I remember vividly when The Thriller album came out, I was 17 and my friend had the tape in his car, it took a while to really take off but then it took off like nothing before, since or after.The video for Thriller was an actual event, It was the big event at the nightclub I went to, everyone was glued to the big screen, it was un B liev able, The Thriller album is awesome but it's timing coinciding with Video and MTV took it through the stratosphere, no one has come close.