The Complete Thriller Sessions (Upgrade 2.0)

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
  6:03
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Baby Be Mine
  4:21
  3.8 ★
• 3
  The Girl Is Mine

  Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
  3:43
  3.7 ★
• 4
  Thriller
  5:58
  4.5 ★
• 5
  Beat It
  4:19
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Billie Jean
  4:54
  4.2 ★
• 7
  Human Nature
  4:07
  3.7 ★
• 8
  P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
  3:59
  3.9 ★
• 9
  The Lady in My Life
  4:59
  3.3 ★
• 10
  Billie Jean (12'' mix)
  6:23
  4.2 ★
• 11
  Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (12'' mix)
  6:30
  4.5 ★
• 12
  The Girl Is Mine (alternate mix)

  Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney
  3:32
• 13
  Human Nature (alternate mix)
  3:46
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Beat It (alternate mix)
  4:40
• 15
  The Lady in My Life (alternate unedited mix)
  6:08
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Got the Hots
  4:27
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Can't Get Outta the Rain
  4:06
• 3
  Nite Line
  4:48
• 4
  Hot Street
  3:56
• 5
  Carousel
  4:09
• 6
  Trouble (early demo)
  3:46
• 7
  Slapstick (incomplete)
  2:42
• 8
  Starlight
  5:08
• 9
  Thriller (sessions with Vincent Price)
  2:41
• 10
  Baby Be Mine (studio demo)
  4:15
• 11
  The Girl Is Mine (studio demo)
  3:14
• 12
  Billie Jean (home demo)
  2:20
• 13
  Billie Jean (studio demo)
  5:51
• 14
  Startin' Somethin' (early demo)
  5:28
• 15
  Trouble (later demo)
  3:53
• 16
  Billie Jean (alternate studio demo)
  6:17
• 17
  Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (later demo)
  6:18

More by Michael Jackson

Thriller

Thriller 1982

Off the Wall

Off the Wall 1979

Bad

Bad 1987

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 1995

Dangerous

Dangerous 1991

Dangerous: Man in Black

Dangerous: Man in Black 2018

Release credits

• Anthony Marinelli
  synthesizer [2, 4]
• Becky Lopez
  background vocals [1, 8]
• Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  trombone [1-2, 4]
• Bill Wolfer
  keyboard [5], synthesizer [1, 6]
• Brian Banks
  synthesizer [2, 4]
• Bruce Cannon
  sound effects [4]
• Bruce Swedien
  mix [1-9], recording [1-9], sound effects [4]
• Bunny Hull
  background vocals [1, 8]
• Chris Shepard
  vibraslap [5]
• David Foster
  synthesizer [3]
• David Paich
  arranger [7], percussion [3], piano [3], synthesizer [2, 7, 9]
• David Williams
  guitar [1-2, 4, 6]
• Dean Parks
  guitar [3]
• Donn Landee
  recording [5]
• Edward Van Halen
  electric guitar [5], solo [5]
• Gary Grant
  flugelhorn [1-2, 4], trumpet [1-2, 4]
• Gerald Vinci
  violin [3]
• Greg Phillinganes
  Rhodes piano [1, 3, 5-6, 9], handclaps [8], keyboard [2], synthesizer [1-2, 4-6, 8]
• Greg Smith
  synthesizer [5]
• Howard Hewett
  additional [8], background vocals [8]
• James Ingram
  additional [8], arranger [8], background vocals [1, 8], handclaps [8], keyboard [8]
• Janet Jackson
  background vocals [8]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [3, 5, 7, 9]
• Jeremy Lubbock
  conductor [6]
• Jerry Hey
  conductor [3], flugelhorn [1-2, 4], horn [1-2, 4], strings [3, 6], trumpet [1-2, 4], wind instruments [1-2, 4]
• Julia Waters
  background vocals [1]
• LaToya Jackson
  background vocals [8]
• Larry Williams
  flute [1-2, 4], saxophone [1-2, 4]
• Leon Ndugu Chancler
  drums (drum set) [2, 6, 8]
• Louis Johnson
  bass guitar [6, 9], electric bass guitar [1, 3, 8]
• Maxine Waters
  background vocals [1]
• Michael Boddicker
  synthesizer [1-2], vocoder [8]
• Michael Jackson
  arranger [3], background vocals [1, 4-5], co [1, 5-6], drum machine [1, 4], foot stomps [1], handclaps [8], horn [1], lead vocals [1-9, 13], percussion [1, 5, 5-6], producer [3], synthesizer [6], wind instruments [1]
• Nelson Hayes
  foot stomps [1]
• Oren Waters
  background vocals [1]
• Paul Jackson, Jr.
  guitar [5, 8-9]
• Paul McCartney
  guest [3], lead vocals [3]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [1, 7]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [3, 8], percussion [1, 5], producer [2.1, 1.1-9]
• Rod Temperton
  arranger [5, 9], percussion [4], synthesizer [2, 4]
• Steve Lukather
  arranger [7], electric bass guitar [5], electric guitar [5], guitar [3, 7]
• Steve Porcaro
  arranger [7], synthesizer [2-3, 5, 7, 9]
• Steven Ray
  foot stomps [1], handclaps [8]
• Tom Bahler
  synclavier [5]
• Vincent Price
  spoken vocals [4]
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Issues

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  The Complete Thriller Sessions (Upgrade 2.0)

  2x Digital Media
  2010