Colleen: The first album I heard as an album, as opposed to just singles played on the local radio station of my small hometown. I was 6 in 1982 when the album came out, and at first my brother and I recorded »Billie Jean«, »Beat It« and »Thriller« from the radio on one of the cassettes we would make on the family portable radio-cassette player: we had this on repeat in the car on long trips to see my parents’ respective families and I would try to sing along, obviously without knowing any English. The next summer, we visited an older cousin who had the album on vinyl and I distinctly remember being in his bedroom, marvelling at his 7″ and LP collection, and copying the lyrics of the album.
Michael Jackson – Thriller
