Thriller (Cold Blood album)
| Thriller | ||||
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| Studio album by Cold Blood | ||||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973; Wally Heider Studios, Funky Features, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. | |||
| Cold Blood chronology | ||||
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Thriller is a 1973 album by San Francisco funk group Cold Blood.[1][2] Lydia Pense and the rest of Cold Blood were backed by The Pointer Sisters.
The album caused controversy because of its violent cover art.[3] The cover was cited in 1978 in a congressional committee on domestic violence.[4] The inside of the album cover, in the fold out, is the same model stabbing a man in the back.[5]
Track listing
- "Baby I Love You" (Jerry Ragovoy)
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
- "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple)
- "Sleeping" (Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson)
- "Live Your Dream" (Max Haskett)
- "I'll Be Long Gone" (Boz Scaggs)
- "Kissing My Love" (Bill Withers)
References
- ↑ Billboard - 1973 5 5 p62 "Pop album picks— titles deemed headed for a post among the first 100 places on the Top LP chart. .. COLD BLOOD, "
- ↑ http://theband.hiof.no/albums/thriller_cold_blood.html
- ↑ Suzanne Lacy Leaving Art: Writings on Performance, Politics, and Publics, 2010 p76 "Record Companies Drag Their Feet, record album covers revealed the iconography of violence as entertainment: Thriller, In Cold Blood, Warner Bros. record album cover"
- ↑ Emilio Viano Spouse abuse 1978-p514 "Cover for Cold Blood's album “Thriller.” nd. Romance novel parody. Amaulted, robbed, molested, unconscious woman is labeled a "thriller." She has fallen in a seductive position, with her skirt lifted. Her make-up is “a little too dark,” implying ..."
- ↑ Research Into Violent Behavior: Overview and Sexual Assaults ... United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Scientific Planning, Analysis, and Cooperation - 1978 "Yet it's selling an album. This one — there's a whole ... The inside of the album cover, after you buy it, is a woman stabbing a man in the back. Again, it's the same model, ... This one is called "Cold Blood" by Thriller. The woman has obviously ..."
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