Thriller

Of course this was going to be in there.

skipped the hits…enjoyed the vibe of the album

super chill vibes and really fun to listen to. literally timeless favs: beat it, billie jean, PYT

An excellent album with great infectious energy from start to finish. You can't help but dance along to the whole album, and there really isn't any weak point or break in the engagement. Overall stellar. Top tracks: Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Beat It, Billie Jean, P.Y.T.

The best pop album ever. One of my all-time time favorite. I remember hearing Billie Jean for the first time as a 6 year old child - and it was fascinating and mesmerizing. Every song is a hit. So many other artists contributed - Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Halen and Quincy Jones as a producer. This album was destined to become a legendary and best-selling work in music history

One too many songs about the girl being mine, but Thriller>Beat It>Billie Jean is quite a run

Can you separate the art from the artist? Even if I shove that aside, this is an uneven album. For every Billie Jean (one of the twenty best pop songs of the 80s, despite my reservations), there is a turgid mid-tempo song that goes nowhere. The production is strong (vale Quincy Jones) but dated. Under normal circumstances, Thriller would merit a mediocre 2.5 but since there is no way to separate the art from the artist, it is a 1. MJ ruined so many lives.

2nd favorite MJ album. Bangers.

Everythings right

Billie jean is echt zo'n tering goed nummer wtf!! De gitaren hierin zijn echt insane, bas en elektrische. Love het album, bangers na bangers

Certainly deserves the title for the King of Pop. What makes this album really stand out for me is that all this time, I’ve only had a lot of these songs saved from his compilation albums, not knowing that a ton of his bangers came from the Thriller album. So while listening to it, I was pleasantly surprised to hear so many of them coming off one single piece of his discography.

The King of pop

There is a reason it’s often called Filler. The singles are awesome though, especially Billy Jean.

Great album, can definitely see why he was so highly touted. Holds up even today, was nice to listen to the album in its entirety as I haven't before.

Not one of the best albums of all time but one of the most iconic.

Hee-hee.

Listening Notes The greatest pop album of all time? Quincy Jones and MJ is just magic, the production on this... Paul McCartney as your first guest spot on any album too VINCENT mf'ing PRICE 'Human Nature' is so underrated First time? No Standouts: NO SKIPS Will it go into your rotation? There's a time and place

not even my favorite michael album hes just that good.

I mean, it's Thriller.

I really enjoyed it. I’m surprised i recognized most of the songs but yet again it’s MJ. would’ve been perfect without the paul mccaurghtny song(don’t know how to spell his name)

Loads of iconic songs, second half is better than the first. I prefer ‘Bad’, but Michael’s vocals are brilliant in this album. Fav song is ‘Billie Jean’.

I know this is so classic, and I do love thriller. But really this block is also very reminiscent of Off the Wall to me and is similar pop tunes. I’d love the background noise but would not choose this for the feels I need music for.

When I first heard this, I dug it for the production and Q's arrangements. The songs were mostly crap imo.

Album review 025 Thriller by Michael Jackson (1982) Rating 1/5 Ignoring context and taking this album for the music only, Thriller is exceptional. However, and it’s a pretty big however… Michael Jackson was “allegedly” abusing young boys from the late-70’s and, at the time of this recording, there were already several reports of him having regular unsupervised “sleep-overs” with children at both his home and in hotel rooms. As good as this album is, Michael Jackson was a predatory paedophile and I can’t separate him and his behaviour from his music.

I mean the middle of this album Thriller->Billie Jean is amazing. The rest of the album doesn't live up to those 3 tracks.

Just reading the track list from this album, I was already ready to give it 5 stars. After listening, mayyyyyyyyybe changing it to a 4 but I’m torn. I don’t think it’s a perfect album, the song with Paul McCartney is weird in a lot of ways but Beat It, Thriller, and Billie Jean are all BANGERS

some of these are banging and I hadn't heard them???

Over hyped elevator music

Great pop album. Dude has a hell of a voice and the production was amazing. Great singles as well.

So mainstream and popular that a lot of "serious listeners" shit on it a bit. It's really really good. High 4

I knew this album was a classic and I know why.

it was okay just not my style of music

paul mccartney jumpscare fav: human nature

Really solid album, the first three songs are all great and get the Michael Jackson energy and make you want to move along to it. The middle third is as iconic as Michael Jackson gets with Thriller, Billie Jean, and Beat it. The final three tracks are all really catchy as well, I’d listen to this on a loop and don’t think I’d be disappointed in any of them popping up on a music feed. -High floor + -High ceiling + -Multiple bangers + -Emotion inducing + -Relistenable + Checks all 5 boxes for me. Overall I’d rate this a 5/5.

classic

Classic. Not much more you can say than that.

Great album

Thriller consists of a few really good songs, and a few not so good songs. Yes, those few really good songs are classics, but this does not make this in itself a good album. Further, the album doesn't really feel like an album, and more like a greatest hits record.

Guess I'm IGNORANT!

No need for words.

Let me just start off with a disclaimer: This is not a review of Michael Jackson the human being (who I actually got to meet in a business capacity a few years before his death). The things Michael Jackson are accused of make him a 0-star human being, but I'm not reviewing Michael Jackson, I'm reviewing Thriller, and this is an excellent album. First of all, it's amazing how good the original album sounds. I've compared it to the 25th anniversary remaster, and honestly, I think the original sounds better. Just a terrifically produced album, extremely warm and spacious, even without the future advances in digital engineering, so a big shoutout to Quincy Jones and recording engineer Bruce Swedien. Even goofy schmaltz like "The Girl Is Mine" sounds so luxurious, I actually find it pleasant. But "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Thriller," "Beat It," "Billie Jean," "P.Y.T." That's already enough bangers for five stars right there, and the lesser known song" Baby Be Mine" is good as well. I'm not a big fan of "Human Nature" or the closing ballad "The Lady In My Life" but so what? Who rates an album by the songs you can skip? This is supremely well-engineered and composed pop music and I think it's reputation is deserved. If you don't want to listen to the man because of what he was, I get it. From the standpoint of having an appreciation of pop music, I think it's unassailable.

You can’t go wrong with the classics. It was great to go through and listen to the whole album again. I will say that obviously some songs are better than others but it’s understandable why this album has stood the test of time and was so big when it came out.

It’s Thriller. It’s the top selling album of all time for a reason.

Yes to everything except the Paul McCartney song. Used to pop this CD on with vibrator Ash and daaaannnnceeee

I listened to this on a cold and grey December park run this morning. The progression from Thriller to Beat It to Billie Jean is pretty incredible and made for a really peak running experience. This album also reminds of basement keg dance parties in college in a fun way. I will always want to dance to PYT. Yes not everything holds up but still what an album! Minus 1 star though for The Girl is Mine.

Greatest album of all time

What is there to say that hasn’t already been said? This is an undeniably all-time great album. Michael Jackson’s songwriting and performing chops are in full display, Quincy Jones’s production is vibrant and memorable, and the hits are some of the greatest pop songs ever recorded. Not only that, but this album and its accompanying music videos have contributed more to pop culture than almost any work of art! Occasionally, the album feels too 80s for my taste, but I can readily forgive that. An easy, and well deserved 5 stars.

Classic. I was graduating high school and this album and cassette tape got worn out by everybody! His legendary voice and that 80's disco dance sound! good mix of different sound and themed music.

11/1089 Classic, not many albums are better front to back. There's a reason it's the best selling album of all time. Always loved PYT, Human Nature and the other 5 bigger hits. Eddie's Beat It solo is one of history's greatest. Hits...all except for baby be mine and the lady in my life

Perfect.

Anything less than a 5 ignores the avalanche of impact this album had across all aspects of culture for decades. Not just music. Film, Music videos, fashion, video games -- all of pop-culture. Not every song can be "thriller", because there are no other songs like Thriller after 43 years. Anyone that lived through this era almost certainly knows every song by heart already. Many if not all of the songs still stand up in composition and artistry against modern musical culture. Has some of the production hardware used aged poorly against this backdrop? Of course. But, come on. It's MJ. It's Thriller. Some of these younguns giving 1 stars, their parents were probably concieved to this album. PYT was always one of my favorite songs. I remember sitting on the floor of my parents kitchen in my diapers banging wooden spoons on pots to this album. 4 decades later it still gets me dancing and singing. Now that's talent worth 5 stars.

Absolutely legendary album. Human nature is truly one of the greatest songs ever made.

