How To Make Sonic Sound, Quincy Jones, Recording Engineer Skills

How did Thriller become the greatest selling album of all time? The secrets revealed in this documentary.
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[@shanehagan]

"if it still has the vibe on the smallest speaker, then you know it's good" --- this is exactly it

[@SuperMisteryMan01]

Nothing more truer could be said for thriller. Billie Jean has still not lost its energy at all to me. It’s like I’m listening to the song for the first time every time! Quincys production is like a never ending climb up a mountain with the top being the ending 😭😭

[@theprince_ids5838]

Genius thought

[@flgangcage6313]

What speaker’s did he say??

[@matthelms4941]

@@flgangcage6313 Auratone 4.5"

[@flgangcage6313]

@@matthelms4941 you are clutch!!!!

[@ShionHyrezUK]

2:24 that home demo is why you got to understand how genius MJ was. THAT was his demo before quincy even touched that song. WOW! Sounds great.

[@Will21st]

His records always had this Ultra-polished, hi-tech sound that was so unique to him. Everything just sounded so alive and dynamic, not a note wasted.

[@opensprings]

Which was the opposite of Prince records

[@TheLunarSurface]

@@openspringsbruh what lol

[@Eddsucks]

Thriller doesn’t sound too good unfortunately in terms of mixing, dope album though.

[@choosesfr]

@@TheLunarSurfaceLol

[@Soldier_Sean]

Prince is trash in comparison

[@johnmorris2170]

Quincy Jones is a musical genius and he had a big part in the sound of "Off The Wall," and "Thriller," but Bruce Sweden was the engineer. What this video doesn't tell you is the recording techniques Mr. Sweden used. He recorded every track in true stereo. Whether volcals, bass guitar amps, snare, bass drum, etc, every instrument and volcal was recorded with two omni-directional mikes onto two tracks. Crazy but true. This is the true secret of MJ's sound. Three, sometimes four analog 2 inch 24 track mutitracks were synced together. Bruce built a wooden drum stand that would raise the drum kit a foot off the floor thereby decoupling the kit from the floor. He made isolation boxes for the high-hat and bass drum. He wanted no leakage. Because the drum kit was decoupled from the floor low bass frequencies don't travel and make noise all over. Inside he would put two mikes for bass drum and the same for the high hat. This led to what you hear on Thriller. Everyone thinks the drums on Beat It and Billy Jean are from a drum machine. SURPRISE. They aren't. That's the incredible clean drum sound Bruce got from his extreme drum kit set up. Michael's volcals were done in this fashion: MJ would sing three feet away from a spaced pair of omni-directional microphones (recorded to 2 tracks in real stereo) He would sing again, only this time 6 feet away, but the recording volume was turned up to match the level of the volcal take before. Then the same as before only now 9 feet, 12 feet, and finally 15 feet. This was to duplicate the five part harmony of his brothers. With this unique recording volcal technique Bruce Sweden was able to get vast amounts of depth from Jackson's volcals that would not have been possible recording the normal way. The rhythm tracks were always recorded on the first analog 2 inch 24 track. Drums, bass, rhythm guitars, percussion, keyboards were recorded in real stereo. Two spaced microphones in front of guitar amps not one. And yes..Two omni-directional mikes in front of the bass amp. He would get a second 24 track and sync the two up together with sync pulse on track 24 of tape 1 and the new tape 2. He would then do a stereo midtown of the rhythm tracks from Tape-1 to Tracks 21 & 22 of the new tape. (Note: On both multitracks Track 23 were left blank. In the days of analog it wasn't a good idea to put music tracks next to sync pulses. You could but bad idea.) With the stereo mix of the rhythm tracks now recorded on Tape-2 Bruce would put the rhythm track tape in storage. This was his secret to a crisp superfly rhythm tracks - Not to use it. Not running that 2 inch 24 Track hundreds of times through the machine. This constant playing of analog tape causes high frequency and transient loss. The only time the rhythm track tape would get played again was at the end - for the finally mix.

