billyworld99
Proud Member
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2011
- Messages
- 2,021
- Points
- 0
♫ ♪ Thriller ♫ ♪ Michael Jackson ♫ ♪ Tribute Number Two ♪ ♫
♫ ♪ A Tribute to showcase Michael’s Second Solo Career Album. ♪ ♫
Thriller was released December 1st, 1982, and becomes the first album in the history of recorded music to start a year at No. 1 and end the same year at No. 1. It sold one million copies worldwide per week at its peak.
Nothing could have prepared anyone for what was about to happen to Michael’s career, because no one could have anticipated the amazing events that would catapult Thriller to where no album had ever gone before - or has been since. It’s the biggest selling album in the history of recorded music!
Thriller becomes the most successful album of ALL TIME, selling over 140 million copies worldwide. Seven of the albums’ nine songs were released as singles, including four of Michael’s songs, and all reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album received a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards and eight American Music Awards.
Thriller cemented Michael’s status as one of the preeminent pop stars of the late 20th century, and enabled him to break down racial barriers via his appearances on MTV, and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.
Thriller remains the biggest-selling album to this day.
Nothing will EVER top this album! It’s truly a Masterpiece!
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♥ ♥ In Honor of Michael Joseph Jackson ~ The King Of Pop ♥ ♥ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫
USA December 1982
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 ♫
Produced by Quincy Jones; three songs co-produced by Michael, which he also wrote: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Beat It and Billie Jean.
There are nine songs on Thriller and Michael wrote four: The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney), Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Beat It, and of course, the incomparable Billie Jean. Rod Temperton wrote three: Baby Be Mine, the title song Thriller, and The Lady in My Life. Human Nature was written by Steve Poracaro and John Bettis, and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) was written by James Ingram and Quincy Jones.
Michael had intended to create an album where “Every song was a killer” , and so he worked long and hard on this project.
Thriller mixed pop, rock, soft rock, quietly stormy R&B, and more. Seven of the nine songs hit the top of the charts.
Thriller’s album cover, photographed by **** Zimmerman, portrays Michael lying on his side, staring seductively into the camera, sporting a pristine white suit and curly hair with a perfect curl dangling down from his forehead.
With Thriller, Michael became an overnight sex symbol. His trademark look became a single jewel-encrusted white glove alongside black pants with gleaming white socks.
Michael said, “The glove was just - I thought one was cooler than two. I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is - you know, the glove. And the feet, if you’re dancing, you can put an exclamation point on your movement if it has a bit of light on it. So I wore the white socks.”
Michael also began wearing embroidered military jackets and epaulets.
Armed with a $750,000 recording budget, they began the three-month recording process for Michael’s second Epic solo album, Thriller, at Westlake Studios.
‘When we started Thriller, the first day at Westlake Studio,’ said Engineer Bruce Swedien, ‘we were all there and Quincy walked in followed by me and Michael and Rod Temperton and some other people. Quincy turned to us and he said, “OK, guys - we’re here to save the recording industry.” Now that’s a pretty big responsibility - but he meant it. And that’s why those albums, and especially Thriller, sound so incredible.’
When we first thought we had finished mixing Thriller, the album, we had much too much playing time on the sides of the LP. I know it was over 25 minutes per side. Of course, on LP’s, if you have too much time on a side, it minimizes the volume level, and low frequency response, that you can put on the record during mastering. In those days, 18 minutes per side on an LP was just right for good sound. We were way over! I kept telling the guys ( Quincy and Rod) that the sides are too long for good sound! They didn’t listen to me!
I took the tapes to Bernie Grundman Mastering to master them, and returned to Westlake Studios to play the mastered album. Quincy had scheduled a meeting with Michael, himself, Rod Temperton, Freddy De Mann (Michael’s manager, at the time), myself and all the big moguls from Epic Records. The Epic folks had two big bottles of champagne on ice to toast Thriller. Needless to say, Epic Records were very anxious to get their hands on Thriller!
