We all know the subsequent story: not even Stephen King could have made it up.
I choose to remember the good times. Thriller on vinyl has been in our house since I was 5 years old. We had to get written permission from our parents to watch the Thriller music video at our school, and it was awesome. "Billie Jean" was playing everywhere you went. Kids were trying to practice the moonwalk at recess. Good times.
As for the music - this is pop perfection. There's a ridiculous amount of hit singles on here. Seven out of the album's nine tracks hit the US top 10 singles chart. Insane.
To this day I never get tired of hearing what I consider to be THE absolute pinnacle of 80's pop/rock - THE quintessential 80's moment - which is the 5 note guitar crescendo at the end of Eddie Van Halen's solo on "Beat It". It sends a shiver up my spine every time.
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