[@shigiz]

i agree

[@KingBlonde]

Thank you John! I'm trying to scrape up every little bit of engineering/production notes on this album I can. This helped tremendously.

[@JustZayIt]

Whoa,great history. Is this on Wikipedia?

[@particlejones]

Very very cool

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

John Morris yeah if you listen to the dry clean drum track from Billie Jean, it’s very isolated and clean.

[@DarkandTwisted]

As an 80s kid, I have to say this album was the best album recorded. It was and still is 100% eargasmic. I know the whole team was amazing at creating this masterpiece, but without Mike, it would have been completely garbage no matter how amazing those songs were. No one could sing like Mike. His voice was magic, it was the main ingredient.

[@Scott-got-caught]

Well that's not just your opinion, it's a fact. Thriller album has been the greatest selling album of all time. So...

[@lrbraggs1268]

Micheal Jackson was not only vocals. He also plays piano. He also worked tirelessly behind the scenes on most songs he produced. His ear was gold! And he was a perfectionist on anything that had his name on it.

[@davidsanz5878]

Lillian Braggs and also played drums, guitar, bass, wrote almost all of his songs, create sounds we have never heard, he was a genious

[@SPAZZOID100]

Michael had quincy jones.

[@andymesquita]

***** and probably talentless

[@andymesquita]

Lillian Braggs I think he couldnt play anything, he just sang all the parts to the musicians. which is even more amazing

[@andymesquita]

André Mesquita a talentless muslim... nothing new there lol

[@FoxGhost7]

"Not only for the music, but also the quality of it's sound." Everyone in the industry praises the album but nobody is willing to go back to oldstyle sound quality. Distortion and loudness war all around. Why the heck is noone at the top willing to give old-school mastering a chance again??

[@patmcgroin1418]

FoxGhost7 compression is collateral damage in the eyes of the fat cat labels because all they want is money. Mp3 is a faster and cheaper method of distribution than pressing a physical record. But the general public have been led to believe that 320kbps is superior to proper analogue sound, which is a huge LIE.

[@peanut2398]

+Pat Mcgroin maybe a new artist will change it and change/modify pop music for the better and make a huge impact. If that person achived that that person would be the biggest star the planet on a global scale like MJ. But the question is how can they do that? How can they let the public follow it?

[@KE-jb4mh]

+FoxGhost7 There's nothing like a good 70s and early 80s mix and mastering.

[@udderhippo]

+FoxGhost7 Things look like they're starting to change for the better, and KZbin are playing a big role. You may or may not notice but most recent videos get normalized to the same loudness (i.e around the same RMS, not peak). Which means material that has been squashed super hard will actually have lower peak levels than something that is more dynamic, when played on KZbin. It doesn't seem like all videos have been normalized, but google "KZbin loudness normalization" and you'll see plenty about it.

[@obbeachbum69]

+FoxGhost7 If you want properly mastered songs, you pretty much have to buy vinyl. Not because there's anything special about the medium, but vinyl records are mastered differently than CD's which by and large are brick-walled. This applies mostly to pop music whereas jazz CD's are usually mastered correctly as are classical. For comparison, You Tube search Daft Punk - Get Lucky (vinyl) and compare it to the VEVO release.

[@patrickmildenberg]

Bruce Sweeden and Quincy Jones are the proof than even the best producers need a great engineer,besides them,to get the best recordings done.

[@stevenrubiomusic]

This album was recorded entirely (and intentionally) in alternative tunings (A=432 Hz. and A=444 Hz.). I believe this is a big part of the true secret to Thriller's huge success. 5 of the tracks are tuned to A=432 Hz. ("Baby Be Mine", "The Girl is Mine", "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Human Nature") and 4 of them are tuned to A=444 Hz. (C=528 Hz.): ("Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Thriller", "P.Y.T.", and "The Lady in My Life"). *I used the original vinyl recording, a synthesizer, and music software to determine the album's tuning*

[@manpreetpurewal3860]

What do those frequencies do to us? If you know, please

[@desthecapricorn]

@@manpreetpurewal3860 is said to help relieve stress and gain concentration ❤

[@casper6532]

@@manpreetpurewal3860432hz is the frequency of the universe. Look into visualizing audio cymatics.

