Bad

Vile.

Great album

He may enjoy fingering little boys bumholes, but if you can separate the art from the the artist, this is an all time classic

Vile

It’s hard not to give this Album a 5.

I don't get it

Classic

Art not the artist ... It's as good as a pop album gets with any number of absolutely fantastic songs.

Pretty much peak 80’s.

Great just can’t completely get behind 80s vibes

Nope.

Not as good as I remember it. Bad, Man in the Mirror, Smooth criminal are all still fantastic. The other stuff hasn't aged well, along with his legacy.

The four hits are good. Other songs are dated junk. Same as his other albums. Best way to experience MJ is compilation albums. (3.0)

Similar to Thriller, there are a handful of amazing songs and the others are pretty decent. Hard to say which album is better, they're pretty equal in my eyes.

Buncha all-time great songs on here; a sound that shows its age, basically because it defined the age

Only really 2 songs I liked and Jennifer them the remake is better. Between the oohs and woos, if you cut those out the album would be about 25 mins.

Man in the mirror

literal king of pop

Had a lot of the songs sounded the same on this album. The second half was definitely better than the first. The songs had a little bit more range and lyrically were more challenging. MJ always delivers with great dance music.

There's no denying the power of the hits, but some of the deeper cuts are a bit embarrassing. Looking at you, Liberian Girl. Best track: Bad

I don't need to listen to this one, one of my all time favourite. I used to listen to this as a child so I just love it.

Classic - grew up with this one.

6/10

There’s something annoying about the synths used in bad. I do like the way you make me feel hee hee ooo go on girl Speed demon - hate it Liberian girl - weird intro weird lyrics weird vibe. Skipped after 2 mins. Just good friends - it’s becoming more apparent how often he hoos and he’s Another part of me - bad Gave up listening cause I heard rest of the songs before

Het is Michael Jackson. Goed maar niet super fan.

just love it mate 8/10

I was expecting this to be 5 stars. It is not. First two songs, fantastic. Next two, horrible. And the rest is mostly blah.

Michael Jackson made some impeccable pop music at his peak. He seemed to define the sound of the 80s while only putting out two albums within the decade. While I may not enjoy this as much as Thriller, in a way I feel it's more consistent as an album.

It's not "bad" (hur hur hur), but Michael Jackson's pop doesn't do a lot for me. It's immaculate for what it's doing but it ain't doing it for me.

Lots of popular songs on this one

Fijn hoor!

The world's favourite pedo. He may have been an awful human being but damn the man was the King of Pop - and he probably always will be. Though you have heard all of these songs about a million times, you still can't help singing along and maybe even trying to moonwalk when you're by yourself in front of the mirror. I didn't. I'm just saying that's what YOU might do. Best Tracks: The Way You Make Me Feel; Man In The Mirror; Smooth Criminal

Slitsomt. Groovy og alt, men orker ikke..

Oh yeah! This! Fabulous album to choreograph workout routines to. Complete with headbands, wristbands and lycra body suits!

Smooth Criminal is so good

liberian girl is pretty cringe adlib GOAT? interesting that that is the influence i hear on more modern tunes another pwaaaaRT of me swings so nice man in mirror is wonderful, i can't imagine how many lives its changed for the better i know prince vs mj is played out buy some of this just feels like a slicker, less interesting purple rain (dirty diana vs darling nikki) uh is annie okay. mj really wants to know harmonization on leave me alone is perfect. trying to think of examples of equally impressive multitracked harmonies.

I was surprised how many of these songs I knew, over half, in fact. A few I thought were on later albums. The other songs... well, there's a reason the other songs were hits. Although looking at the wikipedia, wow they released NINE songs as singles? And one of them was Liberian Girl? That was probably one of the weakest songs on the album for me. Interesting how "Leave Me Alone" was the last song on the album. Trying to drive a point there? Still, a really good album with a few weak spots. (Looking at you, "Liberian Girl"). I mean, "Smooth Criminal" _AND_ "Dirty Diana" are probably two of his most rocking songs. Hearing "DD" for the first time in a while, I had forgotten Steve Stevens does the guitar on the track. Great stuff.

Huh. I remember asking where all the Beatles albums were a few months back but didn't ask about the King of Pop. Maybe I was trying to forget him? Of all the famous artists whose legacies have been soured by accusations or revelations of terrible behavior, I struggle the most with Michael Jackson. Because he was that good; truly one of a kind. So forget the human being, I'm just rating the album. And it is a beauty. I wore out the record of Thriller, but this was almost as good a follow-up. It is nearly impossible not to rock out to Bad, The Way You Make me Feel, Dirty Diana, or Smooth Criminal. I was also a big fan of Leave Me Alone (I rock out to it). And Man in the Mirror is such a beautiful song - he was really such an inspiration and symbol of hope and goodness. That is why his molestation \"issues\" are so difficult to reconcile. I'd like to think he was crying out for help and that there really was a lot of good in him even though he was (and knew he was) tortured and twisted inside. As a musician, he was still at the top of his game. There are just so many big tunes on this album, which far outweigh a few so-so ones (Speed Demon, Liberian Girl). If it makes me Bad to overlook his personal badness and give this album a 5, fine, I accept that judgment.

Third favorite Jackson album, a lot of great phrases, great lyrics. Man in the Mirror is still one of my favorite songs by him

It’s no Thriller but still some good shit

The only thing "Bad" about this landmark album is thinking about all the children he diddled while recording it :(

One of the first albums I bought on cassette back in the day. I was too young to know about Thriller when it came out so this was my introduction to MJ. It stands up to the test of time with some classics on here. I seem to remember pretty much every track was released as a single. Shows the strength of the production, songwriting and musicianship on display.

It did give us some great Weird Al covers 😉

No MJ, you aren't Bad, but you are average

Bad, Dirty Diana. Smooth Criminal. Man in the mirror. The way you make me feel. 5/5

6/10 it’s aight

Thoroughly decent album, although the oft-employed bad-boy voice can start to grate on the ears after awhile. Favorites: 'Dirty Diana' and 'Smooth Criminal'

Not a Michael Jackson fan, but this is a really good album, with some absolute classic songs. Off the wall, Thriller then Bad you can see why Michael Jackson was the biggest act on the planet with that run of three albums.

De bekende nummers ken je al, de rest is een beetje meh

3/5, not really interesting smooth criminal and man in the mirror are nice

It is truly remarkable how many songs and lyrics can be remembered after 35 years. I listened to this album on repeat when it came out; I was only 8 years old and a huge fan of Michael. And after all these years I was able to sing and/or hum along to every song except "Leave Me Alone", which I just discovered wasn't on the cassette (!) release. Listening back now, I really recognize how my music taste and knowledge have changed over the years. Where as a little boy I thought the song "Bad" was by far the best of the album, it is now one of the lesser songs in my ears. BAD is Michael Jackson who became a little less funky and a little more pop/rock. Now the poppy side is ok, but I'm actually more surprised how well his voice fits the more rocking tracks like "Dirty Diana", or the almost prince-esque track of "Speed ​​Demon". And these songs, along with "Man In The Mirror", are real highlights of the album. Other songs that put a smile on my face are "Smooth Criminal" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" But to put the nostalgia aside, this is certainly not a great album in every way. I find songs like "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" a listless trifle, "Just Good Friends?" almost instantly forgettable and "Another Part of Me" feels very strained and unnecessary on the album. Ultimately, the album has more ups and downs, and - since he wrote 9 of the 11 songs himself - it shows that Jackson was a talented songwriter. But even though the album has been hugely influential on pop-music, I can't say it's great throughout.

classic after classic, what an icon. Nothing does it quite like 'the way you make me feel', and shout out to 'Liberian girl'. Also great walking to work tracks, watch out a316 x

Not to get all dramatic, but I can't listen to this. I realize I'll probably discover some inconsistencies in my choice to not separate the artist from the art in my life. It's a conundrum. But after confronting the fact that MJ was a serial pedophile, even with some nagging sympathy for what a fucked-up childhood and upbringing he had, I made the choice to never listen to his music again. Off the soapbox. Looking forward to tomorrow's selection.

