Michael Jackson: Thriller Vinyl (red & black marble)

Why you'll love it

A limited red and black marble pressing of the best-selling album of all time. Produced by Quincy Jones in 1982, it holds "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "Thriller," "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" and "P.Y.T."

This edition

Limited edition
Red and black marble vinyl
Epic / Legacy pressing
Nine tracks over two sides

About the album

Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones went into Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles in the spring of 1982 with one goal: to make an album where every song could be a hit. They nearly managed it. Thriller moved away from the disco of Off the Wall into a sleek mix of post-disco, funk, synth-pop and rock, and its songs about paranoia, romance and the dark side of fame went on to define the sound of the decade and break records everywhere it went.

"Billie Jean" is a masterpiece of tension, built on one of the most famous basslines ever recorded. "Beat It" brings in Eddie Van Halen for a blazing guitar solo, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" builds to a chant everyone knows, and the title track, with Vincent Price's spooky rap, became a cultural event of its own. "Human Nature" and "The Lady in My Life" show off his tender side. If you somehow do not already own it, this marbled pressing is a very good excuse. If you do, it is an even better one.