Thriller (Michael Jackson album) and John Landis. Funded by MTV, the film sold over 350,000 copies in its first few months. In a market then driven by singles, "Thriller" raised the significance of albums, yet its multiple hit singles changed perceived notions as to the number of successful singles that could be taken from an individual album. The era saw the arrival of novelties like the Michael Jackson doll, that appeared in stores in May 1984 at a price of $12 (US$ in dollars). "Thriller" retains a position in American culture; biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli explains, "At some point, "Thriller" stopped selling like a
Peter Gabriel (1982 album) the fifth season of "The Americans" in the episode "Crossbreed." It is the third appearance of a Gabriel tune in the series, the first being "Games Without Frontiers" in the season one finale "The Colonel" and the second being "Here Comes The Flood" in the third episode of season three, "The Walk In." Album Singles "Deutsches Album" (1982) is Gabriel's German-language adaptation of his fourth album. It was released simultaneously with the international edition in Germany. Gabriel's previous German-language album, "Ein deutsches Album" (1980), is mostly an overdub of its corresponding English-language version, "Peter Gabriel" (1980). In contrast, "Deutsches Album"