Thriller (Cold Blood album)

Thriller!
Studio album by Cold Blood
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco) Funky Features (San Francisco)
Genre	Funk
Length	41:24
Label	Reprise Records
Producer	David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.; Associate Producer: Raul Matute
Cold Blood chronology
First Taste of Sin (1972) Thriller! (1973) Lydia (1974)

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. ^[3]

The album caused controversy because of its violent cover art. ^[4] The cover was cited in 1978 in a congressional committee on domestic violence. ^[5] The inside of the album cover, in the fold out, is the same model stabbing a man in the back. ^[6]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Baby I Love You"	Jerry Ragovoy	6:10
2.	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life"	Stevie Wonder	7:40
3.	"Feel So Bad"	James Johnson, Leslie Temple (originally credited Chuck Willis as songwriter in error on the sleeve)	7:22

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Sleeping"	Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson	5:16
5.	"Live Your Dream"	Max Haskett	3:21
6.	"I'll Be Long Gone"	Boz Scaggs	5:40
7.	"Kissing My Love"	Bill Withers	6:07
Total length:			41:24 [7]

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

References

1. 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, "
2. "Cold Blood: Thriller".
3. Planer, Lindsay (1973). "Cold Blood – Thriller!". Allmusic .
4. "Records". Calgary Herald . August 3, 1973. p. 5.
5. 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 ..."
6. 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 ..."
7. "Cold Blood – Thriller!". Discogs . 1973.