| A1 | Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | 6:02 | X | |
| Written-By - Michael Jackson | ||||
| A2 | Baby Be Mine | 4:20 | X | |
| Written-By - Rod Temperton | ||||
| A3 | The Girl Is Mine | 3:42 | X | |
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Vocals [With] -
Paul McCartney
Written-By - Michael Jackson | ||||
| A4 | Thriller | 5:57 | X | |
| Written-By - Rod Temperton | ||||
| B1 | Beat It | 4:17 | X | |
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Guitar, Soloist [Featuring] -
Eddie Van Halen
Recorded By [Guitar Solo] - Don Landee* Written-By - Michael Jackson | ||||
| B2 | Billie Jean | 4:57 | X | |
| Written-By - Michael Jackson | ||||
| B3 | Human Nature | 4:05 | X | |
| Written-By - John Bettis , Steve Porcaro | ||||
| B4 | P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) | 3:58 | X | |
| Written-By - James Ingram , Quincy Jones | ||||
| B5 | The Lady In My Life | 4:57 | X | |
| Written-By - Rod Temperton | ||||
The album begins fantastically with "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", which is such an awesome track, same goes to "Baby Be Mine".
Unfortinatley, there is the utterly terrible (No Offence) "The Girl is Mine", which is just cheesy to the core. While Paul McCartney (one of my favourite musicians) and Michael Jackson (Another favourite musician) together looks good on paper, but when you hear them together (Shudder!). The spoken bit at the end is just horrible :(
Luckily, that piece of rubbish is turned 360%, and the album's title track comes in, and it is just one of the greatest pop tracks of all time, not to mention it's amazing music video, where MJ turns into a wolf. Billie Jean and Beat It have to be the quintessential straight up pop songs, and they still get played to this day (remember the Moonwalk!).
The last three tracks are decent, and PYT also has a cameo from a young Janet Jackson too, and the album ends on a strong note.
With the exception of "The Girl Is Mine", i'd give this album and A!