4 hearts. Classic. All 9 songs are great.

Oh come on, do I really have to listen to this? I feel I have spent enough time listening to this record and seeing the video on MTV back in the day to be able to say I have heard it before I died. 2 stars - I recognize its technical quality and danceability, but I would get my coffee to go if I were someplace and they started playing this record.

I tought I knew Michael Jackson music but I discovered some new gems

3.5

Ohhhh this album was so nostalgic and so so good! I love MJ!

New to me. Yes, really. The fact this is the top selling album of all time says more to me about how bad people's taste was in the 80s that it does about this record. The cheap synths. The cringey lyrics. Most of the tracks can't even muster much in the way of a worthwhile groove, although the three big singles in the midde are admittedly an exception.

Disclaimer: Michael Jackson was an awful human who made great music. FJM/Newman Track by Track review "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin':" Energized pulsating strong start. "Baby Be Mine:" Just kinda there. Probably worst song on the album. "The Girl Is Mine:" Pure schlock cheese with Paul McC. It's so silly, it's dumb fun, especially the retorts at the end. "Thriller:" Greatest Halloween song of all time. It's so insane though that this was released as a single two weeks AFTER Halloween (and a year after the album release as the seventh and final single). What the fuck?!? "Beat It:" A hype dance track classic that's almost impossible to not move to. Also a fantastic music video (but I guess I can say that about most of these singles). "Billie Jean:" More than just there, this is the best denying a child from a stalker song I know. The start with the drums especially kick ass. "Human Nature:" Such a smooth, heartfelt R&B tune. Although this isn't as frenetic as the other singles, this might be my fave on the album. "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing):" My other fave on this amazing album. This happy, perky, tremendous track brings infectious joy. Man, that bridge is fire! "The Lady in My Life:" Something had to end the album. A mellow end to one of the greatest albums.

A classic for a reason. A true murderer's row in the middle with Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, and PYT. The rest of the album is sort of replacement level 80s pop/R&B for me, with the Girl is Mine answering the question, "what if two of the greatest singer/songwriters in history did a duet". That answer is "it stinks." But come on, those five songs?????

--Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'...Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-coo-sa! Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-coo-sa! Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-coo-sa! --Baby Be Mine...cheesy af. but it's a groove --The Girl is Mine...Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney together?! Must be one of the best songs ever, right? it's terrible --Thriller...classic --Beat It...it's a good tune but I never bought the attitude --Billie Jean...GOAT --Human Nature...warm grilled cheese --P.Y.T....(see "Beat It") --The Lady in My Life...not my thing but he's in good voice and Quincy drops some nice bass at the end

It's fine. It's not 5 stars.

I can appreciate that this is probably as good as Michael Jackson gets, but it's just not for me.

too many hits

The King of Pop proves it on this album with some really great pop tunes here. When I was a kid, this album got me, especially 'Got to be Startin' Something', which I still think is a really great track. Other classics also make this a great album so even though it's a rare guilty pleasure, I still rate it highly.

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I was always a bit surprised at how incoherent and disjointed Thriller is as an album. We go from the dance pop funk of Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ and Baby Be Mine to the twee balladry of his Macca collab, The Girl is Mine. Then we’re onto the title track with its long spoken word outro about ghosts and ghouls, before Beat It reaches its climax with a solo from Eddie Van Halen. On paper it shouldn’t work, but it does because there’s something for everyone. And Jackson, along with Quincy Jones, probably knew this and consciously designed Thriller this way. In any case, every song sounds impeccable (yes, including The Girl is Mine) and Jackson’s voice never sounded better. Despite its ubiquity, the album still feels like it continues to earn its place as the biggest selling album of all time.

The slickest of the slick

Too soon

I think this is the first time I've heard this incredibly successful album in its entirety, and I can see why only a few tracks became eternal radio hits; much of the rest of the album is pretty forgettable. But the trio of massive and enduring hits--"Thriller", "Beat it" and "Billie Jean", all with high-quality videos to go with them--overshadow everything else, and make this a probably his most impressive production over his lengthy career. I also realized as I watched the videos that that I'd never seen any of them before, even the epic and awesome "Thriller"; I can now see why this gets best-video-of-all-time awards. And very impressive that he managed to get 80 or so real-life Crips and Bloods for the "Beat it" video (although I don't think they were any of the dancers), and also got Eddie Van Halen for the "Billie Jean" solo. I've never really been Michael Jackson fan, so the songs don't really do much for me (especially the filler, and *especially* the painful "The girl is mine" made even more painful with Paul McCartney contributing), but it's hard to deny that this is one of if not his greatest album, if only for its defining legacy on American popular music and culture.

The great songs (Beat It, Billie Jean, Wanna Be Starting..) are outnumbered by some truly bad songs so I can't go higher than 3.

Nostalgia aside, this is a well crafted collection of pop music from the Early 1980s. I can’t imagine another producer or arranger than Quincy Jones on this album because he made Michael Jackson sound incredible.

peak

In addition to some classics we even get a Duett with Paul MCartney (though I didn't like it in particular). Overall enjoyable, but I do like the more accessible later MJ albums better. Also, why was MJ not cancelled after songs like Pretty Young Thing, The Girls is Mine? Pretty intrusing if you ask me...

Prefer the style in Bad but another top album with some classics. Ideally would have been a 4.5.

Enjoyed a few that I hadn't heard in a long time, but again not the biggest MJ fan

This one left a bad taste. Had heard quite a few of them though.

The extracurricular activities are a no for me, dog. 0 stars, will not listen.

An essential 80s jammer. Slick production, catchier than hell.

This is the 80s distilled into a single album. The beat it / thriller/ Billie Jean suite would kill a medieval peasant

You know the rule: minus a star for kid diddlin’.

Tough to not give it a 5

Great album, classic

Not a huge fan of pop, but I have to say "The Girl is Mine" is such a fine tune. The best in the album for my taste.

Billie Jean, Thriller, and Beat it are all here!

They don't call him the king of pop for nothing. Great album.

Most iconic album from one of the most iconic musicians to ever do the thing. 5 stars, no notes

What a legendary album. So many bangers and you just can't help but howl when thriller drops ... Awoooooooo!!!

#780. Mostly thriller, but also a little filler. There's some great stuff here, but there's some duds shitting up the room keeping it from being something perfect. 4/5: still pretty great though

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT

A good album, hadn't listened to it before besides just the singles

Album super, mes préfs : the girl is mine, PYT, baby be mine.. pas besoin d’épiloguer sur la qualité de l’album Malheureusement, ça n’efface pas les sujets problématiques autour de MJ. Je n’écoute plus depuis longtemps pour ces raisons. Dommage. Si on doit séparer l’homme de l’artiste (grrr), ça vaut un 5/5. Mais je le mettrai pas…

Quiconque qui mettrait moins de 5/5 est un menteur. Toutes les pistes sont des bangers

Classic, MJ, still incredibly iconic

It's Thriller.

I know it's unreasonable to complain about the basic pop sound of this record since Michael Jackson invented it, but it is very annoying. Yes, some of the music is pretty good, but most of the songs are too long and vapid and I don't care for his voice. 2 stars for influence but I can't imagine ever intentionally listening to this again. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

what an incredible album. only one real weak spot in the girl is mine and even that song isn't bad

it's a classic for a reason but not really my thing

The grip Michael Jackson had on pop music in the 80s was unreal. Even if you’re not a huge fan, like me, it’s almost impossible not to sing along once these songs start. There really isn’t a bad track on this album. Listening to it again just reminded me how massive this record actually was. The production, the hooks, the vocals, all of it still holds up. And bonus points for the Macca and Van Halen collabs. Favorite song(s): Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean/PYT

The King of Pop!

Reviewing musically. Important to qualify these things. This is a genius pop/disco album. At one point in the middle it is stupendous; three certified bangers and some other decent stuff in between. It’s almost (maybe actually) insufferably catchy at its best but quite middling at its worst. The slower love songs make sense in a pop album but I can’t say they add anything and the Paul McCartney song is totally unnecessary. Could have been a 5 but it’s not quite there and I don’t necessarily want MJ on my profile page.

More like a greatest hits this album. "Baby be mine" and to a lesser extent "human nature" and "pretty Young Thing" etc . I think songs like this are much more dated in that they are very of the time (Like oldschool disco). Its what I dont like so much about the genre / artist. Has to be said though this is otherwise an extremely strong album of near constant bangers. I feel a weak 4 is justified based on at least half the songs being spot on.