[@Fatma-Hafnaoui]

@@manpreetpurewal3860look up 423hz vs 440hz effect on the body. 432hz was the original tuning of all music, it is harmonizing to the body, mind & soul. 440hz is actually more disruptive. 444hz could have to do with it being a spiritual number (“Angel number”), but I don’t know if that’s why he chose it - also very harmonizing. Michael was very spiritual, so who knows. ;)

[@manpreetpurewal3860]

@@Fatma-Hafnaoui thank you

[@MrROTD]

When I play Billy Jean on my nice car stereo I always think it's still the best recording ever made, it sounds so fucking good even today

[@DarkandTwisted]

Try it on a nice pait of great headphones, and it sounds like pure gold.

[@freebandz4332]

It’s minimalism at its finest, the closest thing to flawless composition and production I’ve ever heard.

[@mr.x3181]

Pure magic

[@Macj4080]

WOW the song beat it was literally fire! lol

[@Frst2nxt]

mac j Eddie van Halen's best solo

[@ddchil41]

Off The Wall...was also a great sounding album...and then THRILLER....Still the best selling album of all time!!!!

[@JamesHurt369]

This is why I sat at the engineering console at sixteen years old. I wanted see what it felt like to listen to a great production. Also another one of Quincy's best sonic albums was "Sounds and Stuff Like That" which features a host of vocalists and timeless arrangements. When you do not listen for great production and get caught up on how many notes you can play you will always finish less than first, often last, or not at all regardless of the genre. Listen to how the tracks breathe-they are living organisms!

[@maestrowick]

I agree. "Stuff like that " is a great album.

[@maestrowick]

I agree. "Stuff like that " is a great album.

[@maestrowick]

I agree. "Stuff like that " is a great album.

[@norekoescada3202]

James Hurt you can get a good sound digitally

[@SP330Y]

Quincy Jones really understands music and the quality of it. Because of this video, im looking for thriller on Lp on ebay, yeah chamone

[@triplem4659]

SP330Y chamone lee

[@quinnrollen]

*hee*hee*

[@nomibe2911]

You had to have been alive during that time to know how huge that album was. Will never see an album reach that success in my lifetime.

[@TheSkahead1]

“The monitor speaker’s literally caught on fire” lmao

[@devmiles]

you said it right there. if people think nowadays popmusic is thick, listen to the thriller album. the instruments, the mix, the balance is so very good. no pumped up compressors or limiters, sidechains etc.. just loose and good playing to start with, real musicians and no or little computers

[@BoomBang101]

And natural

[@bun223]

This story almost makes me cry. I am really proud of them all.

[@aleccopile]

What an album that is. Aside from Rod Temperton and Bruce Swedien and all the other people involved in the making of the album, I think the two most important people were still Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones, because when you have MJ's talent and Q's knowledge (he'd been in the business for 25 years at that point) in one studio ... BAM! That's the magic. They had everything they needed. When I listen to "Thriller," I sometimes wonder if they ever thought it would be the biggest record in history. I mean, Quincy said that there's no formula for success, but I just think it's crazy to think that when you're in the recording studio, you're creating something and the next thing you know, you're putting out a record that changes the music world permanently.

[@minimi1]

Michael wrote in his book that he said "I want this to be the best-selling album ever" and Quincy Jones & Rod Temperton laughed, his brother also said that Michael's bathroom mirror had "I will sell 20 million records" written on it which I think was above the most-ever sold at that point?

[@DarkandTwisted]

Agreed! And without MIke, none of it would had been possible.

[@LilMaharaja]

Whats the name of this documentary ?