I played the reference LP’s in the control room. We listened, and the sound on the LP was dog doo . It was horrible. Quincy remembers that we had 28 minutes on each side. I felt like shouting “I told you so!” The Epic dudes were popping corks, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Michael sneak out of the control room and go to the other studio, across the hall. Quincy saw him too and followed him. I was next. Then Rod and Freddy. I remember that Michael was crying; he was heartbroken. Again, I felt like shouting “I told you so!” And so, Quincy, Freddy De Mann, Rod, myself, all of us, and Michael just sat there.
Quincy said, “Let‘s take two days off, come back in, and finish one song a day.” We had nine songs on the album. The Girl Is Mine was already out, so we needed eight more days. To quote Quincy Jones: “And we put those babies, put ‘em in the pocket, man. That was it. It was over, over!” We edited down the songs, we remixed and overdubbed. In eight days I was back at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Now the sound on the LP was screamin‘!…the rest is history…
I think that Thriller was such a phenomenal success because the music that was on it reached everyone! Great songs! Killer songs! Thriller went everywhere; it appeals to people from eight to 80. Just think: a young black kid, being the idol of so many millions of kids all over the world. That never happened before.’
Remixing of the album was concluded on November 8, 1982 - the last thing to be recorded for the original album sessions were the overdubs for Beat It.
Spent 37 weeks at No.1 on both Billboard’s R&B and Pop albums charts, and eight weeks at No.1 in the UK.
No. 1 best selling album of 1983 in both the UK and the USA; No. 4 best selling album of 1984 in the States and No. 6 best selling album of 1984 in the UK.
Reported in The Guinness Book Of World Records to have gained 67 Gold and 58 Platinum awards in 28 countries on six continents.
Hit Singles: ♫ ♪
The Girl Is Mine ♫ Billie Jean ♫ Beat It ♫ Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’♫ Human Nature ♫ P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) ♫ Thriller ♫
First album to generate seven Top 10 hits in the States; and to generate six hits - five of them Top 10 - in the UK.
American Music Awards: ♫ ♪
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist ♫ Favorite Pop Album ♫ Favorite Pop Single: Billie Jean ♫ Favorite Pop Video: Beat It ♫ Favorite Soul Male Vocalist ♫ Favorite Soul Album ♫ Favorite Soul Video: Beat It ♫
Award Of Merit: Michael was the youngest ever recipient of the special Award Of Merit.
♫ ♪ A Tribute to showcase Michael’s Second Solo Career Album. ♪ ♫
Thriller was released December 1st, 1982, and becomes the first album in the history of recorded music to start a year at No. 1 and end the same year at No. 1. It sold one million copies worldwide per week at its peak.
Nothing could have prepared anyone for what was about to happen to Michael’s career, because no one could have anticipated the amazing events that would catapult Thriller to where no album had ever gone before - or has been since. It’s the biggest selling album in the history of recorded music!
Thriller becomes the most successful album of ALL TIME, selling over 140 million copies worldwide. Seven of the albums’ nine songs were released as singles, including four of Michael’s songs, and all reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album received a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards and eight American Music Awards.
Thriller cemented Michael’s status as one of the preeminent pop stars of the late 20th century, and enabled him to break down racial barriers via his appearances on MTV, and meeting with President Ronald Reagan at the White House.
Thriller remains the biggest-selling album to this day.
Nothing will EVER top this album! It’s truly a Masterpiece!
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♥ ♥ In Honor of Michael Joseph Jackson ~ The King Of Pop ♥ ♥ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪
♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ♫
USA December 1982
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 ♫
Produced by Quincy Jones; three songs co-produced by Michael, which he also wrote: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Beat It and Billie Jean.
There are nine songs on Thriller and Michael wrote four: The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney), Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, Beat It, and of course, the incomparable Billie Jean. Rod Temperton wrote three: Baby Be Mine, the title song Thriller, and The Lady in My Life. Human Nature was written by Steve Poracaro and John Bettis, and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) was written by James Ingram and Quincy Jones.
Michael had intended to create an album where “Every song was a killer” , and so he worked long and hard on this project.
Thriller mixed pop, rock, soft rock, quietly stormy R&B, and more. Seven of the nine songs hit the top of the charts.
Thriller’s album cover, photographed by **** Zimmerman, portrays Michael lying on his side, staring seductively into the camera, sporting a pristine white suit and curly hair with a perfect curl dangling down from his forehead.
