Thriller
Album by Michael Jackson
Released	December 1 1982
Recorded	April-November 1982
Genre	R&B /Pop
Length	42 mins 19 secs
Record label	Epic Records
Producer	Quincy Jones
Professional reviews
Q	5 stars out of 5	October 2000
Robert Christgau	Grade: A	link
Rolling Stone	4 stars out of 5	(RS 387)
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link
Michael Jackson Chronology
Off The Wall (1979)	Thriller (1982)	Bad (1987)

Thriller (1982) is an album by pop star Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones. It is also the name of the title track on the album."Thriller", track 4 on the album, features a spoken interlude by Vincent Price and was also made into a very popular music video directed by John Landis. Track 5, "Beat It", features a guitar solo by Eddie van Halen.

Thriller is currently the best selling album of all-original material of all time in the United States. The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) is currently the best-selling album in the United States, with Thriller in second place, although the albums have traded position a number of times over the past few years. In 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 23rd greatest album of all time.

Track listing

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (Jackson)
2. "Baby Be Mine" (Temperton)
3. "The Girl is Mine" (with Paul McCartney) (Jackson)
4. "Thriller" (Temperton)
5. "Beat It" (Jackson)
6. "Billie Jean" (Jackson)
7. "Human Nature" (Porcaro/Bettis)
8. "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" (Ingram/Jones)
9. "The Lady In My Life" (Temperton)