[@bionic7252]

Quincy Jones: The Many Lives of Q - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c7952/episodes/guide

[@byuuplays353]

The documentary is not avaliable anymore... so sad

[@mrsmichaeljackson_lover644]

3:36 "well can you give us one more" *__*

[@djceejaay]

I have this entire documentary and it's a must-see for any MJ, Q, or music fan. Excellent doc. Also, Bruce Swedien wrote a book called "In the Studio with Michael Jackson, where he details all the recordings he engineered on, including 'Off The Wall', 'Bad', and 'Dangerous'. I've been a fan of liner notes all my life and this doc, along with Bruce's book, is like the ultimate ode to how they used to make music.

[@SFF86]

+Carl Ray Johnson Jr What's the documentary called?

[@djceejaay]

The Many Lives of Quincy Jones. Produced by the BBC.

[@juaninxs90gmail]

+djceejaay Where can i get this doc? i tried KAT but no seeds :(

[@djceejaay]

I found it on You Tube. Search 'Quincy Jones - 'The Many Lives of Q. BBC.'

[@juaninxs90gmail]

Thanks!

[@littlecarrey9887]

I love it....Only Eddie Van Halen could make a speaker catch on fire from an overload of awesomeness...

[@DJTomOke]

Id love to see Rod Temperton's royalty cheques!!! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@onetimeracas5972]

That's so badass , the more groove you got the less sonic quality. I bet CDs rid of that vinyl situation.

[@NickSBailey]

but introduce other issues, the smooth bass of VInyl is never quite captured on CD, saying that I'd like to hear the longer version of the Thriller album if it exists

[@idklol4197]

the speaker catching fire is too unbelievably good

[@bbbbbbbbbb0]

Have to give it to Rod Temperton coz he made some great hits for Michael! Not just on Thriller, but on Off The Wall too *thumbs up*

[@jcrisp90]

rock with you & baby be mine are my favorite MJ songs - both written by Rod Temperton!

[@beautifulibra]

The Lady in my Life did it for me-all were great-but Thats my fav song

[@Tmidiman]

Rod Temperton not only wrote songs for MJ, like Thriller, he wrote Boogie night and other hits for Heatwave. He is a freaking awesome songwriter. MJ had a great talent for picking great songs as well.

[@scotty3034]

Funny enough.....many engineers will take a mix out to their car and that's usually where they can really hear what's going on in a mix because they know their car sound system.

[@Boleskinebeatz]

yep.. every time for me!

[@gabrielM1111]

I kove how quincy always sounds like he just had nice glass of wine with a couple muscle relaxers when he talks

[@CraigMansfield]

Looking at Tod Temperton, I wouldn't believe he was one of the best arrangers on the earth. Goes to show you can't judge a book by its cover.

[@sherill3369]

Rod Temperton wrote some of Michael's best hit songs including Thriller, and I believe Rock With You, etc.

[@beautifulibra]

He wrote my fav song The Lady in my Life. Michael’s vocals on that whole track is insane

[@fratertenc7589]

Love to see anything about the technical aspects of making popular music. Too little of this info around !

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Was. Like for film making, there is more and more first rate information coming out. No affiliation, just a recommendation: check the channel: 'produce like a pro' by Warren Huart.

[@PackCorey]

Thriller was a more than GREAT album but there are few early 80's tunes that were recorded by other artists that I had wish Michael had been the originator and writer of and had placed them on his Thriller album and IMO, it would've made Thriller an even BIGGER album: 1.) Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) 2.) In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins) 3.) All Night Long (Lionel Richie) 4.) Maniac (Michael Sembello) 5.) Jack & Diane (John Mellencamp) Imagine these classic on the same album with Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, and Human Nature, Thriller would've been TOO Big!

[@SilasKingMusic]

I think u would be a great record producer u have a great ear for music

[@rogerwilco2]

I had never heard of Jack & Diane. I don't find it particularly great now that I have listened to it. I like In The Air Tonight I might count it as a great song, Maniac works really well in the movie, All Night Long and Everybody Wants To Rule The World are good songs, but not great in my view. I don't think they would have fit onto the Thriller album.

[@nickprado7952]

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[@nickprado7952]

you are right. I am sorry

[@Pirate7X]

The only one I could hear Michael doing is "Maniac" by Sembello also because I believe Sembello played with MJ, he did play with Stevie Wonder. All those others are signature songs of the artists and represented something personal to them. Hey it can't be ALL Michael for the 80's, ha.

