Thriller: The 25th Anniversary Edition

[Paxton]

On February 12, 2008,Thriller the biggest album ever will get bigger. The 25th Anniversary Edition of Thriller celebrates this ground-breaking album with 7 bonus tracks, six of which are previously unreleased. The new tracks include exclusive remixes from Kanye West, Fergie, will.i.am and Akon along with a previously unreleased track from the Thriller sessions, "For All Time," newly mixed and mastered by Michael Jackson. Also included is a BONUS DVD with new, digitally restored versions of the three videos from the album as well as the Michael Jackson's groundbreaking performance of "Billie Jean" on the "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" television special (first broadcast on NBC May 16, 1983).
Also included in all versions of the release is a new personal greeting from Michael Jackson to his fans penned exclusively for this special release.


Tracklist

01. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
02. Baby Be Mine
03. The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
04. Thriller
05. Beat It
06. Billie Jean
07. Human Nature
08. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
09. The Lady In My Life
10. Vincent Price (Bonus Track)
11. The Girl Is Mine 2008 with will.i.am
12. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 2008 with Michael Jackson and will.i.am
13. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008 with Michael Jackson, Akon and will.i.am
14. Beat It 2008 with Fergie
15. Billie Jean 2008 with Kanye West
16. For All Time (unreleased track from original Thriller sessions)

 

[Spiff]

They should update the album cover with something really scary, like this:

 

[Just_Believe18]

^ Certainly much scarier than the make-up job he had in Thriller.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

Im Getting It, Ive always Loved Thriller like 104 million other people on this planet.....

 

[LatinoSTAR]

PYT is Like My favorite Song On The Whole Album, I Aint Gonna Lie, I Cant Stand The Girl Is mine, Tho

 

[Ben_G]

*sigh* I'll probably buy it too...I agree LatinoStar that "The Girl Is Mine" is the weakest track on that album.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

25 years????
has it been 25 years
holy shit i'm old

 

[LatinoSTAR]

*sigh* I'll probably buy it too...I agree LatinoStar that "The Girl Is Mine" is the weakest track on that album.

I always laughed at the lyric "The doggone girl is mine" i mean couldnt michael jackson and paul mccartney, two of the greatest lyricists ever, come up with something better......?

 

[Ben_G]

well, at least "Say Say Say" is alot better..(at least i thought so)

 

[LatinoSTAR]

well, at least "Say Say Say" is alot better..(at least i thought so)

Oh Hell Yes, i love that song!!

 

[Lasosa]

I, too, always found "Say Say Say" to be a more enjoyable song than "The Girl is Mine".

Hard to believe the album is turning 25. One of my all time favorites.

 

[Ontariobear]

Sounds to me more like someone is still in arrears with his taxes on Neverland and needs the money.

The album is a classic, so just leave it the way it was.

 

[ross_1986]

"Thriller" hasn't even sold 104 million copies. It's sold 40-50 million, and michael himself even knows that. Ever since the World music Awards in 2006, they all of a sudden changed 50 million to 104 million.

And I love Mike, but why is he doing this? He already re-released 'Thriller' in 2001. He needs to make some new music, instead of milking his past achievements.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

"Thriller" hasn't even sold 104 million copies. It's sold 40-50 million, and michael himself even knows that. Ever since the World music Awards in 2006, they all of a sudden changed 50 million to 104 million.

And I love Mike, but why is he doing this? He already re-released 'Thriller' in 2001. He needs to make some new music, instead of milking his past achievements.

No i Think it Has Sold 104 Million copies, but there is no way to be sure

 

[Ontariobear]

In the US, his sales still keep him at #2 all time behind Eagles Greatest Hits and that fact hasn't changed and neither has reached the 30 million mark.

 

[ross_1986]

No i Think it Has Sold 104 Million copies, but there is no way to be sure

On the 2001 re-release of "Thriller" there's actually audio interviews on the CD that state that it's sold about 45 million copies worldwide. Now all of a sudden that numbers changed to 104 million, and there's no WAY that it sold 50+ million in the past 6 years, lol.

 

[Ontariobear]

^^^ especially while still stuck at #2 in the US for total sales.

 

[teepop21]

I'll be disappointed if the original Making of Thriller is not somehow included along with the Thriller music video. That was always a favorite of mine to watch and it has never been released on DVD.