I went into this only knowing the hits. I've never been a Michael Jackson fan, per se, though my kids went through an MJ period a few years ago and I came to appreciate a few of his hits. (Though Off the Wall has long been a fave.) Anyway, I was not prepared to dislike this album as much as I did. The title track is ridiculously fun. The Way You Make Me Feel is fine, I guess. The rest of it was terrible, I thought. Would be a 1-star review, but I'm giving it an extra because it's really fun to sing along to the song "Bad."

Listening to this album and trying to put aside all we now know, my resounding thought is "kill your darlings." Out of 11 tracks, there are only 3 songs that I consider a bop: (in order of preference)The Way You Make Me Feel, Bad, Leave Me Alone. I might toss Man in the Mirror in the bop category but if I'm following my own kill-your-darling-thought---that song along with all the others does not make the list.

Nope.

I always enjoy albums that have songs of both - familiar and tried, plus evolutionary.

Classic pop album.

There's a reason MJ was a superstar's superstar, and this holds up in this album. His performance on many of these tracks is unmatched. However, many of these songs sound very similar to one another, and they show their age. This project defined the sound of the 80s, which can be interpreted as good or bad. All of these songs are creative and danceable, but the album feels too self-similar.

Very good

I grew up listening to this album and 30+ years on, still listen to it on the regular. This is one of those albums where if I hear one song, I feel compelled to listen to the entire album. I don't even need the music to be playing for me to get Speed Demon, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror, or Smooth Criminal stuck in my head. Even as an impressionable 7 year old when this album was released, this was one of the first cassettes that I "wore out" (tape snapped) in a Walkman from the non-stop playing. To this day, the only song I _might_ skip is Liberian Girl only because I need to be in the mood for a slower song.

The singles at the start and end of the song are 🔥 a bunch of filler in between with some so so tracks. Lots of boing boing boing keyboards. For being an influential album I'll give it a 5/5 overall it's a 4

I love John Robinson drums on this album. 9/10 Favorite tracks: The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal

As always MJ’s great dance beats.

Some great songs but as an album not at good as i thought.

Excelentes pads. Es un sonido muy particular el de Michael Jackson sus productores se encargaron de hacer un sello son su música y se siente claro.

Absolutely fantastic! Best album ever and a masterpiece!

The King of Pop's most 80s-infused album yet. Objectively, it's an impeccable, world-class pop album. Subjectively, I enjoyed the listen plenty but I have no desire to listen to the album again, which is how I classify my 3/5's. I liked Dirty Diana and the last track

A couple decent songs.

Classic form of music

Didn't get to listen to most of it because I had no signal most of the weekend. Lots of heehee's. Can you listen to this anymore after the diddling?

That sucked butt

prob his best album. endless hits. michael jackson walked so santana lopez could run.

A mix of absolute classics (“Bad,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Smooth Criminal”), some enjoyable if not quite great songs, and some less memorable filler tracks (“Liberian Girl” is a funny one). I’m not sold on it as a great album but man the highlights are incredible.

Huge album for M.J. bending his genres even further than before! I'll be honest, I hear "The way you make me feel" and "Smooth criminal" at least twice a week at the gym because they are on HEAVY rotation on that Pandora station they play- and I'm never ever disappointed. Timeless stuff.

I love MJ and I love this album. I think that "Thriller" is his best but this is probably #2 or #3. The hits on this are just too good: "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" (maybe secretly my favorite MJ song) "Man in the Mirror" "Smooth Criminal"

4/5 that's quite qood

This ain't no Thriller; the tracks aren't half as catchy. The whole album is outdated, from the "Bad" inscription on the cover to the music that didn't stand the test of time. P.S. Whenever I hear the track Bad, I can't help but reminisce on the vastly superior Fat by Weird Al Yankovic.

K. I wasn't going to rate MJ, because I can't listen to him anymore, but I know this album really well. So, I don't have to listen to know.

A lovely consequence of this project is the reason to listen to even familiar music with renewed attention, especially if I take the trouble to listen with higher volume on a good setup. For some reason I always heard the synth bassline of "The Way You Make Me Feel" was a pedal tone, but it moves! I hear stuff in the mix for "Bad" that I never realized was there. The chord changes in the bridge of "Speed Demon." And so on. Liberian Girl and Dirty Diana are a little dud-y. And it's not as good as Thriller. So I guess it's only a 4.

While this is an insanely popular and important album, thriller just can’t be beat. The production and lyrics and sound are overall more mature and darker but it just isn’t my jam the way that something like billy Jean is. Smooth criminal, dirty Diana, etc. are all still deserved classics though

a good follow-up to Thriller, but not quite as good.

Classic. Even the songs I hadn't heard that much were really good. It's hard to follow up the most succesful album in history, but he did pretty fucking well, Bad sure doesen't feel like a letdown. 4 or 5 Eh 5, it's still legendary

While some if his singles are decent never got into Micheal Jackson and this hasn't done it either.

As far as a pop album goes, this has to be unbeatable, every song was a single!

I remember when this album came out and I remember the hype and the disappointment…… Of the 11 songs on the album there are just 3 tracks that today stand the test of time, the rest are just album fillers and from an artist like MJ that’s a poor performance. I appreciate that to create an album that follows thriller would always be a tough act to achieve but it looks like MJ didn’t even bother. It’s a 2 from me.

My first ever single was Smooth Criminal when I was 4. Or as MJ would no doubt call it, still attractive. I'll separate the art from the artist here - he's dead, so he isn't making any money from me listening to it... God help us all if the Glitter Band turn up. It's hard to give an album less than five stars when 2/3 of it are classic singles. But every track on this album is about a minute longer than it needs to be, and the single edits of all these songs benefit from the trim. Unlike Thriller and Off the Wall, which justified length by never repeating a trick, this album feels a bit like the first warning of the decline - while still having absolute classics on it.

Aldri vært fan, fortsatt ikke.

1. Veit ikkje om det fortsatt er innafor med Michael Jackson? 2. Hadde sånn samleboks med all Michael Jackson når eg var liten, så har hørt sånn alt og det meste er ganske dårlig 3. Anerkjenner at han har sånn 2-3 bra songar 5. HOOOOW'S ANNIE????

Liked it as a kid, not as much as the predecessors, but feels surprisingly soulful compared to what I remember. Massive nonce or not, he had a rare groove to his music

Ufff, este tenía alta rotación en mi casa cuando yo era un pequeño ser humano. Éste y Thriller. Cuál de los dos me gusta más? Creo que Thriller, pero éste no se queda atrás, eh.

The king of pop strikes again with a flawless combination of funk, rock, disco, adult contemporary, and many other genres (calypso, gospel, etc). It's a proper followup to Thriller, with songs following the formula hit on overdrive. The whole album is full of hits, whether a ballad or dance track, so it only reasons that 9 of the 11 songs became singles. The production is one of the best of the 80s. I'm a huge fan of the innovative synths and drum machines. There are themes like the atmospheric exotic jungle synths of "Liberian Girl" and the highway racing of "Speed Demon," but it's the best on the rock tracks "Bad" and "Smooth Criminal." My only two complaints are that (1) some tracks don't resolve very well, leaving you hanging, (2) the two middle tracks "Just Good Friends" and "Another Part of Me" while not bad (carried by the cool synths and MJ's performance) are nothing more than outtakes and ruin the momentum. I'm also not a fan of ballads, but I admit "Man in the Mirror" and "I Just Can't..." are soulful ballads that beat anything in the genre. Last 3 tracks are my favorite.

This album has some great hits, but I feel is missing a connecting line through the songs.

5/5 classic

Nope. Michael Jackson has to be the single most overrated artist of the 80s.

Great album, some absolute bangers. A few filler tracks stop it getting five stars.

I have to give this album 4 stars for having Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror and Smooth Criminal all on one album. This album was released in the context of Jackson as the most popular artist in the world, and not yet some tragic pedophile weirdo.