I'm not a natural fan of MJ and this album was never going to be my jam, but it can't be disputed as one of the best pop albums ever made. It's got a few absolutely iconic pop tracks that are perfectly produced and sharp as a tack in the usual MJ style. Jackson is at his best with the high energy, upbeat tracks and I find his rendition of the more intimate songs to be unconvincing. Even with drafting in Paul McCartney, "The Girl Is Mine" comes across as sickly sweet, juvenile and the album would be better off without it. Great album but not to my taste.

I saw that Michael Jackson wanted to create an album where every song was "killer" -- I would say mission accomplished. Also: Includes one of the greatest 3-song stretches of all time, with Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean all in a row.

This is a great, tight pop album. And while I know it’s classic, I really hate the “heehees” and the grunting. I feel like it cheapens the music.

Not a fan of mj

This gets my vote for most overrated album of all time. Most of the songs are absolute garbage and his castrato voice is cringe.

Awesome!

I debated whether to give 4 or 5 stars to this album. Whilst it is the best-selling record of all time, I don't think its perfect, The Girl is Mine is the weaker of the two songs Michael did with McCartney and The Lady in my Life is kind of a weak closer. Having said that though, there's a reason why this is highly regarded. The hooks on here are phenomenal even in the weaker tracks. Michael was on top form here with hit after hit after hit. Its genuinely an essential pop album.

Avec Thriller (1982), Michael Jackson signe un véritable chef-d’œuvre pop. La fusion de pop, funk et rock reste d’une modernité étonnante, portée par des titres cultes comme « Billie Jean », « Beat It » et l’inoubliable « Thriller ». La production raffinée de Quincy Jones et la voix unique de Jackson donnent à l’album une puissance durable. Verdict : Un album révolutionnaire qui a marqué l’histoire de la musique.

The highs are sky-high and the lows are still smooth, enjoyable, and perched comfortably, though said lows spend enough time to bring the album just shy of a 5, it's a great listen for any day nonetheless

Of course 5 stars. Almost every song on this album was on the radio

"Thriller" to "Beat It" to "Billie Jean", is there a bigger three song sequence in all of pop music? This album is undoubtedly one of the most impactful ever. Michael Jackson was already a star; this propelled him into immortality. Thriller takes most of the foundation of Off the Wall and pushes its extremes-- it rocks harder (e.g. Van Halen's guitar solo in "Beat It"), its bass lines are even more danceable, its soft pop ballads are even smoother. His talents as a vocalist are no longer just a shadow of Stevie Wonder, but are full force here. Jackson said he wanted Thriller to be the biggest album of all time, wondering why can't an album just consist solely of singles. That nearly holds true here, as every song has a hook, but there are clearly lesser songs. A lot of lyrics in the soft pop songs are overly cliche. "Baby Be Mine" has an insanely good bass line, but what saves the dumb lyrics is Jackson's delivery and melody. The Paul McCartney spoken word section on "The Girl Is Mine" is so cheesy that the song overall approaches parody. "The Lady in My Life" is my least favorite song, too long and cliche and not much substance. I suppose this is just Jackson and Quincy Jones speaking the R&B "language" but I find it pretty played out and boring. And then I cringe so much at so many of these romantic lyrics and themes. The worst is probably "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" despite its strengths in the instrumental section. I just can't separate the man (pedophile) from the music. But many songs do achieve incredible highs. What is interesting about "Thriller", "Beat It", and "Billie Jean" is the edge that these songs have. There is a certain paranoia, even anger or isolation and darkness permeating these songs, which lend them honesty. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" also fits into this category, which builds excellent momentum and interest at the beginning of the album. Unfortunately, momentum is an issue in the track listing, as the best songs are packed in the middle. It's not that other songs are bad, but they feel more like standard fare. Objectively, this isn't a perfect album, but it is one of the most significant ever. Giving credit where it's due, this is also significant in Jackson reaching superstardom as a black musician, breaking a racial barrier. Of course, he did much to physically change his appearance and reputation over the following decades, and he remains controversial as a sort of misunderstood, tragic character. If he had been any lesser of a musician, he would be cast off as a criminal and monster. However, his complicated legacy lives on, a reminder of why we must be wary of our heroes.

Sweet

Some of it sounds a bit dated, but the hits still hit.

still a fabulous listen!

hehehe-haw Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' is groovy as hell. Love all the layers of percussion intertwining, so much energy there, pretty amazing Track 1. Vocal is mixed too low imho though ;p Ohh Baby Be Mine chord pad synth is soooo good. Leads are sick too but are so period specific. I really love this vocal performance- feels so raw and honest like he's pushing past his limits into like James Brown terrority. WOAH insane mode(?) shift?? MUCH less into Track 3... the doggone girl is mine yip shes mine :D. PM and MJ fighting over a girl is a ridiculous concept for a song and they definitely should have left this one off. We're really going from that into three of the most famous songs of all time? Apparently The Girl is Mine was the LEAD SINGLE for the album (picked for crossover accessibility to white radio stations thanks to PM) - wild stuff. "Are the wolves howling necessary for the studio version?" is what I would have asked in the session so it's probably good I wasn't there. Thriller is a good song if not campy as hell (actually most of this album is campy in retrospect. Was it campy at the time I wonder?) Billie Jean is all all-timer but why is the shaker so fucking loud in my right ear (but it's actually a really good sounding shaker rezpekt). Love the janky ad libs vocals. Human Nature - Ballads like this normally aren't my vibe, but there's a lot to like here. Drum groove is super cool, and some really interesting vocal delays that stutter and pitch up and down in a very modern way. Shakers too loud. Never heard PYT before but it's very dope, so many interesting layers. super pitched up vocals, crazy synth sounds.. Lady - loveee the slow attack/porta on those synth pads so much. But again, I have a tough time getting into schmaltzy/sentimental ballads like this. And one of the biggest albums of all time just kinda slowly fades out...

What a start to the record. 6-minute relentless beautiful stuff. The groove in Wanna Be Startin Somethin is quite literally infectious. All these elements are so perf. Baby Be Mine goes so hard. Paul song is hilarious. Doggone is a word that probably shouldn't be in a chorus post-WWII. Good for Paul weaselling himself onto this classic record though. 4, 5, 6 is a crazy run. Human Nature is a beautiful song wowz. PYT is so fucking good. Maybe one of the best choruses ever? 9 tracks is the perfect length of a record. Classique.

Was looking forward to MJ coming up because I’ve never actually listened to a full MJ record. Great one to start. I mean there are just so many hits on this record it’s insane. I have to say that Baby Be Mine and The Girl Is Mine are very cheesy in a way I don’t love. The Paul McCartney feature and skit is hilarious though. Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean is potentially the craziest 3 track run in musical history? Human Nature is gorgeous. Might be my favourite track. PYT feels like more of the same energy from earlier in the record. Some really cool little synth riffs. Lady in My Life is kind of a weak closer for me. The production is of course incredible. Very definitively 80s. That spanky clean Strat guitar sound, those big synth stabs. So many iconic and influential musical moments. Steve Lukather ripping on Human Nature, Eddie Van Halen on Beat It. I definitely really enjoy listening to this record, I have a hard time giving it 5 for my personal taste mainly because of tracks 2-3 and 8-9 not really doing anything for me. The brilliance of the pop songwriting and production are undeniable. The best selling record of all time and it makes sense.

Just too many good songs and classics to give this less than 4

Funky, delicious. Michael have changed music, and thriller is probably the peak of that. It's a long time since I've heard all of the album, and I've forgotten how big synth was, and its fucking cool. I love thriller, I love Michael it's a clear 5 from me, no questions asked. There is not one bad track on this album..

Perfect

It is actually a quality album! Woo-hoo! Ow!

Pop isn't normally my thing, but a catching myself singing and dancing along to this a couple of times makes me think otherwise. Deserves to be on this list for sure

I mean, come on. It's Thriller. I own this on vinyl and have heard all of these songs several times, most of them thousands of times. Every track is great to listen to, has great feel and vibe and just makes me happy. Most of these tracks were hits, many were sampled and interpolated by several songs that came after them, and all of there are expertly crafted, arranged, performed and recorded. I listened to it twice all the way through today and loved every minute of it. This is a candidate for the best album of all time, easily five stars.

