Thriller Vinyl Disk – Michael Jackson

Thriller Vinyl Disk – Michael Jackson

Thriller Vinyl Disk – Michael Jackson is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982 in the United States by Epic Records and internationally by CBS Records.The follow-up to Jackson’s successful previous studio album, Off the Wall, it explores genres similar to those of its predecessor, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions for the album took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, with a production budget of $750,000. Quincy Jones produced the album, while Jackson wrote four of its nine songs.

Songs:

• Vinyl (September 30, 2008)
• Original Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Legacy
• Run Time: 42 minutes

Thriller explores different music genres, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk.According to Steve Huey of AllMusic, it refined the strengths of Jackson’s previous album Off the Wall; the dance and rock tracks were more aggressive, while the pop tunes and ballads were softer and more soulful.The album includes the ballads “The Lady in My Life”, “Human Nature” and “The Girl Is Mine”; the funk pieces “Billie Jean” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'”; and the disco set “Baby Be Mine” and “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” and has a similar sound to the material on Off the Wall. “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin'” is accompanied by a bass and percussion background and the song’s centerpiece, a climaxing African-inspired chant (often misidentified as Swahili, but actually syllables based on Duala),gave the song an international flavor. “The Girl Is Mine” tells of two friends’ fight over a woman, arguing over who loves her more and concludes with a spoken rap. The album’s songs have a tempo ranging from 80 beats per minute on “The Girl is Mine”, to 138 on “Beat It”.