Not one for cancelling people but.... dodgy time when this was recorded. The then "King Of Pop" at his poptastic best (In the words of "Smashy & Nicey") some good tunes here and whilst nowhere near as good as Thriller this LP has some creditable tracks. My favourites "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Man In The Mirror" "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal" I don't have it on my list but can see why it is here.

Bought this on tape when it first came out - forgot how long the album is. On reflection some nice random slow tunes thrown in there sandwiched in between the well known ones

This is the first album I've not listened to. Why? Well, I know it inside out, too right I had it as a little kiddo in late 80's UK. Goddamn, this was so important to the era back then, and I'm not re-appraising it now.

cero. le tengo manía y creo que trae mala suerte escucharlo.

Good bops, classic michael jackson. Never really sat down and listened to a whole album of his before

just good friendsssss

Not quite the tour de force of Thriller, and a couple of the ballad numbers are forgettable. Mostly on par with the most iconic material though, and such a distinct and futuristic sound.

Ah MJ, it's mad how many catchy hits are on this album. Fun and a bit silly, the albums is full of bangers, tho some songs made me feel a bit uncomfortable tbh.

*slaps roof of the album Bad by Michael Jackson* This bad boy can fit so many bangers in it

Its got some great hits on it, but the in-between hits are a bit fillery. It's enjoyable but I don't think I would ever listen to whole album again

Una voz de época para un disco con muchas canciones buenas y con un ritmo continuo. Pop alegre

Remember how he made a terrible movie after this? Good times.

Man inte mirror

Has not gotten better with age, though perhaps not significantly worse either. MJ really gives himself over to these songs, breathlessly so at times, but there’s far, far too much going on productionwise (heavy synths, overreaching guitar solos, the seven-layer vocals, the odd outer space sound effect). There’s a straining for maximum impact on many songs that don’t offer a ton. The musical equivalent of daytime TV, which was big back in the day, but not really worth watching – neither then nor now.

Mikið sem ég elskaði þessa plötu þegar ég var 11 ára (sérstaklega Man in the mirror), en það á ekki við í dag. Fínt popp og filler, en ég mun ekki leita hana upp aftur.

We have a new contender for most 80s sounding album of all time, and I'm not sure that's a good thing. Initially I was wowed by the number of hit singles and thought it had to be at least 4 stars, but then I thought: are the hits on here *really* all that? Bad ain't good. Man in the Mirror isn't the masterpiece I thought it was when I was 10. Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal are still fun, and The Way You Make Me Feel holds up fairly well, but there's at least as much filler as killer here.

Thriller lepszy, ale też kilka klasyków

This one gets some nostalgia points. Back from when I was still impressionable by pop music. My wife was a Librarian so I keep hearing that instead of Liberian :) One of our cats is a bit of a smooth criminal. Fave: Man in the Mirror -- simple, classic.

Es un álbum impresionante, cuando crees que talvez es repetitivo pum, te cambia de perspectiva toral, recomiendo dirty diana, un temazo

Fun album overall. Though some forgettable tracks, but some fantastic ones as well such as "Bad", "Man in the Mirror" and "Smooth Criminal".

Great hits but rest just sounds silly today

Bad.

Most people wouldn't be able to adequately follow up an album like Thriller. But Michael Jackson could.

My favourite jackson album. I’m rating it just as music and not him as a strange pedo human

Kind of annoying how he's like constantly going HEE HEE and DAH and whatnot by this point. Stops me from hearing the music, which sounds like it was made on a Mega Drive, and therefore rules.

Paedo

I was quite excited as this is the first MJ album I've been given, sadly that excitement died pretty early into the album, other than the breakout hits everything else in this album felts so basic, boring and a chore to listen through, with some songs like Liberian girl being actually dogshit to listen to. Even while separating the artist from the art, I still don't have many good things to say about this album other than the hits that became popular are obviously pretty good. Favourite Songs: Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal

Clássico

Timeless

All time classic

Just about every song on the album was a hit...so, it is a very familiar album. I actually got to go see him in Rotterdam when this album was out. I think Dirty Diana was popular at the time of the concert. It was an amazing concert am I am really glad that I got to see him. Best songs: Bad, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror, The Way you Make Me Feel, Another Part of Me, I Just Can't Stop Lovin' You, Leave Me Alone, Liberian Girl, Speed Demon. Then there is: Just Good Friends... When I heard it today, I totally don't remember ever hearing it before. And I've heard this album so many times over the years. 4.9/5

banger and a half. listened to this after listening to the worst album i've ever heard. good choice.

MJ's grocery store era. Very 80s. Still great songs tho.

Brilliant 80s dance pop, every sing could have been a hit single - however, it’s not as good as Thriller.

Bad, The way you make me feel Just good friends Smooth Criminal Dirty Diana Excellent mais bon je sais pas pourquoi c'est pas 5 étoiles non plus. C'est un peu moins bien que Thriller donc si Thriller est un 5 je vois pas pourquoi celui là le serait Mais bon, genius

Classic pop album. Pop is *not* my thing, but you just can't help but enjoy this album end to end. A-

Good

It's almost impossible to follow up an album like Thriller but I think Jackson did an admirable job at it. I don't like Bad quite as much but it's still a great album.

I think this is the first time I ever listen to this album start to finish, of course I heard almost ever song a million times. It's ok. I mean 80's Michael Jackson, it's smooth pop.

"Bad" is the last good record of Michael Jackson's career. His last Quincy Jones production is also a departure from his signature style form "Thriller" and "Off The Wall" in favor of a more condensed mix of pop, rock, r&b, funk, dance and soul. A lot of different styles that was great to generate a lot of hit singles, but still work as an album. The lyrical themes also varies a lot, hitting from his relationship with mass media to world peace. Songs like "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", "Dirty Diana" and "Smooth Criminal" have a permanent place in the pop music pantheon.

Pedo

Pretty good! I think the biggest problem was that a lot of the songs were too long. Shave a little off the end of a lot of the songs and it'd be a bit tighter. I'm not sure I like this as much as Thriller, or maybe even Off the Wall, but it's not bad at all. I'd give it 4.5 if I could. Also, "Leave Me Alone" is a SUPER weird song to end on, at least if you ask me.

Excited to see this pop up! fun listening to MJ outside the context of weddings speed demon = animusic vibes feel like the songs that are popular are popular for a reason. Not many of the other tracks are standing out that much to me. man in the mirror best track by far

De niño no era fan de MJ así que escuchar un disco completo de él realmente fue un descubrimiento. La mitad del disco me gustó bastante y la otra mitad no me estorba. Mención honorífica a Man in the Mirror. 3.5 que sube a 4.

Pues fuera de las obvias (Bad, Smooth Criminal y The Way You Make Me Feel) la verdad es que sí, es un disco de Pop bien hecho, pero me llegó a aburrir. Liberian Girl hoy quizá sería tachada de expropación cultural (además tiene esa onda jungla-sensual que no me late), Speed Demon que nadie se la cree a MJ, Dirty Diana que también tiene una temática muy cuestionable. En general al final no fueron los hits que esperaba y espero poder pronto comparar con Thriller que seguro está en la lsita.

The cover is all about that jacket. All those buckles and zippers. Fancy but ultimately pointless. Suggesting bondage but of course but actually pretty safe. I think you see where I am going. This album is <chef's kiss> as far as production. Goodness gracious it sounds good. And the hits are catchy, I can't deny it. But whereas Thriller was a breakthrough, Bad is just ... more. And a sad waste of Stevie Wonder, who should never be wasted, that's what's criminal. Anyway. It's fine. I'm not going to pretend I'm immune to Bad, Smooth Criminal, and especially the incredibly 80's appeal of The Way You Make Me Feel. Ow! Woo! But I *am* going to rate this album as if I have better taste than I actually do.

So 80s and this guy was right there at the top. All the other stuff came later but at the time these tracks were on the radio and on MTV and partially defined the decade in my view. I know 9 of the 11tracks and it could even be a Greatest Hits album such is his fame. Very lively, catchy and well produced with all his trademark yelps etc. Good to listen to still although not his best (that had already passed).