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8.5/10

Beyond the monster hits, so many of these tracks are locked-in-the-80s dated. And so many of the lyrics are cringy and childish. Obviously the groove is what matters. But there’s a lot of slag on here. “The Girl is Mine” is such a disaster. Still. The hits are undeniable and legendary. Can’t really knock it down. One star deduction for the pedophilia.

Absolute perfection. Every song is a hit, one of the most memorable albums of all time for good reason.

About half of the songs on Thriller are of great timeless quality, the other half is good as far as pop is considered and the album would be better off without the sappy catastrophe that is The Girl Is Mine (sorry Paul).

Yeah, it's that good, yeah, it's a classic. "The Girl is Mine" and "The Lady in My Life" are the only songs I would ding, and they are very slight dings. Not enough people mention "Human Nature" -- probably my favorite MJ song ever. Must-listen #250!

They don’t call him the “King” for no reason. Michael Jackson was on another level, and this album proves it. From beginning to end it’s full of nothing but bangers.

You don’t need my review to know this album is an all-timer.

The more I listen to MJ albums the more it reinforces my view of him as a great singles artist. The middle three tracks are absolute classics which are incredibly creative, bringing influences from outside the pop sphere (Vincent Price monologue, Eddie Van Halen solo). Most of the other tracks fall into whiny ballads or weak pop. The girl is mine is bordering on criminal. That dialogue section with Paul McCartney will haunt my nightmares.

Hard to deny the enduring legacy as one of the great pop albums. There is a great run of tracks but there are some duds on here too (most of MJs ballads are so off putting…). The production on the album in particular likely helped shape the sound of the 80s to come and I’m surprised that this sounds so different to the style of off the wall despite both being produced by Quincy Jones. For all his faults, the vocals on this are great even if the ad libs are a bit cringe in isolation.

I ve never listened to this album before, must be one of the few? Full of hits from MJ - I remember Billie Jean in 1982, and the excellent video to Thriller

On a technical level, this album should be a 5. Great production, tight tracklist. But it doesn't have the personal x factor, to give it a 5 for me. Disclosure, I still haven't watched finding neverland

What more needs to be said about the single greatest pop album ever made? The production paved the way for basically every commercially-produced record for the next several decades, the songs are all classic (7 TOP TEN SINGLES ON ONE ALBUM?!) and the performances, vocal and instrumental, are top-notch. Every song is worth the price of admission here. Even the supposed "weak" songs as their reputation suggests ("The Girl is Mine" and "The Lady in My Life") are excellent- with the former being Jacko's experiment with AOR, complete with Toto "Rosanna"-esque percussion and bass, but a lovely vocal duet with McCartney provides the song added meaning as a "passing of the baton" from one pop god to the next. The latter in that category is a funk soul track with a fantastic keyboard sound and a deservedly chilled-out conclusion to an all-timer album.

I wouldn't consider myself a Michael Jackson "fan" but I do find myself enjoying much of his music. I guess that's why he's the king of pop. There's some really obvious bangers on this one, and some others that are just meh. Kind of funny though, as good and iconic of a song as it is, i don't really think Thriller fits well on this album. 4/5.

First 5. But it's deserved.

Conzert 1994

I mean, do I really need to say anything about Thriller? Is it a little uncomfortable to listen to songs like Human Nature and P.Y.T.? Yes. Is The Girl Is Mine still a horrible duet with Paul McCartney? Yes. Did Sir Paul get the best duet between them on his album in Say, Say, Say? Yes. Is it the greatest set of songs ever recorded in the history of the world? Yes. Except for The Girl Is Mine, of course, but just one song out of nine being a crapper was amazing for 1983 and would be a miracle for today. I was eight when Thriller came out. I had no MTV, but you could catch videos on Friday Night Videos or on the odd TV show. So I’m not sure how I found out about Thriller. It must have been the radio. Whereever I found out about Thriller, it was the first real album I got. Unless you county The Chipmunks as a real album. I imagine mom bought it for me and my brother. I listened to that album until the needle wore through it. Our older brother Jeff made fun of us for listening to Thriller as he had graduated into hard rock being as he was in high school. I later snuck onto his room and listened to Cheap Trick’s Dream Police, which led me into the ways of hard rock and metal. But I still love Thriller. Anyway, Thriller was everywhere. Beat It was a phenomenon. When it started to get old, Billie Jean came out, then Thriller and on and on. Seven singles were released from this album and the record company didn’t even want to put out Thriller as a single because they looked at it as a novelty song. The musicianship is top notch as all the great session guys were called in to contribute. Several of those session guys went on to form ToTo an underrated band in the Yacht Rock genre, which I’m sure they’d all hate. There isn't much to say about this album, except for it's a must hear and I can’t imagine anyone not finding at least one song, if not a half dozen, that you have to add to your playlist. For us old heads, listening to this brings back a ton of great memories of just being a kid with no responsibilities except for listening to Thriller that day. Good times.

Didn't like the whole album, but it's hard to find a better back-to-back run of songs than Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean.

Nunca me harán odiarte, Michael Muy grosero Nota: 3.9

unimpressed and by god that duet w paul mccartney is abominable

Amazing

Not sure why anyone would give this under 3 stars. It's the greatest pop record ever made, and nothing has ever come close to it's influence, it's reach, and superior production quality. I reviewed this with the 40th Anniversary release, which includes some cool extras, like "Carousel" (an instant Yacht Rock classic) and "Starlight" (which became the title track). Check out this version if you get a chance. The original 9 songs, however, go down as a pretty much instant 5 star album and everyone (who hasn't??!?!?!) should hear this before they die. 5/5

During my youth Michael Jackson got on my nerves with his constant presence. He turned himself into an incredibly ridiculous caricature. This album came out before he really went downhill. Now that I've listened to it in its entirety for the first time, I was surprised at how good the songs still sounded. Even his later obligatory, constant squeaking when he grabbed his crotch wasn't there yet. I also prefer the cover version of Billy Jean by the German punk band The Bates to the original. Nevertheless, I must admit that my reservations about the music on this album were unfounded. 4/5

Iconical Pop.

Mate got me onto this scheme so let's see if I stick it out. Pretty decent first shout to be fair, I was dreading Captain Beefheart or some shite. This is where MJ goes stratospheric, the 2nd of one of surely the best trilogies ever. Sold quite well, they tell me. As an MJ fan as a kid in the 80s (bedspread the lot), I had this and Bad on vinyl so this is obviously all very familiar. Yet somehow I still laughed out loud walking down a busy street at the throwaway "Yer a vegetable!" line. There'd be complaints these days. The production is lighter than you'd remember at times, quite tinny in parts. But that only serves to raise the profile of the two monsters Beat It and Billie Jean, obviously both stonecold classics. And every other song here has been sampled by someone somewhere along the line. I was expecting to be writing here that The Girl is Mine is trash, but nah even that's good, let's face it. Human Nature has always been a personal favourite, invoking a dreamy nocturnal Manhattan skyline vibe (he moves from referencing vegetables to apples here). The tracks are indisputably in the correct order, like all great albums should be - the unappreciated closing track ending us in style. So yeah, a classic and must be one of the best albums of the era. Bad nonce, though. High Point: Eddie Van Halen letting rip in the middle of Beat It Low Point: Disgusting sex noises in PYT

Joy

Greit album, flere bangers. Men pedo er og blir pedo.

Classic album, legendary. 8.4/10

Yeah, this was stellar. The 1-2-3 punch of Thriller, Beat It, and Billie Jean is one of the best song sequences in music, ever. I don't think the rest of the album is as strong as those three songs, but also, those three songs are god-tier and can't really be beat. It's the best-selling album of all time - what else is there even to say. 4.5 rounded up

What to say a contentious Pedo, but this album is great and was the soundtrack to the 80s and my childhood. Remeber my sister playing this when I was very small and the weird ass voice at the end of thriller scaring the hell out of me. Billie Jean also is one of the best songs ever written. It should have 5 stars but he gets one taken away for being a bit evil. (Should probably be more).

This may be iconic album from an iconic figure (increasingly for all the wrong reasons), but three perfect pop singles in the middle of an album full of mediocrity doesn't make this an essential album for me

If you can separate the art from the artist, then Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Beat It, Thriller and Billie Jean are all high energy, rhythmic and funky pop classics. If you cannot separate the art from the alleged child molester then reading the lyrics of Human Nature and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) will send a chill down your back and want you to never take a child with you whilst visiting a millionaire in their exclusive ranch.

