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No. 12Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1982
Thriller album coverNo. 12

Thriller

Michael Jackson

Thriller by Michael Jackson is No. 12 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1982, has 9 tracks and runs 42 minutes. It sits between I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (No. 13) and Revolver (No. 11).

1982 · 9 tracks · No. 12 of 500

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Track list

  1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
  2. Baby Be Mine
  3. The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney)
  4. Thriller
  5. Beat It
  6. Billie Jean
  7. Human Nature
  8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
  9. The Lady in My Life

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