Thriller (Michael Jackson album) 200 Albums of All Time". In a contemporaneous review for "Rolling Stone", Christopher Connelly called "Thriller" "a zesty LP" with a "harrowing, dark message". He compared the songs on the album with the life challenges that the 24-year-old Jackson had faced since "Off the Wall", while observing that he "dropped the boyish falsetto" and was facing his "challenges head-on" with "a feisty determination" and "a full, adult voice". John Rockwell wrote in "The New York Times" that perhaps Jackson was a "sometimes too practiced ... performer", that at times Quincy Jones may "depersonalize his individuality" with his "slightly anonymous production",
Michael Jackson albums discography of six with the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons), who were prominent performers during the 1970s. Jackson's early solo career that same decade included albums such as "Got to Be There" and "Ben". His two follow-ups, "Music & Me" and "Forever, Michael", failed to sell well. In 1979, Jackson released "Off the Wall", which became his first best-selling album. Three years later, Jackson issued his best-selling album to date, "Thriller", which topped several international charts and became the best-selling album of all time. Jackson's follow-ups, "Bad", "Dangerous", and "", also became international successes. Jackson's tenth and final studio