Yet another great album by Wacko Jacko!

Wow, I expected to like the album more. I didn't catch the vibe of the best-selling album of all time. I don't want to relisten to the album except for the songs I liked. I didn't expect the other songs, besides the hits, to be so ordinary and unmemorable. They just seem boring to me. And still, it's not bad, but I expected more. 3/5 —————————————— Liked: — Beat It — Billie Jean — The Lady in My Life

Very well produced

3.5

do we separate the art from the artist?

I don't really get Thriller or Michael Jackson in the '80s generally. It is a well produced (by Quincy Jones) pop album with some good songs and some poor ones. I like "Thriller" itself, "Billie Jean" is ok, although Jackson's often parodied percussive vocal mannerisms wear fairly quickly, "Beat It" obviously had the novelty of an Eddie Van Halen guitar solo; but Prince was knocking it out of the park at this time, and played his own guitar as well as almost anyone. "The Girl Is Mine" is one of the worst things Paul McCartney has ever leant his talents to, including the Frog Chorus... It's not that I hate Michael Jackson's music, I love the Jackson 5 and the later The Jacksons albums have some great songs, but I don't see the appeal of this record and certainly don't understand its reputation as one of the best of all time.

Overall: 9/10 I don't have anything new to add to the conversation when it comes to Thriller. It's a great pop album that features many different styles and genres. Paul McCartney is in this album. You've probably heard all of these songs against your will at some point in your life. Fav Song: Billie Jean

What a fantastic album. Crazy how talented he was.

I love this album, sometimes that's hard to say. With six of its nine tracks becoming massive radio singles—and the title track serving as a cultural event all its own—it stands as the absolute finest example of pure pop perfection. It is the undeniable reason he was crowned the King of Pop. I know there is a dark shadow hanging over his legacy with everything that came to light later on. My personal way of navigating it is to separate the art from the artist, reminding myself that those events came after this era. I completely understand why some people refuse to make that compromise, but I grew up with these songs. It's simply too difficult to turn off that lifelong connection and stop enjoying the music.

Oh my god! Thriller on a Monday morning. Got a little jolt of excitement when this album popped up. I had this album on vinyl when I was a kid and although I remember having the vinyl, I have no memories of listening to it. Funny how that works. Dare I say that this is the greatest album of all time? Not even a real MJ fan, but this album can't really be denied. Most records sold of all time (We don't count cheap "Best of" albums) and each song is absolutely iconic. In terms of cultural influence (while being a person of color), in terms of causing MJ to blow up to the degree he did and elevated to heavenly status across the globe. His music videos were like movies that told stories. The Moonwalk. All this came from this album. And just a few years earlier he was told black people on magazine covers won't sell. This was the next album that he dropped and without exaggeration altered history. Try going anywhere on the globe that doesn't know Mike. There's no one else like that in music before or since this album specifically. I can go song by song and yeah The Girl Is Mine is pretty cringe.....but it's also pretty revolutionary. Paul McCartney just dropped his first solo album after the death of John Lennon earlier in 1982 - which included Ebony and Ivory with Stevie Wonder. Then he makes a song with Michael about a interracial relationship with them both banging some girl and JOKING about which one of them gets her. Was there another song about an inter-racial relationship before this with two huge stars? Thriller - The most iconic music video of all time that is basically a movie. Absolutely incredible and game changing. Beat It - Van Halen on guitar with a classic riff and solo. Actual Crips and Bloods dancing together in the iconic MV, the group choreo. Iconic song. Billie Jean - Probably the most recognizable songs and beats ever. Michael did the first moonwalk to this song. This dude changed music and dance. PYT - We still use this lingo 40 years later because of this album. Human Nature - A really beautiful song that in hindsight kind of captures Michael's loneliness. A longing for real human connection. It's funny that as people were moving away from Disco, there is such a heavy and apparent disco element in PYT, Thriller, Billie Jean. I mean it's there in spite of the death of disco and it worked because of Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. There are a ton of albums that have changed the direction of music, but none that have changed the world to the degree of this one. Singing, Dancing, Music videos, and culture. Michael Jackson brought people together and despite his weirdness and controversy later in life, no one can deny he is the King of Pop. If you have somehow missed his music videos, do yourself a favor and watch Thriller and Beat It.........and then watch Weird Al's parody video Eat It (Which MJ also loved).

Thriller, beat it & billie Jean are as good a 3 songs as on any record

What wasn't said yet about this one... what can I ad... Probably nothing, so I'll just say I love it. I know, Of the Wall might be funkier, and bad might be sharper, but there never was and will never be a pop record like Thriller. Timeless sound, incredible songs, masterful production and perfect execution. Long live MJ's legacy. After saying all that- my integrity can't give it a 5. It's a very, very high 4

*****A good album, easy listening and fun

Loved this album since it first came out. Owned it on vinyl. Most of these songs are still regular radio staples.

Отличный альбом. викенд точно им вдохновлялся

Classic, very enjoyable all the way through

Ottamatta kantaa mieheen itseensä, niin siltikin levy on hieman pettymys ennakko-odotuksiin nähden. Maailman myydyin levy kuitenkin kyseessä. Silti 4/5.

Це 4.5. Є бездоганний Off the Wall, а все інше теж дуже високого рівня, але все одно десь якийсь промах є. Тут це пісня з сером Полом, завжди здавалась трохи крінжовою. Перші 30 секунд Billie Jean - феноменальні

Тут нічого додати до 5 зірочок.

OMG…. Love this album!!!

Obviously it has a run of unimpeachable bangers in the middle (Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean), but there is some schmaltzy trash too (The Girl Is Mine is truly unlistenable, Human Nature is not much better).

Child abusers get 1 star regardless of how good the music is

Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ started my day off very nicely, it’s by some distance my favourite MJ song (Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough is up there too). I’d not listened to any MJ for a long time and listening to this made me realise it’s almost a greatest hits collection. It has some tremendous highs, mostly among the most famous hits like Thriller, Beat It and Billie Jean. Admittedly a couple of the songs don’t do a lot for me and the duet with Paul McCartney perhaps the low point for me.

Nothing controversial about these bops.

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New favorites: Wanna be startin somethin Human nature Classics: Thrille, Beat It, Billie Jean Honestly I only listend to MJ compilations. This album is a gem. It has a bit of similar vibe to Weeknd - Out of Time.

Excellent

Sehr energiegeladen. Klassiker

Human Nature does the heavy lifting here. Thanks Toto.

Don’t have a baby If you can’t feed the baby

Light 4,5

I get it was successful, but it's not for me.

This and Weird Al's Eat It were the first albums I owned. Given to me for my 12th birthday. Likely due to that it has a special place in my heart. That said the songs are amazing and leading of with "Wanna be startin somethin" what a perfect track one.

I've loved this since I was about 7. I don't care how popular it is, it's at the core of my music taste.

Did this site assign me Thriller on Halloween on purpose? How exciting! I am well familiar with this album as I grew up with MJ but you know I'm going to give it another listen, especially today. If you've read any of my reviews, you know that I do not do any merit-based grading. If the artist has a history, it won't play a factor in how their reviewed (though it may mean I listen somewhere other than Spotify so they don't get money). For Thriller, look at any review less than 4 stars, it almost always mentions something about him being a pedo (which I'm not totally sure but isn't that something that hasn't been confirmed?). If you take a purely music-focused objective approach to this, it's hard to argue it being anything less than 4 stars. As for the "must listen" value, which DOES factor into my reviews, this one is off the charts. Most successful pop artist of all time's signature album, full of top hits, culturally and historically relevant (even in film when you take the Thriller video into account), and the best selling album of all time. Musically, it's top tier as well. For me, it ticks all the boxes of a perfect album. Starts off with a banger, doesn't have skippable songs, has variety, and features MJ at his vocal peak. It's funky, it's catchy. Hot damn this just goes so hard. It's no wonder it has sold more than any other album. The only reason I can even fathom someone might give this 4 instead of 5 is not liking the two ballads that weren't massive hits like the rest...or maybe I could see the cringey Paul McCartney cameo taking this down a notch. Go figure the worst thing about this album is a guest appearance. Anyway I'd say this one is required, whether you like it or not. Absolute classic.

Banger after banger, MJ at his best! I enjoyed the variety of songs and the hype all the way through!

Paul McCartney!

