The rationale? PhoenixВ вЂњliked the idea of working with a consecrated artifact, as well as having something strange upon which to fixate between albums.вЂќВ The band also reveal that the working title for the album was, fittingly, Alternate Thriller.Д«ankrupt!В is out in April. вЂњДЄs it happens, the band managed to haggle Rose down from $32,000 to $17,000. There was something a little spooky about him. вЂњThe most mysterious part to me was that no one elseвЂ“ no nerd or music engineer or memorabilia freakвЂ“ seemed to want it.

According to singer Thomas Mars, the process seemed too good to be true: Thriller, which had remained the best-selling album ever internationally (with.

Guitarist Laurent Brancowitz snouted out owner Clayton Rose on the auction site and, after some deliberation, decided to buy it. The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson Randall Sullivan. Jackson wanted to create an album where 'every song was a killer'. It was produced by Quincy Jones, who had previously worked with Jackson on his 1979 album Off the Wall. According to The New Yorker, the band managed to find the console on, of all places, eBay. Michael Jacksons Thriller album from 1982 sold more copies than any other. Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records. Given the pace of Michael Jacksons post-Thriller release schedule, its striking that Off the Wall appeared between two albums with his brothers. In order to understand why Phoenix named their new album Bankrupt!, it might be worth considering an unlikely vanity purchase вЂ“ the recording console used on Michael JacksonвЂ™s Thriller.ДЄs Pitchfork report, the French band mixed their latest album on the Harrison 4032 solid-state recording console, originally used on JacksonвЂ™s 1982 record-busting LP.

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