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The quarter-century mark carries weight for Thriller — not necessarily for the anniversary of the album's release itself, although it offers as good an opportunity as ever to revisit one of the true pop phenomenons of the 20th century, but rather for another anniversary: Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever, the television special where Michael Jackson performed "Billie Jean" and unleashed the moonwalk, sending Thriller into the stratosphere. For those who hadn't paid attention to Off the Wall — and despite its success there were some, often older listeners who didn't bother withmore… discos — this performance was the unveiling of a marvelous, mature Jackson, a musician whose growth seemed sudden, swift, staggering. Maturity isn't a word that was much associated with Jackson over the next 25 years. Not long after Thriller was logging its second year on the charts, well on its way to becoming the biggest album ever (a title it eventually lost to the Eagles' Their Greatest Hits, which is merely a technicality; that was a catalog item, not a supernova that burned up the charts), Jackson methodically turned himself into a man-child, first through his public appearance — he was first seen with ET, then Emmanuel Lewis — and that antiseptic mass appeal crept into his music, so by the tenth anniversary of Thriller, there was not much adult about his music. ... Read More...

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Michael Jackson - Thriller: 25th Anniversary Edition (2008) Retail CD

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