I'm sorry. It's a protest vote. I've spent a lot of time thinking about if you can separate art from the monster and I think you can because it's a super convenient theory for me. But I'm not sure why I can't do it for MJ in particular. I think it's to do with the fact that living without his music is easy and mainly because it annoys me that there seems to be some debate over if he is a sex offender or not. (it's actually a four for me. Absolute bangers. hit after hit)

Surprised 'paedo' isn't in the keywords for album reviews. Maybe the difference in U.S. and UK spelling is splitting the numbers.

Ah, struggle with this nowadays, no disputing the quality production of the album . Quincy Jones in his prime, MJ incredible but the circus of the man’s sad, mysterious, sinister life leaves a nasty taste.

Pretty great album. Separating the art from the artist.

There is a reason that this is the best-selling album of all time. It's a masterpiece from start to finish. Every single song is perfect, though I don't like that one weird random key change in "Baby Be Mine." That brief moment is my only criticism of this record. If anyone reads this, please listen to the MFSL one-step master of Thriller, which opens up the compression and turns the compressed dance record into a detailed listener's record. Even an uploaded version on YouTube will reveal the biggest differences. Some don't like that the MFSL version naturally loses some of the original's punch. That's true, but I believe that both mixes have their place. Five stars.

Amazing and iconic. Tracks to Track: Billie Jean's my fave, but everything's gold

Someone wrote this review: "Legendary album kinda Pedo though" and rated it 5 stars. WTF? I don't know if Michael was or was not a pedo. But his music sucked in my opinion. This is just banal pop music sung by a troubled person who, whatever his sexuality, had a knack for a great hook and had a wonderful voice. It's just not for me. This sucks. I give it 1 star, but really it's no star. Next please....

Hearing this record is a sonic transport back to a pivotal moment in music history. The production is so crystal-clear; It genuinely stands up as a flawless piece of 80s pop-funk. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions Thriller Beat It Billie Jean Human Nature P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

The hits are undeniable, but the rest is a lot of filler. It’s my lease favorite production style, and just hasn’t aged well sonically. Dude’s a pervert too. Pass.

Likely the greatest album of all time.

Buoyed by the radio hits

10/10 Where do you start with the biggest selling album of all time? It can’t be shit, can it? Well no, it’s not. But it’s not just brilliant because it sold loads, it’s brilliant because it is an exceptional blend of songwriting and production, topped off with one of the greatest and most unique pop vocalists to have ever been committed to wax. The key thing that stands out to me listening to this in focused listening mode is how much of the quality of this record comes down to the layering of fundamentally simple structures, intertwined with some truly brilliant motifs and phrases that hook your ear and don’t let it go. If you were to listen to each multi-track layer on these songs in isolation, they would nearly all sound boring and simple, and would have vast periods of silence between the moments of playing. But when everything is built together, you get these shuffling, fiercely funky rhythms that force your body to move, and these undulating washes of sound that bloom and pulse into exceptional soundscapes that variously drive, move and embrace the ear. And then you throw Mike over the top of it. His vocal control is ridiculous, and if you listen to all of the different vocal tracks that he lays down, there is so much nuance, inflection and inventiveness in what he delivers that it’s impossible not to be enraptured by him. Again, in isolation some of his vocal ticks sound ludicrous, but built into the production, they add depth and funk to the vocal in such a unique way. Apart from the cringeworthy little dalliance with Paul McCartney (not actually a bad song, but pales in comparison to the rest), there isn’t a missed moment, and I still wouldn’t skip that one. All in all, Quincy and Michael are just a match made in pop music heaven. They both bring out the absolute best in one another and this was them at the peak of their powers. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin’ - The staccato and shuffling rhythms of this are just so good. There’s nothing overly complex about the songwriting, but it’s the layering of sound that makes it special. The call and response with the backing vocals is quality and the way the music develops towards the end and drops into the ‘mama-say mama-sah’ section is glorious. Baby Be Mine - This is smooth, but it’s the climbing cadence of the synth and bass parts in the chorus that really get me. There’s some absolutely outstanding funk guitar and synth playing in this song, a lot of it just rolling along in the background minding its own business, but adding so much feel to the groove. And when it catches your ear now and then it’s hard to avoid smiling. Try not tapping your feet to this song. Did you manage? If so, you’ve got no soul. The Girl Is Mine - Ah, the big clunker of the album. It’s a well written pop song, but boy is it cheesy and that little conversation bit is spine-tingling cringe of the highest order. If they’d re-written the vocals and maybe not done it as a duet, it could have the foundations of a decent song, but they didn’t. Also, Paul. I think Mike is more into boys anyway, so the girl probably is yours after all. Thriller - Another triumph of production and layering. So many of the riffs and lines are just one bar long, but it doesn’t get boring because there is SO MUCH going on. Instrumental parts come and go and just build this poly-rhythmic melting pot of groove. Just listen to the transition out of the chorus. Woof. Even the different verses have variation in the instrumentation that are subtle, but give extra depth to the songs. And the chorus hook is just iconic. Beat It - Time to throw some rock into the mix. The intro is brilliant and that riff is absolutely killer. It has a bit of a lagging swing to the beat with the snare only hitting on the four, which adds a cool pulse. The vocal is great too and plays so well with little bits of backing that bounce off the lead, along with some really nice choral pads to give extra weight. And then in pops Eddie Van Halen for a quality bit of shredding. Why not? Billie Jean - That bass line. This song is so simple, but so, so effective. Again, it’s a masterpiece of production. A song this simple could easily become boring and repetitive, but the little bits of instrumentation and backing vocals that drift in and out through various sections just grab your interest and keep things moving. From the string swells to the horn lines and the funky guitar strumming, there’s always something fresh to keep the groove moving. The vocals are so clear, singable and memorable that this is pretty much a perfect pop song. Human Nature - I love the vocal delivery on this song. It’s soft, but there are some really beautiful phrasings, like ‘does he do it that way’ and the backing ‘you are the one’. It’s such exceptional control and precision of phrasing that it’s glorious. The blend of instrumentation is again so good. There’s an edge of funk to the guitar, but the warmth of the different pad sounds just create this thick embrace of sound that’s so good. Some of the synth sounds do date this a little if you listen closely, but lost in the wash they don’t stand out too much. This is cheesy as anything, but I’m here for it. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) - Bringing back the funk. So much to love about this one (except perhaps a paedo singing about pretty young things), from the switch from the staccato of the chorus into the more legato feel of the verse, the slap bass, the call and response ‘na, na, na’ vocal. It’s all so good. There’s one synth riff that comes after the two main lines of the verse (after the ‘pretty young thing’ and ‘tender lovin’ care’ lines) that I adore. So simple, but so funky. And this track is stuffed with little riffs, lines and moments like that. It shifts, it moves and it grooves. The Lady In My Life - The call and response between the synth and guitar kicks this off nicely. It’s an interesting use of the kick to place emphasis rather than provide a steady beat through the intro. It’s smooth and cool, but when it really kicks into gear at ‘lay back in my tenderness’. It’s super funky and again, the layering of so many different parts just creates this bed of shifting, pulsing sound that drives and swings away under Michael’s vocal. And his vocal has more of that exceptional control and nuance. He can drive it, he can soften it, he can throw in little bits of vocal fry and trills, along with his occasional whoops and other vocal ticks. It’s just magnificent in pretty much every possible way.

As much as I don't like Michael Jackson's music, I enjoyed this album. I've heard it before, I even had a vinyl record I had given to a friend cos I know I won't be listening to it much. So I thought I was going to skip it quickly, just listen a bit and enjoy the sound clarity because production here is phenomenal. But I kept listening and forty minutes after I'm going to give it 4 stars even though his music is not my vibe. Liked tracks: Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, others are skippable but these three are so good they deserve a higher rating than the other MJ albums I've listened to.

3/5 a lot of variety of sounds. The best are the ones with high energy

Tried to judge the music and not the artist. Failed. 1 star.

4.5 stars Sometimes everyone gets behind an album and get it completely wrong. This is not one of those cases. One of the best selling records of all time is the way for a reason. It is loaded with hits. Side 2 is almost flawless (“The Lady in my Life” is a dullish ending). Some of the production feels a little dated, but the music is so good it is forgivable. All of that said, obviously the allegations against MJ have tainted everything he has done. Makes it tough because he was a master at his craft. But it has to be noted.

