Rolling Stone has found itself on the bad side of fans of ‘Bad‘ icon Michael Jackson yet again.
Barely four months after crowning the King of Pop’s last album – 2001’s ‘Invincible‘ – one of the “most disappointing albums of all time,” they’ve now taken aim at his magnum opus ‘Thriller.’
See how inside.
Recently taking to press with the article ‘50 Terrible Songs from Great Albums,’ the staff listed what they deemed the worst contributions to some of music history’s most memorable bodies of work including projects from The Beatles, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Queen of Pop Madonna, and more.
Because ‘Thriller’ is regarded as one of the greatest LPs ever produced for its front-to-back listenability, RS drew shock for listing its fan-favorite ballad ‘Lady in My Life‘ at #20 on their ranking.
“If Michael Jackson had just capped off ‘Thriller’ with track eight instead of track nine, he would have created one of the most flawless works in music history. But for reasons that are hard to fathom, he tacked ‘The Lady in My Life’ onto the end,” they wrote. “He did deliver a strong vocal, but it’s in service of a song that has no business on the same album as ‘Billie Jean,’ ‘Beat It,’ ‘Human Nature,’ ‘Thriller,’ and ‘Wanna Be Startin’ Something.'”
Igniting fury among Jackson’s fans, thousands of them took to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Monday (February 24) to not only slam the publication but also argue which track from the iconic LP (if any) was better suited for the title of ‘most terrible song.’
Many pointed to the Paul McCartney-assisted ‘Girl Is Mine‘ as the real answer.
However, tell us…
Lady in my life is one ofmy favourite songs of this Album
Rolling Stone is on that crack rock, how dare they even print that mess!!!
These rankings, wheather high or low, are arbitrary and only serve as a means to an end for that publication. The fans spoke when they purchased over 100 million copies of the album.
They have fully lost their minds. Whoever can’t feel that song is soulless. The music alone is beautiful. On top of that, MJ sang his heart out with such conviction on lines like, “lay back in my tenderness…” and those “all over” lines repeatedly crooned at the end…let’s just say they don’t make romantic songs like that anymore.
Rolling Stone is mixing Crack with Meth. That song is the perfect ending to a magnificent album. And I’m sure 35-40 million people who bought the album would disagree with them.
I’m Gen Z…
Thriller for one isn’t a GREAT album, and 2ndly Lady in My life is arguably the best song. Overrated Album… 7.8 out of 10.
Fat dummy. Go clean your creases.
The song is a pure masterpiece, filled with Michael’s love. I don’t know how they could even express such nonsense. You should listen with your heart, not with your ears, before talking bs. We were lucky enough to have him on this planet, leaving us with such heaven-like masterpieces. Have some respect.