Thriller

>I know it was great and important for popular culture
lmao what a retarded take

>this album is nothing but typical generic 80s dance-pop and ballad stuff.
The title track is literally a latin jazz big band cut cowritten with a legendary big band leader, you fucking tone deaf imbecile
Beat It is a hybrid of dance, r&b and rock with Eddie Van Halen sitting in on guitar
Thriller is very experimental and incredibly well crafted, nothing typical or generic about it

I wouldn’t say this is the best album ever BUT I dont think any other album has so fully captured a whole artists charisma and ability as a singer. It’s not designed to be something very deep like those albums it’s meant to appeal to a wide arrange of people as possible.It’s why it’s the biggest album of all time. It’s commercial product but when it sounds this good who cares.

I said it only to prevent bunch of poptimists who love MTV from bitching to me. I do think it has stalled creativity in the music industry and is one of the biggest reasons people started judging music by eyes rather than ears.

Holy shit you're exact the one who judges music by eyes. Without the context it's nothing but a party music. Fuck the context, what about listening to the music itself?

I feel like most 80s michael jackson was mixed like bullshit and only the good ones got remasters and updates
his sonic 3 scores didnt have to meet any standard of pop music the same way, that chiptune is a more directly translated example of his mind's melodic tendencies

For example music of Revolver, Sgt. Peppers, Pet Sounds, etc., are can be understood for their originality and interest without any music video or context. All those who claim that Thriller is Great seem to be more concerned with context than with the music itself.

>His next album, Bad, has a worse and harder synth sound

Bad is superior to Thriller, and this is coming from an Off the Wall and Dangerous gigachad.

>his sonic 3 scores didnt have to meet any standard of pop music the same way

They did, but more towards his New Jack Swing tracks, especially the more "experimental" or less pop friendly cuts he co-produced with Teddy Riley and Bill Bottrell.

youtube.com/watch?v=PfrV_6yWbEg

This is a great example of what I'm talking about. It's still new jack swing, but it's nowhere near as poppy and dance friendly as Black or White, Jam, and In the Closet.

Yes, that's what I said. One of the few things I don't like about it is the synth sound, it's too hard.

when i say "his sonic 3 scores didnt have to meet any standard of pop music the same way" i'm referring to production/mixing

there's this awful clipping flanger in that track every beat excluding the bridge
otherwise this song would be so listenable wtf

sgt peppers is the shittiest of the "good" beatles albums