Alien Ant Farm did it better. Decent pop album, you pretty much know what you're getting here and it's stuffed with some major hits.

There’s not a lot I like about MJ. Not the music, not his singing.

Have heard most of these songs before. If released today they would still be hits.

Good singles with a lot of ok filler. Nothing bad but not my cup of tea

There are some good tracks on here for sure. Not sure if I have much love for Jackson's lesser-known songs as much as the hits like "Bad" and "Man in the Mirror". I had never heard "Speed Demon" before and it's kind of a corny song, but that little bass (or synth?) run is awesome. "Smooth Criminal" is a great little boost towards the end. Strong start, strong finish.

Muah

Genre: Dance-Pop 4/5 Fresh off of back-to-back triumphs with Off the Wall and Thriller, Michael Jackson truly could do no wrong, as Bad did things no other album had ever done before. Five #1's alone from this album was a record at the time. The title track, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal are all here, and are all staples of not just MJ's catalogue, but pop radio, even to this day. And they're all total jams. While this project personally doesn't tickle me as much as his first two solo efforts do, partially due to some slim pickings in between the hits (Speed Demon and the Stevie Wonder cut to name the main offenders), this is still an iconic release with some truly iconic tracks, and is an essential listen for any music fan. There's nobody in music who did it quite like Michael, and this is just another example of the absolute power he was once wielding in the industry.

Classic iconic

Some good mj some less good, alright overall.

It's a Michael Jackson album. And not just ANY MJ album. Bad. Bad is fucking good, to no one's surprise. Fave track is the title track of course. I admittedly have never been the world's biggest fan of Michael Jackson's music (personally not my thing) but the quality of the tracks is undeniable. There's not a single skip on this album, and that's extremely hard to pull off.

Problematic probably but smooth criminal hits

Listened Before? Y Awww yeah! MJ at his peak! Pros: An all-time classic. The songs, the image, and the (unseen here) dancing are tip-top. Cons: The non-hits aren't amazing, but the hits are just over the top good so it can be overlooked. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal

the first 2 songs are hits. MJ is not a singer I love but I can acknowledge it's the music of a whole era/generation and thus deserves to be in this list without any argument.

The singles are still as undeniable as they were in the 80s. The rest of the album doesn't hold up as well.

I remember liking this a lot more than I ended up. I thought before listening that this was an instant 5, but there are 3 or 4 songs in the middle that I just didn't remember that they're just meh. But the singles are such bangers, and the fact that this was one of the first albums I considered "mine" when I was a kid, still has a soft space in my heart!

Undeniably great album but MJ’s musical legacy is certainly tarnished by his multiple, credible allegations of sexual abuse to even enjoy his work anymore.

Hi- Speed Demon, Another Part of Me Lo- Librarian Girl One of my very favorite things about MJ's albums are how incredibly crisp and clean they sound, even if the music isn't your taste (which would be just weird, because Michael was truly a musical perfectionist) his ability to compose melodies, write catchy hooks, and fuse pop, gospel, rock, jazz, and blues is tough to match.

some of his best

Oh que j'ai trippé sur Michael Jackson quand j'étais enfant ! Je me rappelle d'avoir écouté en boucle cet album dans mon walkman, quand on s'en allait en Floride en auto, quand j'avais 9 ans. De beaux souvenir et de la bonne pop, mais un deux étoiles parce que plus du tout mon genre, haha !

C’est vraiment de la grosse pop bien produite. Michael mérite bien son statut de roi du genre. Tous les clichés de Michael sont ici. Pas fan de ses balades par contre. Elles passent moins bien l’épreuve du temps. La chanson Bad est une incontournable du catalogue de Michael. C’est aussi sur cet album qu’on retrouve Smooth Criminal que j’avais d’abord découverte reprise par Alien Ant Farm. J’aime beaucoup leur version rock de cette chanson. La synthbass dans Speed Demon. J’ai découvert la pièce Dirty Diana et je l’aime un peu plus à chaque écoute. Encore une fois, Micheal amène une guitare très rock dans une chanson pop. J’entendrais bien The Weekend reprendre cette chanson. Pièce préférée: Bad suivi de près par Smooth Criminal et Dirty Diana

A couple of duds, but overall a very good album. The production is very clearly '80s, but it sounded pretty solid to me. Note: I am somewhat ambivalent towards Michael Jackson but have been on both ends of the spectrum.

One of the best albums of all time. Most of the songs are well known and still hold up to the test of time. All time classic.

J’ai toujours du mal à comprendre la place majeure qu’occupe MJ au panthéon de la musique pop. Les clips sont ridicules. « Bad », vraiment? Je trouvais attrayante la proposition de départ de traiter de la rupture sociale due à la réussite de certains afro-américains, mais une chorégraphie ballet-jazz pour montrer qu’on est resté un dur à cuire?« The way you make me feel », qui fait l’apologie du harcèlement de rue? C’est fou! Pour ce dernier, on pourra dire que c’est l’époque. Il reste que ce personnage a zéro crédibilité quand il s’agit de passer pour un méchant. Je parle beaucoup du personnage parce que des efforts évidents ont été déployés pour le créer. « Smooth criminal » est définitivement la proposition la mieux réussie, le clip et la chanson sont un régal. On doit quand même reconnaître le travail technique ahurissant des artisans pour ces productions impeccables autant sur le plan des musiques que des chorégraphies.

Not much to say. It's Michael. Dude had talent.

Banging tunes

Great album. Just not as great as its predecessor or follow up.

Not Bad.

some thriller, some filler

its actually kinda good

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Some great tunes, but it's really quite dated now and it's hard to separate the music from the artist.

Neben all den großartigen und zu Ende gedachten Hits tun die einigen Filler dann doch zu sehr weh. 3.0

Dit is een van de baanbrekende albums, die popmuziek zijn handtekening heeft gegeven. The best artist of all times!! Favorieten? Nou, het komt niet vaak voor dat ik alle liedjes op een album leuk vind. Dit album heeft gewoon alleen maar hits! Wat moet je daar nog op zeggen?! *****

It holds some of his most known songs and it is very well produced, but it's not for me.

Great album. Couple of weaker tracks but otherwise pop perfection. And has lasted really well too!

It's a classic. Not my all-time personal favorite, but still good.

Não gostei

grew up with this album in the house. it was catchy. it was big. MJ was the biggest pop star in the entire world. firet artist I saw videos of fans passing out at his concerts and having to be carried off on stretchers. just seeing him live. that will never happen again with social media

Clássico.

The mist of hairspray. The smoke of fireworks. The dust kicked up from a pair of working dance shoes. As a Baby Boomer I am practically required by my tribe to like Michael Jackson . And, I do, to a point. I would probably like him even more were he not operating under a major disadvantage- too much airplay. Six out of these ten songs are hits; four, at least, major hits. ‘Man In The Mirror,’ alone, qualifies as a mega-hit. As fitting, the arrangements, production, etc are pretty over-the-top, ala Vegas Elvis, including a generous amount of big hair metal 80s rock squeezed in between all the funk. What surprised me, though, was how current it still sounded, and not nearly as dated as I was expecting. The groove endures. I mean, we are talking about the King of pop here. Yet another surprise, listening to this so many years later as an older man now (I was only in my late 20s at the time of Bad’s release) was the realization of how young this LP really is, and I’m referring to its energy rather than its chronological age. It’s chocked full of the kinds of experiences and emotions with which a young man would typically resonate: hot girls and fast cars, obviously. It’s certainly preachy enough (we can create a better world than the crappy one we inherited from our parents), possessing that marvelous blend of arrogance and ignorance so characteristic of youth. But young man Michael’s special sauce, above and beyond all that, is his badness. He’s bad. Really, really bad. But not bad bad. Note that Michael does not go the route of say, a Miles Davis or a James Brown. Michael is not a bad 'motherfucker'! That would frighten the whites too much. Michael is Black Lite- the full flavor of the funky experience but with a third less guilt. Michael wants to challenge you, all right, to get in your face, to take you outside into the back alley. But not to fight. To dance. Maybe later, to love. By the way, Michael’s love songs are truly lovely, ‘I Can’t Stop Loving You,’ for example, the duet with Siedah Garrett. Sweet and tender. Smooth. Or, ‘Liberian Girl’- again, what’s better than being in love? (Note that in this song, he’s not yet married to Miss Liberia. For what it’s worth.) The only two of the bunch that didn’t seem to work well in the mix was the duet with the usually great Stevie Wonder. Relationships aren’t always a smooth mix, the song observes. Neither are Michael and Stevie, at least on this number. And the final song, ‘Smooth Criminal,’ exploring the aftermath of a violent crime? Weird ending for this LP, and a bit of a bummer, frankly. I just came to do a little dancing and flirting. And thankfully, Michael mostly serves up a lot of that, and still better than most. A good time all around, 'Bad' is, in spite of that one accidental and unfortunate glimpse of myself (the man) in the mirror, donning not much more than an open bathrobe, and gyrating to ‘The Way You Make Me Feel.’ In my sincere effort to make the world a better place, rest assured I’ve already taken steps to ensure that no one need ever take a look at that.

