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Where Off the Wall was pretty much straight good times, Thriller introduced dread into Michael Jackson’s solo work. By 1995’s HIStory, this element curdled into overwhelming self-regard and out-of-touchness, but here it’s bracing. While Thriller offers its share of cute (”The Girl Is Mine,” a duet with Paul McCartney that was the album’s first single; “P.Y.T.”), the most memorable cuts remain “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin (more…)

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Should several of the tracks on the 25th anniversary edition of Thriller find their way onto your MP3 player, you’re going to have to admit: the music holds up. “Beat It” is not about to go stale, at least not without a rumble, and neither are “Billie Jean” and “P.Y.T.” Even if you put the record-hurtling hits aside, you’re still left with the realization that without MJ, there might not have been a JT , never mind a Ne-Yo (listen closely to “Human N (more…)Sitegrinder