Off The Wall was a massive success, spawning four Top Ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared
Michael Jackson for
Thriller. Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of
Thriller, since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable -- an album that sold 40 million copies in its initial chart run, with
seven of its nine tracks reaching the Top Ten (for the record, the terrific "Baby Be Mine" and the pretty good ballad "The Lady in My Life" are not like the others).
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