- Clássico! - Bad e Smooth Criminal ofusca o resto

i've never listened to an mj album all the way thru but wow! very fluid album and enjoyed the songs...liberian girl is luvly!

Good

Ive listened to it before, classic. Dirty Diana is fav track

This was way better than I thought. Chocka block with good tracks

(4.5) over half the songs on this album still get regular airplay; like Thriller, I feel like I'm listening to a greatest hits compilation rather than a studio album.

Is it fair to think of Bad in the same way one (now thinks of Kanye West's 808 and Heartbreaks? An underrated album, belated recognised as the first step in an artist's creative zenith? Yes and no. Bad is underrated. If it were a couple of songs shorter, it might have been a flawed masterpiece (exit stage left, Speed Demon, for example). As it is, it is flawed. But with more than the occasional flash of genius (Smooth Criminal, Liberian Girl, Man in the Mirror). Kanye did MBDF, the first great album of the 10s, next. Michael, unfortunately, became a circus attraction: the good in his subsequent albums (and there was a lot of good) swamped by gossip, eccentricity, and ultimately tragedy. So it goes...

Overrated.

Michael Jackson was mijn eerste echte kennismaking met muziek. Ik vond dit album zo cool, had 'm op tape en LP! Maar wat valt het nu eigenlijk tegen zeg... Gedateerde sound en ik kan niet eens terughalen wat er destijds goed aan vond.

Niet zo goed als Thriller, maar minstens zo legendarisch!

Tja, de tand des tijds begint nu toch ook zijn sporen na te laten op dit album. Een paar ijzersterke nummers plus een flinke dosis jeugdsentiment houden het overeind.

Ik heb eigenlijk nooit zo de lol ingezien van MJ, afgezien van een paar hitjes dan. Dat iele stemgeluid... Dit was dan ook de eerste keer in m'n leven dat ik een heel album van hem heb gedraaid. Best leuk, maar I stick to my guns. (Die Franse en Spaanse versie op het tweede album zijn overigens weerzinwekkend).

Oh man, here we go. One of the sacred cows of pop music. I love Michael Jackson. He was my first concert, my first music video ("All I Wanna Say Is That They Don't Really Care About Us!"). Scandals and allegations aside, MJ was iconic, a cross genre visionary who could do RnB, funk and rock, all while sounding like himself. Bad, however, lives up to its name of being just that. While it has its strong tracks like Smooth Criminal, Man In The Mirror and the title track, the album lacks the sonic palette that one would be able to find in an album like Thriller. While Thriller flitted from tasty RnB basslines to a ripping guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen to a dance-y disco groove, Bad was the stylistic equivalent of a salad bar; sure you might find something you like, but it's really all the same thing, with little to no variance. While I want to write this review without making allusions to any specific time period, the album is chock full of the electric drum beats and synths that belie the 80s. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, but one would be hard pressed to find bands that try to emulate that sound unironically. In conclusion, this writer posits that while Michael Jackson's place on this list is irrefutable, the album choice made for this list was, quite literally, bad.

This has always been my favorite michael jackson record, but on relisten.......man did it always sound this plastic? The sega mega drive/genesis comparissons aren't even exaggerations. On the other hand - i love the genesis sound chip. It has forgettable songs, but it's still got MJs highs peaks. Pretty torn on this. But I think the decade defining bangers make me overlook few filler tracks the dated production - which lets be fair sounds dated becauzse this album WAS the culmination of 80s pop music. This is as 80's as it gets, for good and bad.

Iconic

Excellent, loads of great tracks.

no. just no. i drifted away from the 80's because i was sick of the synths and the cheesy love songs, and I wanted to like this. but no. ugh. why is this on here :/ Bad is a really catchy song, and I like listening to it if it comes my way for any reason. But it's not even that good now that I've carefully listened- God how I hate the ballads in here Dirty Diana was pretty good, I liked the guitar and the chorus. still wouldn't put it in a playlist. Smooth Criminal is the best song on the album, I kinda forgot that I liked it. But I just- It's not good enough for me to forgive the damage this album has done on me. After all, I gotta rate the album as a whole, and these songs are just better as fricking singles :')) why. is. this. album. here. Leave me alone tricked me in a really cruel way cus the beggining sounded like it was gonna be good but. yeah, no. literally had to listen to the glee version of smooth criminal to recover from this. it's better than the original. the GLEE VERSION. okay i'm done bye.

Much better than I was expecting after 'Off The Wall' recently. I enjoyed every track except 'Speed Demon'. You can definitely see his impact on modern pop. Sometimes the drum reverb is too much, but hey, it was the 80s. 'The Way You Make Me Feel' is my top pick, and my fave Michael Jackson song.

Hi- Speed Demon, Another Part of Me Lo- Librarian Girl One of my very favorite things about MJ's albums are how incredibly crisp and clean they sound, even if the music isn't your taste (which would be just weird, because Michael was truly a musical perfectionist) his ability to compose melodies, write catchy hooks, and fuse pop, gospel, rock, jazz, and blues is tough to match.

This is the first one I've had that I don't like. I've never been much of a Michael Jackson fan and separating the art from the artist is hard for me.

Just plain horrible. This is my *first* album in this "one album a day" generator thing, and I can't believe I have to start with that cheesy so-called blockbuster filled to the brim with saccharine-tasting manure "Bad"? As in "Hey look how bad-ass I look"? Er... What? That cringefest of boring ballads and mid-temp snoozers? Really??? This is a record without a shred of true soul in it. And even if it's not "soul" you're looking for, there should always be something *human* in music. Or monstrous, on the contrary. Or extraordinary. Or humble. Unfortunately, Bad is none of those things. It tells nothing. It *is* nothing. One can argue that "Dirty Diana" is kind of arresting, or that, at least, it's an interesting track towards the end of the album, since that's the only song that expresses something even remotely heartfelt (as ugly as the feelings actually expressed against Diana Ross are). I guess that after all the dumb schmooze that precedes, the aggro atmosphere in that song is a welcome (bad) breath of fresh air, and that we can all be grateful for that last-minute addition somehow. Thank you Slash for that electric guitar. You might not be very alert yourself, but I guess a tiny drop of whiskey in all that kool-aid does have a semblance of... taste (even though the subtle rock intrusions in Thriller were far more compelling and smartly executed than this still quite clunky shit here). As for the bouncy, hectic and hiccupy "Smooth Criminal", it *is* a killer dancefloor track and an instant classic. It would be foolish arguing about that... But everything else is just lame. Synth basses sound hollow. Horns are an imitation of their synth conterparts. Same with backing vocals. And the writing (both the lyrics *and* the music) is just... irrelevant. If not downright annoying. Case(s) in point,: "Liberian Girl" and "Man On The Mirror". Lyrics, since we must also talk about them, are just ridiculous. And they're made all the more ridiculous by the unmusical and rigid way they are displayed in these songs (just as in almost every other track). Telling the world is in danger, Michael's inapt and disconnected choice of words are no comfort for us. "And-if-you-want-to-o-make-it... a-bet-ter-place", well, just please shut up, Michael, please. And let us die in peace, at least. Admittedly, Thriller's successor could have gone other ways, and you can almost suspect the ghost of more "interesting" work under the surface from time to time--even though "Bad", probably Jackson's worst lead single ever, tells the lamentable story of the album that bears its name from its very first obnoxious seconds. It's true that this single *does* have something catchy. But embarrassing stuff can *also* catch your attention, and never let it go, unfortunately. And if you can't even tolerate a lead single on those sorts of grand commercial pop albums, how on earth will you find any redeeming features after it? How? The true problem of the album however, is that it doesn't even hold "Bad"'s promise of at least having a somewhat awkward laugh. From "Speed Demon" (the *awfully clunky* voice placement and delivery on that one, jeeze!!!) to "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", this is an album almost exclusively made of boring *fillers*, which is sort of an extraordinary feat in itself. Reminds a little of a visit to the dentist's (that clinical white backdrop behind Michael on the cover speaks tons about the surgical atmosphere here!!!). But you're going there with a set of teeth already punctured by a record amount of cavities, so the drilling takes an age AND the next one. Plus, it's painful. *Very* painful. Bad indeed. [Why, oh why, couldn't I review "Thriller" first? Now *that* was a Michael Jackson album that deserved its commercial success, thanks to its sophisticated production and the quality of most of its pop songs. Hope that one comes up soon... Number of albums I listened to: 1 Albums left to listen to: 1000 Number of albums I've found genuinely relevant: 0 Number of different albums you should listen to before you die: 1 ]

