Time favorably summed up three singles from the Thriller album .
`` A year after the album 's release , Time summed up the three main singles from the album , saying , `` '' The pulse of America and much of the rest of the world moves irregularly , beating in time to the tough strut of 'Billie Jean ' , the asphalt aria of 'Beat It ' , the supremely cool chills of 'Thriller ' . ''
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