Michael Jackson Thriller CD Erstauflage

Produktinformation
Audio CD (1982)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1
Label: Epic (Sony Music)

Tonträger CD
Jahr 1982
Zeit 42:15
Plattenfirma Epic / Sony Music Entertainment
Herstellungsland  A
Musikrichtung Pop
EAN-Nr. 5099708593025
Katalog-Nr. CDEPC 85930


      Tracks 

1. Wanna Be Startin` Somethin` 6:02   
2. Baby Be Mine 4:20   
3. Girl Is Mine, The (With Paul MC Cartney) 3:42   
4. Thriller 5:57   
5. Beat It 4:17   
6. Billie Jean 4:57   
7. Human Nature 4:05   
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 3:58   
9. The Lady In My Life 4:57

Weitere Infos
Booklet mit Texten & Foto

Produktbeschreibungen

Audio
1983 war Michael Jackson der Mega-Thriller: Der Sprößling der Familientruppe Jackson Five erhielt für sein erstes Album nach seiner Schönheitsoperation satte 58 Platinauszeichnungen: 35 Millionen Käufer blieben bis heute die Rekordmarke im Pop-Biz. Kein Wunder bei Knallern wie Billie Jean oder Beat It!
© Audio

 
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Off the Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of Thriller, since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable -- an album that sold 40 million copies in its initial chart run, with seven of its nine tracks reaching the Top Ten (for the record, the terrific "Baby Be Mine" and the pretty good ballad "The Lady in My Life" are not like the others). This was a record that had something for everybody, building on the basic blueprint of Off the Wall by adding harder funk, hard rock, softer ballads, and smoother soul -- expanding the approach to have something for every audience. That alone would have given the album a good shot at a huge audience, but it also arrived precisely when MTV was reaching its ascendancy, and Jackson helped the network by being not just its first superstar, but first black star as much as the network helped him. This all would have made it a success (and its success, in turn, served as a new standard for success), but it stayed on the charts, turning out singles, for nearly two years because it was really, really good. True, it wasn't as tight as Off the Wall -- and the ridiculous, late-night house-of-horrors title track is the prime culprit, arriving in the middle of the record and sucking out its momentum -- but those one or two cuts don't detract from a phenomenal set of music. It's calculated, to be sure, but the chutzpah of those calculations (before this, nobody would even have thought to bring in metal virtuoso Eddie Van Halen to play on a disco cut) is outdone by their success. This is where a song as gentle and lovely as "Human Nature" coexists comfortably with the tough, scared "Beat It," the sweet schmaltz of the Paul McCartney duet "The Girl Is Mine," and the frizzy funk of "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)." And, although this is an undeniably fun record, the paranoia is already creeping in, manifesting itself in the record's two best songs: "Billie Jean," where a woman claims Michael is the father of her child, and the delirious "Wanna Be Startin' Something," the freshest funk on the album, but the most claustrophobic, scariest track Jackson ever recorded. These give the record its anchor and are part of the reason why the record is more than just a phenomenon. The other reason, of course, is that much of this is just simply great music.

Condition: E:  EXCELLENT 

"Item Condition" notes:

SS / OVP:       CD & LP is factory sealed in shrink-wrap or cellophane.

NEU / NEW:      CD & LP is open and not yet played.(Achtung: = Nicht alle neuen CDs

werden vom Hersteller eingeschweißt!)

NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one

very light scratch.

VG: VERY GOOD   CD & LP  CD has some very minor wear (several very light scratches or

marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches

throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds,

ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!