somethin’ “ “billie jean” “PYT (pretty young thing)”
Full of classics, many of which still hold up.
Some great songs. Some awful ballads.
Excellent album, but definitely an abuser. Can we really still enjoy his work knowing he took advantage of so many children?
Solid album. Excellent production and a few bangers for sure.
Classic
-Great production - Influencial - Cohesion lacking - not my favourite in terms of relistening
They don't make them like this anymore.
Classic
It was pretty good. Michael Jackson isn’t my favorite artist but it was still good listening. 7/10
classic but paedo
A classic
I never listened to this album all the way through (only the hits) and I was not disappointed. A great vibe for my day.
Este estaba en casa😋. Casi el primer LP que entró en casa? casi lo juraría, jajajaja (ONB) Yo lo tenía en cassette jeje…creo que me lo trajeron unos reyes magos(PSP)
Du ved det jo godt, :^)
The McCartney collab is a bit naff and I've never really liked the title track but there's some all-timers here. Sounds fantastic too, crank it up on some good kit
really solid album. At one point it had back-to back-to back hits. Just didn't hit that 5/5 rating for me. really solid 4/5
Most sold album of all time for a reason. Top-notch pop rock.
4/5. An influential pop album with many classics and hits but the bookend 1-2 songs of the album are definite misses. If this was an EP, with the middle 4 songs, it would be perfect.
Good songs
5/5 album without a doubt. It has everything. A duet with Paul McCartney, an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, and a spoken word rap by Vincent Price! The only song I really didn't care for was Lady in My Life. Favorite song (and music video): Billie Jean
One of the greats. Might be getting bonus points of nostalgia. However, one of the few albums out of my genre comfort zone to really grasp my attention.
3 This album is like hanging out with super extrovert person as an introvert one. Tiresome, mostly annoying, but with beautiful moments(Beat It & Billie Jean) as well. I get that Michael is King Of The Pop and everything started from him, but to be honest, most of the Pop is crap, so for me that does not mean a lot. So, extrovert reference - this album is "Too much". For me everything is over-tried - over-pop-ed, overrhythmic, overmusical, overenergetic, overromantic and so on. Well i do love those hits I already mentioned, but others are not my cup of tea. Anyway, I was going to give it 2.5, but looks like i have to chose from 2 or 3, so 3 i guess.
It's a good album, some great songs on it. Not sure I enjoyed the front to back listen that much, Thriller itself feels slightly out of place maybe? Or maybe all the songs I know particularly well do. Paul McCartney song is weird