Bad man

It's a classic for sure. I basically knew all the songs on the album.

Classic pop album is called a classic for a reason, it’s catchy as fuck.

Saved Prior: Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal Off Rip: Liberian Girl, Just Good Friends Cutting Edge: Leave Me Alone Overall Notes: Felt like a worse Thriller. Also I need to speak my truth: I prefer the Alien Ant Farm version and I won't be apologizing for it.

Outstanding Michael!

Easy 5.

31st December 2021 Listened mainly in the car on the way to and from Costco buying supplies for NYE! Meg, adna and Joe round. Controversial listen for obvious reasons but the second half of the album just reels out the big guns.

Every single track is a bop, but drops a star cos he fiddles.

Best Song: Man in the Mirror. Perfect merge between pop and gospel. Worst Song: I Just Can't Stop Loving You. The last thing this album needs is a slow ballad in the middle to absolutely kill the vibe. Overall: The hits are fucking Hits, but the middling tracks are just okay. Can't believe anyone ever thought "hee-hee" was an acceptable musical adlib.

Un bon album pop qui secoute tres bien. Smooth criminal et bad etant de superclassique. 4.25. La realisation que quincy jones est vraiment a point aussi.

не ну не фанат джексона ваще, но он есть да, его нельзя не брать в расчёт

Great album of a great artist.

Gotta give it 4, just to make it clear that Thriller is even better.

Some good riffs and some bops, but I only liked small snippets of a lot of the songs

There are a decent number of hits on this album

2.8 - Thriller was the first album I ever purchased when I was 5 and I remember staying up to watch MJ perform on "Solid Gold." So I was surprised at how viscerally I disliked this album. The tough guy personna on "Bad" sounds phony - MJ was an obviously broken man and his campy biker jacket is no longer fooling me. "Liberian Girl" sounds pious in a "have-pity-for-the-poors" kind of way. Same with "Man in the Mirror." He laments about seeing "kids in the street with not enough to eat" as if he actually observed poverty from anywhere besides his limousine window. "Dirty Diana" paints MJ as the victim of a gold-digging groupie. What could possibly make the most famous pop star in history feel like a victim in that situation? I'm not going to write off all of this record, though. "The Way You Make Me Feel" is still a jam, even though we all know MJ wasn't aroused by anyone with "high heels on." And Stevie Wonder sounds awesome on "Just Good Friends." In the end, this album doesn't pass my sniff test and I'm only too happy to forget about it.

Amazing not as great as thriller but a solid album all the way through. Somebody on the sound engineering team learned with gating was

It's good, minus the pedophilia

Classic MJ. Smooth, catchy, boppin' jams.

fun but listening to michael jackson is creep city

So many good songs on this album. Man in the Mirror shows his maturity as an artist. Bad and Smooth Criminal are just fun, plain and simple.

Inconsistent effort overall. Some classics, others entirely forgettable. Amazing studio musicians though. Easy to forget that before his public life became such a mess that this was a portrait of Michael at the crest of his height before it would all come crashing down. Enough Cabot be said for the effects that Quincy Jones had on Michael's catalog.

En écoutant cet album, j'ai revu tout mon onglet History défiler devant mes yeux : les Costello, les Morrissey, les albums punk, les Portishead, les Byrds, les Frank Zappa, les Goldfrapp... et je compris dès lors que tout ce chemin parcouru et ces heures sombres faisaient aujourd'hui sens. Vous savez d'ailleurs probablement que la chanson Liberian Girl tournait en boucle dans mon mp3 la semaine au terme de laquelle je me suis fait remercier de mon premier cabinet d'avocats (j'ai évoqué ce moment dans ma critique de l'album Are You Experienced de Jimi Hendrix, souvenez-vous). Je voulais revenir sur cet épisode que j'ai, certains s'en sont rendus compte, quelque peu enjolivé. En réalité, la rupture de mon contrat se fit en deux temps : un premier entretien avec l'une de mes deux tutrices (c'est précisément cet épisode que je narre à merveille dans ma critique de Hendrix) lors duquel celle-ci m'annonça que j'étais sur la sellette (et non directement viré comme j'ai pu l'écrire) et un deuxième entretien avec un autre avocat du cabinet une semaine plus tard (nous l'appellerons ici Saddam Hussein) lors duquel on m'annonça mon éviction. Ce jeudi-là, vers 15h30, j'entendis une voix provenant de l'étage inférieur m'annoncer que Saddam Hussein voulait me voir. Je descendis les escaliers muni de mon enceinte JBL et toquai à la porte de Saddam Hussein. « Saddam Hussein ! C'est moi, Robassembléeplénière. — Entre, Robassembléeplénière. » Je m'assis en face de lui et vis au même instant sur son bureau deux papiers similaires contenant un texte bref suivi d'un espace probablement prévu à l'effet d'une signature. « Qu'est-ce que cela peut bien vouloir dire, Saddam ? — Hmm... comment t'expliquer... je peux me connecter ? — Euh, oui tu peux. — C'est laquelle ? — JBL Flip 5. — D'accord. — C'est bon t'es connecté. — Monte le son et écoute bien. — Berk. — Tu reconnais ? — Bien sûr, c'est Rid of Me de PJ Harvey, ma chanson détestée par excellence. — Et tu comprends pourquoi je l'ai mise ? — Non, Saddam Hussein. — Réfléchis bien. — Quoi ?! Vous vous débarrassez de moi ?! » Je réunis mes affaires et partis du cabinet quelques minutes plus tard, sans me retourner.

225 albums, c'est ce qu'il aura fallu attendre avant qu'enfin, le jour de gloire arrive. Oui, les rumeurs sont vraies. Comme vous l'avez probablement entendu a la pause café de votre lieu de travail, ou encore au detour d'une conversation dans les transports en commun, j'ai enfin attribué la note de 5/5. Après des tonnes d'albums absolument moyens (Sinatra), absolument surcotés (Pink Floyd), absolument désastreux voir dangereux (Frank Zappa et son zoo de macaques), la lumière est venue de l'artiste ayant bercé mon enfance. En effet, alors que mon camarade d'écoute robtertiaire dû passer ses jeunes années à écouter exclusivement The Crusaders, j'ai pour ma part eu la chance d'être éduqué par les performances artistiques sensationnelles de Michael. A noter que rob n'a vraiment pas eu une enfance facile, puisque dû à cette Crusaders dépendance, robdû rentrer dans une classe spécialisée dans notre lycée (ndlr: CLIS), afin de remettre à niveau sa culture musicale. Merci Michael en tout cas

This was my favourite album when I was 8. I still think it's better than Thriller, plus it's when he started saying "Chamone" all the time

Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror

Was soll man sagen… echter MJ

Historisch aber gecancelt. Ich glaube Er war es

tunes

Never heard the full album before, but it is a pop masterpiece. Highly recommended even for rock fans!

