Michael Jackson - Thriller (Top 500 Countdown Update)

This album is full of good songs, countless songs that went on to be top 10 singles, but there is something missing on this album. I don't feel that any of the songs stand up to the best songs on Off the Wall and that shouldn't be. This album definitely builds on the sound that was discovered on Off the Wall and Jackson is a much stronger singer, but the types of songs they went after I don't think work as well for Jackson. The songs as a batch are much stronger, but I think "Human Nature" is the only one that really taps into Jackson's strength as a singer. Jackson wanted to be a strong funk/rock singer, three of the four songs he wrote, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin," "Beat It," and "Billie Jean" are hard funk/rock songs but that mix just doesn't work for me.