(EN) Eric Henderson, Review: Michael Jackson, Thriller, su Slant Magazine, 18 ottobre 2003. URL consultato il 18 maggio 2023.
«Take Donna Summer's self-titled 1982 album, which is composed of almost the very same ingredients as Thriller. Both are built on a foundation of smooth, L.A. dance-R&B, an uncharacteristic dalliance with the rock idiom ("Protection" for Summer, "Beat It" for Jackson), and a side-one-closing expansive (no, make that cinematic) blockbuster. And of course, both albums are filled with what can be best described as flawless, melodic pop.»