6/10

All time classics on this album but some of the other stuff is too sappy for me to give it a 5. Will relisten again tho.

Some of the songs are great but I just can't with MJ the person. Rating it 2/5 BAD

I must have worn out multiple needles playing this album when I was 13. Time has not been kind. Extra marks off for, well, you know. All the stuff.

Is it uncool to say that this is my favourite Michael Jackson album? It's just so funky, with even ballads like The Way You Make Me Feel sitting on massive grooves. I guess songs like Liberian Girl is pretty generic, but it has perhaps one of the strongest ending of an album I can think off, with all the tracks from Main in the Mirror to Leave me Alone hitting like freight trains.

Meh. It's Michael Jackson, but it's heavily influenced by the 80s. Some songs are great, others are not.

4/5, aged well. smooth.

It should be pointing to this album https://open.spotify.com/album/3Us57CjssWnHjTUIXBuIeH?si=BJ-Q9Iv_QDOmJABqU8xzRg - No versions of "I just can't stop loving you" in other languages - No fucking Pitbull - No remixes

I mean, it's listenable... but the title of the album kind of says it all, Michael Jackson is just... bad

really not my style...

Am I the only guy to think Jackson was overrated, I didn't like this album when it came out and no amount of publicity or remixing can change that. It is still as bad today as it was then. Some of his other stuff is good but that isn't on this album.

Difficult to know whether this part of a greatest hits album with so many singles on it. Had not listened to the full abum before and it suffers from being swamped by the singles. An edgier approach still with very strong production.

I’m not that big of a pop music fan, but Michael Jackson is just great. I was going to rate this album a 3 just because, compared to the higher rated Thriller, I needed to offset this album. It just isn’t as good and has a few stinkers like Speed Demon. However, this album has one of my favorite songs of all time: Man in the Mirror. So I got to give it love.

Ooh she bad!! This is a great album, once you’ve shook loss the memories of hearing allegations about MJ

A timeless gem

i love this album. obviously it’s not his best (thriller, in my opinion) but i love these songs and they’re fun and iconic.

Listen - MJ was a musical icon for good reason and the duo of "Off the Wall" and "Thriller" are deserving of accolades. I don't know how much percentage credit to give Quincy Jones for those, but it doesn't matter - those are great pop/soul/dance records with timeless songs (even the cheesy ones, I'd argue). But this is just.... ok honestly, if this wasn't "Michael Jackson™" would it have been so big? He probably could/would have released Metal Machine Music V2 and sold 15 million after people waited for the follow-up to Thriller. I like his voice, but despite the 1987-slick production this music is just so terribly weak overall - "Man In The Mirror" is kinda good I suppose. But call it as it is: this album is appropriately titled. Bad, indeed. 3/10 2 stars

Man! Looking back on this album, there is so much cringe-worthy content. After listening to the track "Bad" and then "Speed Demon", I couldn't help but feel like this whole album was going to be like scrolling through r/IAmVeryBadAss. Seriously, all I could think about while I was listening to "Liberian Girl" was the scene in "40 year old virgin" where the main character was (falsely) talking about all the experience he had with girls. "Just like in the movies" - ha! Jokes aside though, the album is still undeniably good. My personal favorite is "Leave Me Alone", and there are many other that are great listening and chalk full of nostalgia for me. I guess what makes the album hard for me, hence the lower rating, is it's a bit much to take in one sitting. A ton of great singles, but I need a break between most songs to wash the synthesized taste of my mouth.

I may like this one better than Thriller.

Can't say anything bad about Bad, it's polished 80s sunshine and doesn't get much better. Relistened to the two non-single tracks and they could have been singles too. Feels churlish to give this anything less than top marks.

A great follow up to the phenomenon that was Thriller. It provides a more introspective theme and took a more grounded approach in terms of production, in my opinion, even with the focus on more digital sounds. The synth tones makes this sound like a truer, albeit a little cornier, 80's record, but it's still stacked with hits that transcended beyond the decade. It's incredibly hard to believe that MJ was able to dominate the 80's and the transformation of pop music with only two albums. Regardless of your opinion of him, Thriller put MJ on the docket and Bad sealed his legacy as an all-time great. Favorite Songs: The Way You Make Me Feel. Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal Least Favorite: Liberian Girl

"Bad" is a good song. Really, really good. A worthy successor to "Beat It." Oh, I just compared it to the Thriller album. So hard not to. Sorry, Michael. I love the brass, the percussion, the keyboards, the backup singing, and of course, the iconic bassline. All not to mention the one and only MJ's vocals. But this is yet another album that I had never listened to as such. So here we go. I've always loved loved the way "The Way You Make Me Feel" makes me feel. "Speed Demon" is a new one. Fun. "Liberian Girl": smooth eighties. "Just Good Friends": You think a duo with Stevie Wonder would be better... "Another Part of Me": Fine. And then we're back to hit territory. Sincere and heartfelt "Man in the Mirror" and the absolutely perfect love duet, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You." How can you not want to dance with your love to this with fog on the floor and a wind machine in your hair? Then we have the growly rock tribute to evil seductress "Dirty Diana" (she likes the boys in the bands, and is, apparently, irresistible to any man, so, yeah, it's her fault), and then we go from temptress to an irresistibly catchy song about the battered female victim of a "Smooth Criminal." This one has always bothered me since I listened to the words. Would "You've been hit by, you've been struck by, a smooth criminal," be the first words to a bleeding and dying woman after "Are you okay?" "Smooth?" really? And then we DANCE, cuz this song is smokin' hot! But did she survive? You said it was her doom, so did the mouth to mouth resuscitation not work? I have lots of questions. I think if it had different lyrics, however, it would be a near-perfect electric jam. And then we finish with "Leave Me Alone" which I haven't heard in years but immediately brings to mind the amazing video, which I had to watch again. I'm going to leave those to speak for themselves. Some pretty amazing things on this album, which after some doubt, I think was indeed a worthy followup to Thriller and strongly brought the MJ sound to the late 80s and vice versa.

I don't know. Listening to MJ mostly just makes me feel sad and conflicted now. Highlights of this album for me are the groove of The Way You Make Me Feel (you knock me offa my feet now baby --- hoo!) and when the chorus comes in at the key change in Man In the Mirror and also remembering how my college friend Laura changed the words to Bad and sang, "My dad...has had...a crush on Cheryl Ladd!"

Here I am with a bit of a dilemma. Michael Jackson is a problematic artist and I’ve not listened to his music in the last decade aside of what I’ve heard occasionally in the grocery store. But here goes… Somewhat familiar with this album, but never owned it. I have probably heard it all the way through before this, but not often enough that I remembered all of the songs. Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Another Part of Me, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal and Leave Me Alone are all understandable hits I remember well. Speed Demon and I Just Can’t Stop Loving You are up there too, but I can’t say the same for Liberian Girl and Just Good Friends which I didn’t think hold up against the rest. All that said, even this impressive assemblage of songs can’t overcome the terrible failings of Michael Jackson for me. At best I just end up feeling depressed listening to this. I doubt I’ll do so again.

I'm less entertained than I thought I would be by this album. Whatever your thoughts on Jackson and his music, it's indisputable that he was incredibly talented and that, at his best, he's really entertaining to listen to. So I had some general expectations for this album that really didn't play out. Honestly, I was pretty bored through a lot of this, especially toward the middle of it. "Bad" is an excellent pop song, the best on the album. "Leave Me Alone," "Smooth Criminal" and "The Way You Make Me Feel" are also pretty good. But some of the other songs just feel dead inside, like his heart wasn't in it. I also feel like Jackson is trying to go along with what he thinks will be musically relevant, so he ends up with a weird, disjointed assortment of songs that doesn't really serve his particular talents. It neither lives up to our expectations of him nor breaks any new ground. On the scale of pop music in general in 1987, I suppose it was a good record? But if you were listening to much music in 1987, you know that isn't really a compliment. Fave Songs: Bad, Leave Me Alone, Smooth Criminal

4/5 - On the MJ scale, it's great, but not the best

It’s Bad, really really Bad!