With Thriller, Michael became an overnight sex symbol. His trademark look became a single jewel-encrusted white glove alongside black pants with gleaming white socks.
Michael said, “The glove was just - I thought one was cooler than two. I love to accent movement. The eye goes to where the white is - you know, the glove. And the feet, if you’re dancing, you can put an exclamation point on your movement if it has a bit of light on it. So I wore the white socks.”
Michael also began wearing embroidered military jackets and epaulets.
Armed with a $750,000 recording budget, they began the three-month recording process for Michael’s second Epic solo album, Thriller, at Westlake Studios.
‘When we started Thriller, the first day at Westlake Studio,’ said Engineer Bruce Swedien, ‘we were all there and Quincy walked in followed by me and Michael and Rod Temperton and some other people. Quincy turned to us and he said, “OK, guys - we’re here to save the recording industry.” Now that’s a pretty big responsibility - but he meant it. And that’s why those albums, and especially Thriller, sound so incredible.’
When we first thought we had finished mixing Thriller, the album, we had much too much playing time on the sides of the LP. I know it was over 25 minutes per side. Of course, on LP’s, if you have too much time on a side, it minimizes the volume level, and low frequency response, that you can put on the record during mastering. In those days, 18 minutes per side on an LP was just right for good sound. We were way over! I kept telling the guys ( Quincy and Rod) that the sides are too long for good sound! They didn’t listen to me!
I took the tapes to Bernie Grundman Mastering to master them, and returned to Westlake Studios to play the mastered album. Quincy had scheduled a meeting with Michael, himself, Rod Temperton, Freddy De Mann (Michael’s manager, at the time), myself and all the big moguls from Epic Records. The Epic folks had two big bottles of champagne on ice to toast Thriller. Needless to say, Epic Records were very anxious to get their hands on Thriller!
I played the reference LP’s in the control room. We listened, and the sound on the LP was dog doo . It was horrible. Quincy remembers that we had 28 minutes on each side. I felt like shouting “I told you so!” The Epic dudes were popping corks, but out of the corner of my eye, I saw Michael sneak out of the control room and go to the other studio, across the hall. Quincy saw him too and followed him. I was next. Then Rod and Freddy. I remember that Michael was crying; he was heartbroken. Again, I felt like shouting “I told you so!” And so, Quincy, Freddy De Mann, Rod, myself, all of us, and Michael just sat there.
Quincy said, “Let‘s take two days off, come back in, and finish one song a day.” We had nine songs on the album. The Girl Is Mine was already out, so we needed eight more days. To quote Quincy Jones: “And we put those babies, put ‘em in the pocket, man. That was it. It was over, over!” We edited down the songs, we remixed and overdubbed. In eight days I was back at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Now the sound on the LP was screamin‘!…the rest is history…
I think that Thriller was such a phenomenal success because the music that was on it reached everyone! Great songs! Killer songs! Thriller went everywhere; it appeals to people from eight to 80. Just think: a young black kid, being the idol of so many millions of kids all over the world. That never happened before.’
Remixing of the album was concluded on November 8, 1982 - the last thing to be recorded for the original album sessions were the overdubs for Beat It.
Spent 37 weeks at No.1 on both Billboard’s R&B and Pop albums charts, and eight weeks at No.1 in the UK.
No. 1 best selling album of 1983 in both the UK and the USA; No. 4 best selling album of 1984 in the States and No. 6 best selling album of 1984 in the UK.
Reported in The Guinness Book Of World Records to have gained 67 Gold and 58 Platinum awards in 28 countries on six continents.
Hit Singles: ♫ ♪
The Girl Is Mine ♫ Billie Jean ♫ Beat It ♫ Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’♫ Human Nature ♫ P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) ♫ Thriller ♫
First album to generate seven Top 10 hits in the States; and to generate six hits - five of them Top 10 - in the UK.
American Music Awards: ♫ ♪
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist ♫ Favorite Pop Album ♫ Favorite Pop Single: Billie Jean ♫ Favorite Pop Video: Beat It ♫ Favorite Soul Male Vocalist ♫ Favorite Soul Album ♫ Favorite Soul Video: Beat It ♫
Award Of Merit: Michael was the youngest ever recipient of the special Award Of Merit.