[@dekubaner]

isnt it awesome to work on something you feel passionate about and on top of that, and quite important, you get extremely well remunerated?

[@Skooma4u]

MJ, Atari and breakdance brings me back

[@samsamba08]

Rod Temperton is one of THE best pop songwriters in history. He wrote like ALL the best MJ, George Benson and Quincy songs: Thriller, Off The Wall, Baby Be Mine, Love x Love, Give Me The Night, Razzmatazz etc etc...

[@telj1]

I didn't really appreciate that guitar solo in beat it by Eddie V because I was a kid. This guy KILLED it...damn!!!

[@JSmusiqalthinka]

I always figured Eddie Van Halen's solos would set speakers ablaze. xD lmfao

[@bijujacob7060]

Fascinating behind the scene look at the creative process that made Thriller.

[@soumenb22]

He said, something is missing rock, and jackson came up with Beat It. He is such a musical genius, and was beyond any genre. I think when I see millions and billions of hits of today's shit music, had thriller, Bad, dangerous albums been released we would have got trillion hits. Imagine people have heard these songs throught the decades still, have billion hits

[@patrickcannady7716]

I wish i could have experienced it 1st hand in the studio with them...that would blow everything ive ever done out of this world.

[@ddchil41]

Michael was NOT gay...whoever said that is very misinformed. I knew MJ...very well....just be grateful that this particular video is here....

[@kashifahmed3326]

really

[@blueberrycobbler]

Dianne Chilgren well, if you say so then it must be true🙄

[@metalmario1267]

Dianne Chilgren no you didn’t liar

[@jazzedelic8482]

Are you dirty dianna?

[@nodayoff1000]

Thanks for bring light to that . And interviews Michael explain while he was a kid voice and why he never showed him dating women

[@strawberriemusic]

Quincy Jones A Music Producer That I Still Listen To Till TODAY!!!

[@Rumour49]

Why did you stop?

[@01103]

***** lol

[@MrJacksonvill]

although Michael wrote 4 songs..they were the most important songs in his Life.."Billie Jean" was Incredible..I remember the first time I heard the songs from "Thriller" on WBLS in New York..Blew me away..the way it sounded sonically at the time,became so pervasive.

[@itskmarvelmann]

I feel like Micheal Jackson when I'm recording at home and can't get my vocals to sound rich and toned. I felt his pain before.

[@davejamieson426]

so have you made the next thriller yet?

[@MindBat]

Didn't know Eddie Van Halen lit a studio speaker on fire with his guitar playing. They should've put that bit of trivia on all the album and cd covers. Thriller would've sold even more.

[@amanteapasionado6836]

Sonically, that album was phenomenal. Especially Billy Jean, that shit sounds amazing on a good stereo system, even a shitty stereo it sounds good.

[@Ds7nike]

I have a feeling beauty behind the madness was based on this

[@LOSTGAM3R]

+Dylan Samar that album doesn't even compare imo

[@wbdrugstrat]

i love the unexpected twist to the story, where after it was done, it was not as good as it they thought due to the lomits of the technology. fascinating stuff.

[@eugenesong8357]

Gives me the chills, a classic

[@jameseugene3882]

Analog THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE - we can't go back - i wish we could go back - when digital took over, it killed music as we know it - and the sad thing is that the new generation of kid will never know what it took to record on an all analog audio chain

[@peanut2398]

+James Eugene Maybe a new artist can change it. More than ever people want a change. Digital music killed mainstream music. No one has real instruments anymore.

[@swan4163]

It's the Loudness War that's ruined recorded music. Squashed, compressed, terrible sound. No dynamics. Record labels want loud songs that are essentially the same level so it "sounds loud" at any volume. Punk music should be the only style that has that production value, due to its esthetic. Thriller grooves so hard because of dynamics.

[@peanut2398]

Eliot Swank So if someone brought dynamicas back into popular music would they be the biggest star in the world?

