Michael Jackson - Thriller (Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR)
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Vocal – Paul McCarney (3), Vincent Price (4)
Backing Vocals – Becky Lopez (1, 8), Bunny Hull (1, 8), Howard Hewett (8), James Ingram (1, 8), Janet Jackson (8), Julia Waters (1), LaToya Jackson (8), Maxine Waters (1), Oren Waters (1)
Bass – Louis Johnson (1, 9), Louis Johnson (3, 6, 8), Steve Lukather (5)
Drums – Jeff Porcaro (3, 5, 7, 9), Ndugu Chancler (2, 6, 8)
Guitar – Eddie Van Halen (5), David Williams (1, 2, 4, 6), Dean Parks (3), Paul Jackson (5, 8-9), Steve Lukather (3, 8, 7)
Handclaps – Greg Phillinganes (8), James Ingram (8), Louis Johnson (8), Steven Ray (8)
Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes (1 to 6, 8-9), James Ingram (8), Tom Bahler (5)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (1, 7)
Piano – David Paich (3)
Saxophone, Flute – Larry Williams (tracks: 1-2, 4)
Synthesizer – Anthony Marinelli (2, 4), Bill Wolfer (1, 5-6), Brian Banks (2, 4), David Foster (3), David Paich (2, 7, 9), Greg Smith (6), Michael Boddicker (1-2, 6 to 9), Rod Temperton (4), Steve Porcaro (2-3, 5, 7-8)
Synthesizer – Greg Smith (5)
Trombone – Bill Reichenbach (1-2, 4)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Gary Grant (1-2, 4), Jerry Hey (1-2, 4)
Hybrid SACD, single-pocket gatefold with a 12-panel lyric and credits stapled booklet insert
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Stereo
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original label : EPIC
Recorded April 14 – November 8, 1982 at Westlake Studio (Los Angeles)
Recorded by Bruce Swedien, Don Landee (5)
Engineered by Matt Forger
Mixed by Bruce Swedien
Produced by Quincy Jones
Mastered by Shawn R Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA on The Gain HD System
Originaly released in 1982
Reissued in November 2022
Tracks:
- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
- Baby Be Mine
- The Girl Is Mine
- Thriller
- Beat It
- Billie Jean
- Human Nature
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- The Lady in My Life
Awards :
Has sold more than 70 million copies
1000 Recordings You Must Hear Before You Die - Ranked 508
TIME deemed it "the greatest pop album of all time."
The Independent called it "the most inspiring album of all time."
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 12/500!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - "Beat It" - Rated 344/500!
1984 Grammy Awards :
- Album Of The Year
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male (for "Thriller")
- Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male (for "Billie Jean")
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male (for "Beat It")
- Record Of The Year (for "Beat It")
- Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical)
- Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical
Grammy Hall of Fame
Reviews :
« 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. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.76 / 5