Thriller (Cold Blood album)

Thriller!
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

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

^ 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, "
^ "Cold Blood: Thriller".
^ Planer, Lindsay (1973). "Cold Blood – Thriller!". Allmusic.
^ "Records". Calgary Herald. August 3, 1973. p. 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 ..."
^ 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 ..."
^ "Cold Blood – Thriller!". Discogs. 1973.

[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.

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