Michael Jackson - Thriller (FLAC) [4K] (24/176.4kHz)

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Thriller · Michael Jackson

Thriller

℗ 1982 MJJ Productions Inc.

Released on: 1983-08-01

Synthesizer, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal Arranger, Performance Arranger: Rod Temperton
Fluegelhorn, Trumpet, Arranger, Performance Arranger: Jerry Hey
Rap: Vincent Price
Synthesizer: Greg Phillinganes
Synthesizer: Brian Banks
Programmer: Anthony Marinelli
Guitar: David Williams
Fluegelhorn, Trumpet: Gary Grant
Flute, Saxophone: Larry Williams
Trombone: Bill Reichenbach
Producer: Quincy Jones
Unknown, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer: Bruce Swedien
Engineer, Recording Engineer: Matt Forger
Assistant Engineer: Steve Bates
Recording Engineer: Humberto Gatica
Assistant Engineer: Mark Ettel
Mastering Engineer: Bernie Grundman
Unknown: Bruce Cannon

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Thriller is the sixth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 29, 1982, by Epic Records. It was produced by Quincy Jones, who previously worked with Jackson on his 1979 album Off the Wall. Jackson wanted to create an album where "every song was a killer". With the ongoing backlash against disco music at the time, he moved in a new musical direction, resulting in a mix of pop, post-disco, rock, funk, synth-pop, and R&B sounds, and darker themes. Paul McCartney appears on "The Girl Is Mine", the first credited appearance of a featured artist on a Michael Jackson album. Recording took place from April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, with a budget of $750,000.

Thriller became Jackson's first number-one album on the US Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart, where it spent a record 37 non-consecutive weeks at number one, from February 26, 1983, to April 14, 1984. Seven singles were released: "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)", and "Thriller". They all reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, setting a record for the most top 10 singles from an album, with "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" reaching number one. Following Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" in the Motown 25 television special, where he debuted his signature moonwalk dance, the album began selling one million copies per week. Sales doubled after the release of the "Thriller" music video on MTV in December 1983.

With 32 million copies sold worldwide by the end of 1983, Thriller became the best-selling album of all time. It was the best-selling album of 1983 worldwide, and in 1984 it became the first album to become the best-selling in the United States for two years. It set industry standards, with its songs, music videos, and promotional strategies influencing artists, record labels, producers, marketers and choreographers. The success gave Jackson an unprecedented level of cultural significance for a black American, breaking racial barriers in popular music, earning him regular airplay on MTV and leading to a meeting with US President Ronald Reagan at the White House. Thriller was among the first albums to use music videos as promotional tools; the videos for "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Thriller" are credited for transforming music videos into a serious art form.

Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, having sold an estimated 70 million copies worldwide. It is the best selling non-compilation album and second-best-selling album overall in the United States, and was certified 34× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2021. It won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. Beat It won two Grammys for Record of the Year & Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male, and Billie Jean won two Grammys for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male & Best Rhythm & Blues Song.

Manufactured By – Epic Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Mastered At – Customatrix
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Recorded At – Westlake Audio
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Record Company – CBS Inc.
Produced For – Quincy Jones Productions
Art Direction – Lane/Donald
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Ettel, Steve Bates
Engineer [Technical] – Matt Forger
Illustration [Inner Sleeve Drawings] – Michael Jackson
Lettering – Mac James
Management – Joe Jackson, Weisner-DeMann Entertainment
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Photography By – Dick Zimmerman
Producer – Quincy Jones
Recorded By [Additional Sound Sources] – Humberto Gatica, Matt Forger
Recorded By, Mixed By – Bruce Swedien
Stylist [Styling] – Design Pool, Valadé