In December 1982, the author of this text, at the age of 14, sat in the kitchen of her parents’ apartment listening to the radio. She actually already taken by the New Wave and the beginnings of the so-called “NDW”, she can no longer sit on the chair when she hears the first lines of “Billie Jean”. This bassline and beat are too compelling, too perfect. It’s hard to imagine how many Christmas wishlists the album could have been at the time.
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The whole package, put together by Jackson and his genius producer Quincy Jones, has since been shipped over and over again around the world, over 100 million times. Eight Grammys and 500 weeks on the US charts were the result of overflowing talent and investment in lavish video clips like never before. There is no failure on this album. Well, some sounds seem old-fashioned now, some lines of text seedy (“She likes the way I stare at her” or “Pretty young thing”), but since we’re still dealing with similar failures today, it must be on a different plan to discuss.
Jackson was able to continue his road to success after THRILLER before passing away in 2009, rocked by a lonely and strange life despite it all. Whatever his crimes, however it felt when hip-hop took over and he was unseated, THRILLER remains. The cross-generational masterpiece will be released on LP and double CD with previously unreleased bonus material.
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