[@swan4163]

+Kat Love In this day and age, no. It'd have to come from the record companies and their marketing teams. Recordings (Pop/Rock/top 40) with wide dynamic range wouldn't be released. It's all about the hype machine, not the music anymore. It's sad.

[@peanut2398]

Eliot Swank I think it can happen. Change needs to happen. Maybe from an independent label an artist can do that.

[@SeVinKru3ger]

You know a song is Banging when the speakers catch on Fire... lol!!

[@videos4mydad]

It would have been awesome if we could have heard some of the working tapes or see how the songs evolved through various takes - unfortunately what we got is the version that you hear on the CD so nothing new.

[@ohh338]

videos4mydad I think they had a few demos on the Off The Wall special edition.. it's really cool to hear the beginnings of a song and then hear the end product and be like wow

[@alondrafigueroa6466]

+videos4mydad your dumb no songs is perfect from the start

[@Jdizzle6969]

+alondra figueroa "your dumb" :) Oh the irony.

[@Jdizzle6969]

*You're.... "You're" also too stupid to understand 3rd grade grammar, let me help you out. :) www.wikihow.com/Use-You're-and-Your

[@onetimeracas5972]

lol

[@antiHUMANDesigns]

Oh, hey, it's that guy. Bruce Swedien, I was at some lecture he had about 10 years ago, in sweden.

[@bjcsupertortoise]

I want to hear more about how they changed the recordings after they got the first test vinyl back!

[@19091975]

Michael Jackson Is and Was The Greatest Of All Time He is The Best There Is, the Best There Was, the Best There Ever Will Be

[@Frst2nxt]

MarcelM40 Not really

[@RudyPalos]

Except, Prince.

[@guidedbygracehealthcoaching]

Agreed!

[@lourod4751]

I concurr.

[@marcoagius6926]

On billie Jean the drummer was ndugu chancler and on beat it it was jeff porcaro 😉

[@ordinaryrapper08]

when they said that the speakers caught fire during the solo of the guitar my eyes teared up...the song was straight FIRE!!!

[@nicostadi]

Haha I love how chill Lukather is... Seems like a really dope guy to hang out with.

[@WarriorDecision]

I agree with Tupac when he said "We don't have time or the luxury to spend all this time doing one song. We need to find a way to double up on it". I would get upset if i had to redo a song over, and over, and over just so it can become a hit lol. Many songs on thriller was probably good on the first or second take.

[@moonmann11]

WarriorDescision if you want the world's best selling album of all time, you can't settle for "probably". Also, completely different genres and instrumentation between Tupac and MJ. Both legends of course.

[@nothingtoseehere449]

Tupac knew he was on borrowed time hence the sense of urgency

[@jacquelwatson506]

Best 10 minutes of my life

[@titusthetadig3145]

7:10 here the genre of 'lit music" was born

[@savanaviolenta]

How? Have a great talent and access to the best studios and mixing and mastering engineers and producers, lots of skills and an ear for music and this is how you make a sonic sound masterpiece.

[@ButeSound]

Billie Jean went through 96 mixes, then they chose mix 3. That's the hard grind of music making in a nutshell.

[@diegopacheco1369]

what is the name of this documentary?

[@beefsoda1]

i thought they would get more into the tech skills they used but they only say that they did it

[@user-io7dy7cg1z]

How and Why did it all End-up so ugly! For Michael and Quincy Jones. Michael Jackson, Prince, and Whitney Houston and Tupac should still be alive and Healthy. The music industry will never be the same with the Destruction of these Legends.

[@STRAIGHTP]

i love this classic behind the scenes stuff. speakers on fire when EVH was playing? crazy

[@offthewall3988]

Off the wall and Thriller is the best albums ever recorded in the history of American music

[@XB223]

Thriller.. ALL TIME GREATEST production!!! I believe it 7:12. I had a session with Andy Taylor back in the day :) An NS10 exploded (softly) and it was warm...Never happened before or after. We were trying out the new Yamaha 02RMiss you Brother Michael, forever baby boy!

