Thriller! is a 1973 album by San Francisco funk group Cold Blood. Lydia Pense and the rest of Cold Blood were backed by The Pointer Sisters.
The album caused controversy because of its violent cover art. The cover was cited in 1978 in a congressional committee on domestic violence. The inside of the album cover, in the fold out, is the same model stabbing a man in the back.
Track listing
Personnel
Cold Blood
- Lydia Pense - vocals
- Michael Sasaki - electric and acoustic guitars
- Raul Matute - keyboards
- Max Haskett - trumpet, backing vocals
- Skip Mesquite - flute, saxophone, backing vocals
- Peter Weller - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Rod Ellicott - bass
- Gaylord Birch - drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Mel Martin - baritone and tenor saxophone, flute
- Bill Atwood - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Bob Ferreira - tenor saxophone, flute
- Pat O'Hara - trombone
- John Mewborn - valve trombone, trumpet
- Bennie Maupin - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
- Mike Andress - tenor saxophone
- Rigby Powell - trumpet
- Holly Tigard, Pointer Sisters - backing vocals
Technical
- Fred Catero, Jeremy Zatkin - engineer
- David Rubinson - remix engineer
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