Ye gods, no.

I usually don't listen to MJ, but this was nice

4.5

I’ve listened to Michael Jackson my whole life, mostly just the classics but those songs are some of the damn best songs to come out of the decade. I’ve never listened to one of his albums before and I’m sad to say it’s really disappointing. Maybe I’m just biased because I was only looking forward to the popular songs like Bad, Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal (Amazing songs by the way) but the rest of the album just sucked, the songs were all so bland. Like every other song that wasn’t iconic sounded like a lame B-Track. At best the songs were repetitive and cliché but at worst they sounded kinda rapey and insulting to the listener. I don’t know, those three good songs really are amazing songs and for that I’ll give the album a 6/10. I really wished the rest of the album could’ve had more quality in it.

I was in high school and college during Michael Jackson's massive spotlight years in the 80s, and back then it was so hard to separate the image projected endlessly by all form of media at the time from the actual artist and his work. Because of that, I didn't listen to his music on purpose (it was everywhere anyway, but I didn't make an effort). I missed this album mostly at the time, except for the controversial original 'Bad' video that was unavoidable because it was so relentlessly covered. All that being said, over the decades since then I've come to enjoy some of his music. I saw the documentary 'This Is It' after his death, and it helped me see him in a different light (as an artist; not commenting on him as a person). Listening to this album all the way through now for what is the first time for me, I hear some good music. Some of the tracks aren't to my liking, a little too synth-poppy for me, but 'Bad,' 'Smooth Criminal,' 'The Way You Make Me Feel,' and 'Man In the Mirror' are really well done.

Okay this album rips

Fantastic album by the king of pop. Almost every song was a hit single as they all are great catchy tunes. Top production by Quincy Jones.

Really solid album. Michael Jackson makes pop hits. This album has plenty. It does falter a little and doesn’t round out as well as thriller but it still has great songs. 7.9/10

This is an incredible album. Every song either is or could have been a hit. And with good reason too. I don't think I paid as much attention to this album when it came out because the previous albums were "Thriller" and "Off the Wall" and how do you top those? Answer is you probably don't but this is still a top tier album.

Obviously

My parents saw MJ on this tour and I remember they brought me a copy of the glossy program as a souvenir. I used to look at that and listen to this record. It's very nostalgic for me. This record also has my favorite MJ single: "Man in the Mirror" which played on the radio during my afternoon commute through the east side of Detroit on the day he died. People were in the streets visibly upset by the news. It was an interesting experience. Highlights: Man in the Mirror; Weird Al's "Fat"; The dancing skills.

This is the first album where the artist doesn't actually "play" on any of the songs. I'm finding it hard to judge a solo artist who just sings (granted, I know he also wrote most of the songs) - but here I go. I've never listened to an entire MJ album top to bottom. I was excited to, and then disappointed. His songs are much easier to appreciate in single doses. I really enjoyed (and even sang along with) the tracks I knew (Bad, Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel), but I hated almost everything else - which made me wonder if my enjoyment of the former was really more nostalgia than appreciation. Still - he is the King of Pop in the sense that he is the mold for how to build a pop star - catchy hooks, lots of energy, swagger/attitude, huge live productions. Clearly, many have followed in his footsteps (Justin Timberlake, Brittney Spears, Bruno Mars, and so on and so on). But, in retrospect, it's like McDonald's - game changing at the time, but then Ray Kroc comes in and makes it all about money - which leads to a shitty product and a million other shitty restaurants all out to make a buck. Does that make sense?

3.5

Great album by the king of pop…I remember being disappointed with it when it came out

82. George caminha confiante pela avenida. As bandeiras ganham vida com os braços suados da multidão, não há vento que os sacuda. É um ruído diferente, este que o recebe. Os longos relvados da Europa são miragem neste seco oásis de poder e pedra. Respira-se esperança no futuro. Bom trabalho, George. Lembra-te quem são os teus inimigos. MotA: Man in the Mirror "Your butt is mine"

I've heard several of these before, and I think they're in the category of \"familiar\" vs. \"things I like\". Noting near as good as Thriller, and I like Alien Ant Farm's \"Smooth Criminal\" better...

Amazing. Perfect Pop record. Imagine yourself driving through a latino country with Coconut trees surrounding you in the afternoon. With a beach party later at night.

The album that birthed one of the best parodies of all time “fat” we will forever be indebted to Bad for that. This is another mj classic, lots of killer tracks, funky. It’s great….but it’s no Thriller

*Covering Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" is a hell of a good choice; even if he doesn't quite make it his own *Flops: Liberian Girls, I Just Can't Stop Loving You *Bops: Every other song *It's a pretty dang good pop album. *Even though it sounds of it's time thanks to the drum machines, I'd still revisit when in the mood for some 80s dance party bangers ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I was halfway through when I looked at the track list and said "oh my god, he still has like 3 more smash hits on here!" Another monster album from MJ, not quite as timeless as Thriller, but just as many classic hooks.

Een paar hits op dit album, de rest is inderdaad wat minder memorabel. Maar af en toe meezingen en meebewegen is wel gebeurd

No notes needed

3 and a half....to 4. Some add tunes

Classic MJ album. I can only imagine hearing this for the first time back in 87'. Thriller is like Michael Jordan in the 80s. Fresh, new, iconic. You knew this dude was it. Bad is like MJ in the 90s. The GOAT winning championships and proving why he's in the GOAT conversation.

has not aged well

The problem with using the latest technology for music is that you risk it sounding very dated in the future. This album has not aged well in terms of technology. Eight of the 11 tracks from this album were released as singles (Nine if you count the UK release of Liberian Girl, but please don't). The album could be re-released with those singles only and only improve the album. Speed Demon, Liberian Girl and Just Good Friends detract from the album which suffers from the production values of the period.

Well seven songs in and the non hits are really quite BAD (sorry for the pun). The Man in the Mirror is also a good rung or two below the hits from Thriller and Off the Wall. Besides the title track and "The Way You Make me Feel" there's just not much else of interest... 2.5 🌟

Jag startar albumet när jag kliver ut genom dörren och är påväg till affären. Jag möter några personer och tänker genast att dom tittar på mig med förakt och tycker att jag är en dålig människa. "Lyssnar du på Michael Jackson? Vet du inte vad han gjorde?". Jag fortsätter gå och tänker förbereder mig till att kunna försvara mig genom att säga "Men det var generatorn som gav mig detta album idag" och tänker att jag garanterat skulle få reaktionen av en fnysning och en marsch i en annan riktning. Jag tänker att personen i kassan kommer vara otrevlig mot mig. Jag tänker att det är tråkigt att det är såhär. Men låt mig separera verket från detta och kommentera musiken. Jag skulle ljuga för mig själv om jag sade att jag inte tycker om den här skivan. Särskilt andra halvan av albumet är fylld med låtar som ger mig minnen från barndomen. Jag får tydliga bilder från bilresor med familjen när vi är påväg till farmor och farfar och jag sitter i baksätet med min mp4-spelare som jag fått av min pappa. Det framkallar varma minnen. Bäst: "Leave me alone"

Very catchy. Incredible vocal range by Michael

Good to dance along to loads of well known songs, sounds really 80s but dead easy to listen to.

Just don't like his music

No hot takes from me, nor do I want to get into the morality of listening to an artist and the separation of their actions from their art. A crazy amount of hits live on this album. Some of them feel about as dated as it gets. Dirty Diana will always be a slap though.

Solid, great songwriting, great performance by MJ, one of the best albums of the 80’s.

Michael

Some bangers on here but as a complete album it’s ok. There’s some misses I’d just skip by. Just Good Friends was a song I didn’t know and liked. 3.5 stars.

slaps

Classic album

Loved it! Can't believe I haven't listened to the whole thing. I like it more than Thriller.