[@Valllick]

link for the rest of the documentary or the title of it imdb

[@EarthSong11]

i love him endlessly

[@sanniissa2529]

2020 They still cant beat it

[@aprilinparisxoxo]

I love this album my fave song from the album is Human Nature and Billie Jean

[@coolflex1]

I love these stories!!!

[@nosoundafter]

What is this documentary? I could really use it to reference my University work. Thanks!

[@MrEXtraRaw]

"i still dont know how thriller became the greatest selling album of all time" -ShiloStorm RoundSquareX gave some good reasons but, in a nutshell, how "Thriller" became the greatest selling album of all time is: More people purchased it than any other album in the history of recorded music.

[@rubyluger.]

STILL THE GREATEST RECORD TO THIS DAY! ..... Dawn FM by The Weeknd did a good job too

[@TonyGiordanoRealtor]

Wow what a great documentary!

[@solootto]

RIP Bruce Swedien 💿🙏🏿

[@whiskyngeets]

I miss when America had culture.

[@vinarkmp]

This is tough, because as amazing as thriller is, I still think bad sonically is the superior album.

[@johnreji3929]

Quincy Jones is the Music Composer for the Smash hit western Mackena's Gold.Wow what a background music from Quincy Jones.Highly talented Artist.

[@MrHarryc727]

This album changed my life.The videi the energy was fascinating.

[@blade9852]

the speakers literally caught on fire

[@KennardsPainting]

LEGEND in 1 room bring out the best there is thanks guy and MJ we are lucky to have you

[@packleader1215]

When they talk about the speakers catching fire, That reminded me of The History Concert with the BIG black speaker wall displayed behind MJ then BOOM! They fell onto MJ to start Earth Song.

[@ronnorcogers4415]

I legit thought this was gonna be about the game Sonic

[@Sasketchejuana_man]

i already had a suspicion because of the QUincy Jones rumors, but theres something sinister about the monitors catching on fire during the recording of beat it. that's a legendary story.

[@allinthemind2006]

Rod Temperton is a genius

[@applefan2151]

More thought went into the production of this album then would go into the entire careers of the Beatles, U2, The Eagles and Rolling Stones.

[@naveed1986]

you serious? just youtube Edge's guitar rig in the studio and the crazy recording techniques he does to nail his delay sound. id say same for the eagles. they spend a lot of time on their guitar sound. and parts.

[@applefan2151]

+Naveed Masood To make an album that will sell more than 65 million copies worldwide requires that kind of mindset of beating out everyone else.

[@actualwakandangirl7121]

Speakers literally caught on fire, wow

[@1975MAICO1975]

JACKSON CHANGED THE WAY I CONCEIVED MUSIC AS A COMPOSER ... WE'LL MISS YOU SMELLY ...

[@luciennedebondt5310]

which 4 songs where replaced?

[@BdotSteel_onthebeat]

The world will never know

[@newjersey2702]

Human Nature replaced carousel which was the final add and drop for the album

[@QuantumOfSolace1]

Jerry Hey on brass arrangements. Tom Tom 84. Rod Temperton. Even the legendary group TOTO can be credited with one of Jacksons hits. Mike and Quincy had some Heavy Heavy hitters on a lot of Mike's tracks.

[@0x12d3]

RoundSquareX, Thank you very kindly for sharing this. It's a great entertaining, inspirational, educational treat.

[@Hotbirdmusic]

It refers to sound quality and how all the musical tones/frequencies are balanced.

[@xcobyxzei]

I wish i had a boyfriend like michael! Lol

[@oama2009]

If you did, he wouldn’t be Michael. You’ll turn into something else.

[@alawishes1733]

Please do your research on times and dates. Thriller Was RELEASED November 1982. All this information is available via Google. And For those of Us old enough to remember...and are Major Michael Fans...The Buzz was absolutely Bonkers. It was A Christmas Album. The Album Sales were insane in Short order. PLEASE redo this video. Posterity calls for history to be recorded accurately.

[@Hot80s]

Allen Sides (Ocean Way) should get a honorable mention for his work on the album.