As a teen when Thriller dropped, I wasn't into pop, but it's hard to say anything bad about this album. Michael Jackson's blend of talent and innovation is undeniable. With tracks like "Billie Jean" and Eddie Van Halen's killer solo on "Beat It," it bridges rock and pop effortlessly. Plus, who could forget waiting for MTV to air the full Thriller video? MJ didn't just make a music video; he built MTV with that one! Not even my favorite album of his (Off the Wall), but every reason to acknowledge Thriller is one of the greatest albums ever. If Michael was cool with Eddie, he gets my vote.

good!!

A masterpiece in pop, but have been over exposed to the songs. Top track: Billie Jean / Thriller

A short but classic album. Tracks 4, 5, and 6 are absolutely the best tracks. Song 8 is an underrated banger. The longevity and cultural impact of this album/artist bump its score up.

Strong start, The girl is mine bit weird but then back to back to back bangers before a nice chill ending, very strong album, good listen.

Evidently peerless. Amazing performance and production throughout. The only doubt I have is every song a "hit" as MJ wanted it to be? It's close but not quite in my eyes. Saying that, the absolute timeless bangers make up for it.

A thriller diller for sure

The lyrics were kind of weird when I focused on them more on this listen, but that didn't stop the songs from sounding cool. I'm not a VEGETABLE

One of the greatest albums from one of the greatest artists of all time. Starting off very strong, hard to top this one

Drugi Michael! Na prvi pogled se mi zdi, da poznam vsaj 5 komadov od prej. Ampak, koj k začnem album, dojamem, da tud prv komad poznam - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'". In spet isti fenomen, k ga do zdaj nism pr nobenmu drugmu izvajalcu opazila - od 9 komadov na albumu, jih je blo 7 izdanih kot single. Wtf. Pač, sami bangerji. (Na Wiki piše, da so bli vsi top 10 na Billboard lestvici.) Edina kritika je, da je mogoč 6 minut mal dolga za ta komad. Čeprou je dobr komad. "Baby Be Mine" - en od dveh k nista bla singla - čist fletn komad. Naslednji je "The Girl Is Mine", s Paul McCartneyem. Nekje mam ploščo od Paula, kjer je gor njun drug skupni komad ("Say Say Say"), k mi je ljubši k tale. Mal mogoč ne paše na tale album, zveni bl McCartney k Jackson. Iiiin, "Thriller". I love it. Morm poj video rewatchat. O, pozabla sm že na Vincent Price del! (Ne vem kako, res je iconic.) In "Beat It". Spet, a banger. (Wiki pravi, da igra the guitar solo v komadu Eddie Van Halen!) Fak, po pa direkt v "Billie Jean". To je bl k da bi poslušala Best Of, ampak ne, dejansko je to album. "Human Nature" mi po samem naslovu ni znan, čeprav je bil en od singlov. A, nevermind. K je prišel do refrena, sm se ga koj spomnila. Isti problem mam glede naslednjega, "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)". Hm, ta mi pa mogoče dejansko ni poznan. In pa zadnji, ta drugi ne-single, "The Lady in My Life". Začne se ful chill. In je v bistvu prou všečen komad.

The best selling album of all time! I'm personally not a big fan of his music, its fine to me. That being said, the fact that "Thriller" "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" are all off the same album is crazy. But I think those 3 mega hits kinda blind everyone to the the fact that the rest of this album is merely fine? "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is pretty good, but everything else was very forgettable to me. Except "The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)" which is actively bad and weird. Overall, it just averages out to merely fine for me. (Maybe an extra half point for giving us some great Weird Al songs)

Don’t need to listen to this again one to know it deserves 5 stars, but not going to turn down the opportunity to listen to it again.

It's good if you like his classic hits

Beat It alone would give it a high score and now it comes with almost nothing but great songs.

Despite the artist being something of a monster, beyond what Vincent Price himself might have played, this album is an all-time classic

great album

3eme et dernier album (enfin !) de cet artiste que je n'apprécie pas ('Bad' noté 1/5, 'Off the wall' noté 2/5), mais auquel on ne pouvait échapper vu le matraquage radio/TV, ce qui le rendait particulièrement désagréable à l'époque ... Cet album est un peu moins mauvais que 'Bad' : il contient 'Beat it', morceau plutôt sympa avec son riff et son solo de guitare mémorable, et 'Billie Jean' avec son excellente ligne de basse, ce qui le sauve de la note minimale. Pour le reste, rien de bien intéressant : certains morceaux sont interminables et trop répétitifs (le pompon pour les plus de 6 mn de 'Wanna Be Startin Somethin'), et les morceaux plus lents sont ennuyeux. J'ai eu du mal à aller au bout. =>2/5

porra eu entrei transbordando de preconceito e sai maravilhado o mj realmente era o rei do pop isso é facilmente uma das coisas mais brabas já feitas na história da música

só a IDEIA de ter que ouvir P.Y.T já me deixa DOIDO pra dançar ter a sequência thriller>beat it>billie jean é um absurdo. ninguém deveria fazer tais pedradas e NA SEQUENCIA AINDA pqp. é o rei do pop a MILHÕES de distância do segundo lugar. cê tá DOIDO aqui eh 5 estrelas rei do pop lindo lindo lindo deus abençoe esse album maior do mundo só pedrada atras de pedrada. além disso, eh super bem produzido. todo som todo instrumento eh mto bem pensado delicinha demais.

This is one of the most famous albums ever made, and it’s easy to hear why. The production is sleek and carefully crafted, built for maximum impact, with every beat and hook polished to perfection. But that same polish is also why it doesn’t entirely land for me as a front-to-back listen. It’s so big, so carefully constructed, that some of the spontaneity gets lost along the way. The hits are undeniable. “Billie Jean” and “Beat It” still sound sharp, and the title track is iconic for a reason. They’re massive, finely tuned pop songs that helped define an entire era. But outside of those huge moments, some of the other tracks feel like filler or simply don’t have the same spark. It’s a record that peaks incredibly high, but not consistently. Thriller is a cultural monolith, and its influence is impossible to ignore. As a listening experience, though, it’s more uneven than its reputation suggests. When it works, it really works, but when it doesn’t, it coasts on polish rather than heart.

master piece

3 stand out classics make this 5 stars for me.

One of the greatest albums of all time.

Roi d'la pop

Miam les enfants

Je crois que c'est le premier album complet que j'ai écouté de ma vie, je pensais avoir fait le tour et que ça allait me saouler car j'ai trop écouté MJ mais une fois que t'es dedans quel bonheur. L'industrie musicale ne connaîtra pas mieux que l'enchaînement thriller - beat it - billie jean. Les mélodies sont vraiment biens, plein de petits sons, les paroles sont ok, et c'est slash qui fait le solo de beat it que demander de plus ? (Première apparition du moonwalk)

very good album. human nature is one of my favorites from it. a bit ironic, that it was written by toto.

What do you say about Thriller? Biggest album sales of all time? Nearly every song could be a hit? "The Girl is Mine" is the low point? (It is but oddly the one that is still stuck in my brain a day later) I'm not a big fan of Jackson and his music, but even I can admit that there is something special on this one. Sure, I can do without "Billie Jean" ever again. And I think it's odd that Jackson did a serious "parody" of Weird Al's "Eat It" with "Beat It"* But I really think "PYT" is an absolute blast and probably Jackson's greatest musical contribution. (disregarding all the ick factor of Jackson singing about a "Young Thing") *see Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Cultural reset at its finest.

Pretty good, some nice classic songs, but also some filler.

Absolute gem of an album

Great album. A classic

Tight, not a bad song on it. Classic for a reason.

One of the greatest albums of all time. Every track is a hit.

Not perfect but still a seminal pop album of the 80's.

Okay, this was... underwhleming. Having the incredible status this man and this album have, I expected way more out of this project. I'll start by the positive points. The production in this album is fantastic. Everything sounds superb and incredibly smooth. I prefered a lot more the sound of this record more than the one of the album Bad, as that one feels kind of loud and artificial due to the over use of the effects on the instruments, which was very popular in the 80's music. Another big point of the LP, and the most obvious one, is that Michael's voice is divine, and the most remarked aspect of the whole. So, into the negative:. I think that most of the ideas of the album are dull. In comparition with the big three tracks, all the other ones are super weak and don't have anything as interesting to offer. They sound good, but they don't impact me in any shape or form. So, maybe a disappointment, but the record is still great thanks to its excellent execution, and I can at least say that it isn't bad, regardless of me not feeling like returning to it.

17/10/2025 Never realised his main songs are on one album. Apart from the slow songs, this is a good album. Spotify listeners: 56.6 million

Obviously 5

Kjempebra!

Pedo: this should be removed

10/10 hehe

This is an iconic album from Michael Jackson. For me, the song that steals the show is Billie Jean.

Great album. First time I ever listened to it all the way through. I can definitely imagine why MJ was the legend he was if he was putting this out in the 80s

Can't beat it.

There’s a paradox at work here. For all the sense I have of having enjoyed Michael Jackson – “Thriller”, “Beat It”, “Billie Jean” and “Smooth Criminal” especially – I have never knowingly proactively listened to the man. I’ve wanted to watch the “Thriller” video as a 10-year old who’d seen a clip of it and never seen anything else like it before. I’ve insisted on listening to EVH’s solo in “Beat It” over and over again, often skipping the rest of the song entirely. I’ve been one of the six people on earth who first heard “Billie Jean” not as performed by MJ, but as a late 90s b-side by Ian Brown (to “Dolphins are Monkeys”, I think; around that time anyway, I remember Ian performing it on TFI… Friday) – and enjoyed it. And, no mum, Alien Ant Farm’s “Smooth Criminal” really wasn’t just a phase. Maybe it’s overexposure. Maybe it’s the increasing difficulty of separating art from artist. Maybe it’s just a record I don’t have to like any more than I do, which on the whole isn’t actually all that much. There’s undoubtedly an embarrassment of riches on “Thriller”, but I don’t personally feel any richer for having listened to them in the context of this record. I don’t mean it as an edgy opinion; I just don’t wake up to listen to Michael Jackson. And to be honest – if it hadn’t been already impossible by then to reverse out of the cultural fact of him, I’m not sure we’d much miss the guy. To his victims, I and every listener owes something. I’m not sure what precisely, but some sort of contrition at least. Yes, the songs are here to stay, that much seems clear, but still. We can’t ignore the cost of it. What’s a paradox but a fancy double standard anyway?

Un discazo inigualable y una excelente colaboración con McCartney en general se siente agradable y disfrutable todo el disco sin embargo me gusta más las canciones que tienen a un Michael más carismático, dulce y de alguna forma tierno, las que están fuera de ese espectro (con un Michael más serio) no me disgustan pero no siento que estén al mismo nivel que las otras, puede también que simplemente esas canciones ya me cansan de tanto que han sonado ya

Could be the greatest pop album of all time. Doesn't overstay it's welcome in the slightest, and delivers something crisp and new with each track.

I listen to this album every October on repeat. Meticulously crafted, funky pop perfection

i get it

An unbeatable run of singles but there is a fair amount of filler (and that Paul McCartney collab...)

if this is your bag, then this is gonna be monumental - the best to ever do it. unfortunately, this is not my bag

4/5

Epitomises everything that was wrong with 80s music.

Best album of all time

I refuse to listen to or review this garbage.

Well I immediately thought of “art vs. artist” when I was listening to Kanye and it definitely came to mind here too. I gave MBDTF a 4 and this is undeniably a better album. It’s like a nuclear bomb of 80s pop and R&B. Near perfect and easy to see why it’s the top selling album of all time.

What absolutely annoys me: When radios cut off after 2/3 of a MJ track. His biggest talent is to "get into the beat" and then developing it. Sure the main songs are great but even better are his variations at the end of the song. Examples: Wanna be startin something, Thriller, Billie Jean. The song starts to REALLY rock AFTER the normal verse chorus bridge part (he developed this even more on Bad and later albums but it's already very present on Thriller). Apart from this: Of course a killer album. I personally like Bad better (less filler tracks) but you can't give this one less than five stars. The Thriller/Beat It/Billie Jean hattrick is insane. But also Human Nature is one of my favourites (I recently found out that it was composed by Toto).

The words ‘Michael Jackson had a huge impact on me as a kid’ may carry negative connotations now but this and the follow up, _Bad_, were massive albums for me growing up. To be honest, they’re not albums I go back to at all now but playing this for the first time in maybe a couple of decades, there’s no denying the quality here.

Best ever

The biggest album of all time. This transformed so much in pop music, and spawned more hits than any other album, although I wouldn’t say every song is a classic. The Girl is Mine is underwhelming for what could have been a superstar collaboration. But Billie Jean is one of the greatest songs of the decade. Human Nature is underrated. And so much else here was instantly iconic.

It’s Thriller so mostly killer - but also some filler.

Some total dross mashed discontinuously into a few singles. Buy the greatest hits if you must

it's Thriller. what more do you want me to say lmao

Would have gotten a 5 if it wasn’t for that stupid dog gone Beatle song

Really enjyed hearing the whole album for the first time.

The amount of hits on this album is incredible. Not sure of the flow of the album, thriller kind of seems out of place. It’s hard not to give this five stars just for the incredible songs on it, but there are a few songs that kind of seem random. Wanna be starting something, thriller, beat it, Billie Jean, pretty young thing, so many good songs!

Incredible album, great blend of pop, rock, and rnb. Not a single skip. MJ’s vocals paired with the timeless rhythm and grooves really sets this as a masterclass of music production.

Its thriller. Come on. Like i dont love the songs that aren't mega hits and pyt had a great. I dont know chorus?, but it happens one time and the rest ain't that amazing. But it has beat it and the title track and all the others. Its still the king of pop sitting atop his throne. And thats that

Some good pop hits Beat it is fantastic love the riff. Thriller is timeless and catchy but there is some drivel on here too.

Truly one of the greatest albums of all time. It's just great track after great track after great track. You know it's good when the title track of the album isn't even close to the best one, but still kills it.

The big three are great. The more upbeat songs are nice head bobbers. I didn't really care for the slow stuff.

Every single song on this album makes me want to listen to beat it. Fucking love beat it tho, 3 stars for beat it alone! Honestly the first few songs are a drag, I guess the funky duwap duwap only works when the singer is trying to be intimidating and not… romantic… yeah. That’s what’s bothering me. Also any Beatle makes me want to crawl out of my skin so there’s that. I don’t need to say anything about Thriller and Billy Jean. They’re Thriller and Billy Jean. Duh. Tho I didn’t expect to like Human Nature as much I did, but sometimes deep cuts (if you can call any song of this album a deep cut) surprise you. This album also sadly doesn’t change my top 3 songs with Micheal Jackson on them which does mean “Somebody’s watching me” is still on that list. Disgraceful tbh. Anyways I really want to listen to Beat It.

Done

MJ and Quincy Jones kill it. Even the terrible duet with Paul McCartney can’t hold this album down.

Yes! MJ at his best!

Excellent album!

duh

Undeniable

Good.

Shame he slept with children

PYT is the standout star for me on this one but they are all great.

i don’t really like michael jackson but you can’t deny the hits on this are pretty good, the in between songs however, not so much

wow so many good songs on a single album I can see why he was popular

very thrilling

Smells like goat to me

Ok, if his life and legacy hadn’t taken the turn that it did this album would still be a banger. It’s so smooth and silky. However listening to PYT was…. uncomfy. I can see how it took the 80s by storm!!

Lowkey surprised myself by knowing every song in here already minus the last one, but that just speaks to the feat this album undertook in aiming to make a record entirely comprised of hits. Was very interesting to read about the historical importance of the album at the time. Wish they played songs like this at the club still. I can imagine how fun it must’ve been to bust a move to Baby Be Mine 😞

My 🐐Michael. One of the greatest to ever do it and this one proves it. Wanna Be Starting Something gotta be one of the best opening tracks ever recorded, a five minute journey, when “mamase mamasa mamakusa” is chanted I become that one werewolf meme. And don’t get me started on how fucking good Thriller is.. Human Nature to this day is still Sampled with so many beautiful and elating sections. Most if not all these songs have transcended beyond the album and each song stand on its own as the best song on any other of his contemporaries albums. The production on this album is great, everyone involved is in there bag. It’s not just Michael, its even the collaborators like Eddie Van Halen on Beat It and Paul McCartney on The Girl is Mine, and Alvin from the Chipmunks on PYT. One of the greatest albums ever made for sure.

This is undoubtedly one of the best albums of all time. Thriller contains some of the biggest hits in pop music that have transcended time at an extremely concentrated level. There isn’t much to say that hasn’t been talked to death with this album, but it’s a banger.

All the best artists are fucking mental. Obviously no different in this case. Wall-to-wall brilliant pop with amazing production. Absolute 5.