Reviews (page 5 of 14)
Hard not to give this 5 stars
An objectively judged, art separated from artist 5
He may enjoy fingering little boys bumholes, but if you can separate the art from the the artist, this is an all time classic
It’s hard not to give this Album a 5.
Classic
Buncha all-time great songs on here; a sound that shows its age, basically because it defined the age
literal king of pop
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.
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
Bad, Dirty Diana. Smooth Criminal. Man in the mirror. The way you make me feel. 5/5
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
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.
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!
prob his best album. endless hits. michael jackson walked so santana lopez could run.
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"
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
As far as a pop album goes, this has to be unbeatable, every song was a single!
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.
5/5 classic
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.
just good friendsssss
Es un álbum impresionante, cuando crees que talvez es repetitivo pum, te cambia de perspectiva toral, recomiendo dirty diana, un temazo
Bad.
Most people wouldn't be able to adequately follow up an album like Thriller. But Michael Jackson could.
Clássico
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.
Classic pop album. Pop is *not* my thing, but you just can't help but enjoy this album end to end. A-
Good
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
Classic iconic
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.
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.
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?! *****
Não gostei
Clássico.
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
(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.
Iconic
Excellent, loads of great tracks.
Bad man
Outstanding Michael!
Easy 5.
Amazing not as great as thriller but a solid album all the way through. Somebody on the sound engineering team learned with gating was
Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Smooth Criminal, Man in the Mirror
Was soll man sagen… echter MJ
Never heard the full album before, but it is a pop masterpiece. Highly recommended even for rock fans!
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.
Ooh she bad!! This is a great album, once you’ve shook loss the memories of hearing allegations about MJ
A timeless gem
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.
"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.
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.
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
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.
No notes needed
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.
Solid, great songwriting, great performance by MJ, one of the best albums of the 80’s.
Michael
Loved it! Can't believe I haven't listened to the whole thing. I like it more than Thriller.
Definite classic
Already have this album in my library. Fantastic! Obviously, a classic!
idk why the album cover says its bad, it actually really good!!! ладн, на самом деле на мой взгляд это лучшая пластинка Джексона, уж никак не Триллер (на этой куда меньше филлеров, на самом деле раздражает только I just can't stop loving you + слишком уж пластиковый звук некоторых инструментов, например баса в спид демоне). Но когда переслушивал пришла такая мысль: почему в каждом из своих love-jams Джексон звучит так, будто ему абсолютно похуй на этих баб, про которых он поёт? Ну типа я даже не могу представить, чтобы хоть какая-то типша потекла от Way you make me feel или прочих фанковых завываний поп-короля. Почему у него так хорошо получаются песни про то, что он BAD, DEMON и хочет BEAT IT (сложный мем), но при этом когда начинаются любовные баллады — Майкл звучит как ребёнок, который выучил слова, но не совсем до конца их понимает и просто джемует под сочные битки. кажется, определённые выводы можно было сделать ещё в то время... 5/5
До прослушивания был настроен поставить 5 как одному из самых громких альбомов 80-ых от исполнителя, которого я в целом уважаю. Потом наткнулся на какой-то проходняк вроде The Way You Make Me Feel и Speed Demon, из-за чего уверенность попропала. Но ведь альбом немалый, окромя них ещё 9 треков есть. И они годные. Имеются вообще балдёжные хиты а-ля Bad, Liberian Girl и Smooth Criminal, потрясающий кавер на Сосагана. Всё же в перерывах между игрой в салочки днём и сосалочки ночью мог Майкл музло писать. Возможно, даже своим трудом задавать суть времени. Суть, возможно, последней эпохи, от которой веяло оптимизмом, ещё не погрязшей в декадансе, расколе и лицемерии. Где-то выше жаловался на своё неприятие праздности, но в этом альбоме веет скорее праздничностью, что в моём представлении - другое. Праздничность - энергичная и мотивирующая, а не расслабленная и ленивая. Посему всё же нахожу для себя основания ёбнуть пятёру.
ну это король хули еще сказать
It was nice to take a break from my self imposed Michael ban and revisit this old friend. Some thoughts... Bad- I always used to pretend I was the bookish nerd version of Michael as seen at the start of the Scorsese directed music video whenever I returned home from University on the train. The songs are so strange and unlike anything else in pop, Michael seemed to mainline into American culture for a decade and his albums of the eighties are the highly polished exponents of this. Liberian girl-this is perhaps the strangest of the album and I remember the music video being of the same ilk; Steve Spielberg slowly spinning around in his directors chair with a facial expression that conveyed his general confusion as to what emotion he needed to be portraying, as Macauley Culkin fucked about on the lighting rigging and Eddie Murphy pretended to be a pharaoh. I notice this in quite a lot of MJ movie style music videos; a tentativeness to everyone's actions as if the purpose of the script is not quite scratching the surface of the emotion that is awakened when they listen to the music. I may have misremembered this music video so please ignore all this if that's the case. Smooth Criminal is probably my favourite track although Dirty Diana is a close 2nd. The extra tracks on this 25th anniversary version are nice (I'm so blue being my favourite) but easy to see why they didn't make the cut.
An absolute pop classic. Best track: The Way You Make Me Feel
Beim Moonwalk wieder in die Vitrine gerasselt - der König des Pop. Muss man mehr sagen? Rundes Album, fast keine Füller, fettenst produziert.
I love Liberian Girl and Dirty Diana. These totally weird narratives about fake personas are just like amazing time capsules to me. All the other songs are obvious bangers but these two songs about random fictional women are awesome.
Auf diesem Album sind so unfassbar viele Welthits drauf, auch wenn man sie überhört hat. Natürlich gehört das Album in diese Liste und wird noch viele weitere Generationen beeinflussen.
MJ is an absolute legend and an all time favorite! So many good songs on this album
Not. Too. BAD! Amirite guys???? Looks like the Jackson 5's bandleader decided to step out and attempt a solo career. The childhood trauma really shines on this one. Better than the Beatles! CHA-MONE-AH! A+
This is a personal favorite🤩 Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror always speak such truthful words. Mr Jackson had some disturbing issues but writing music, producing videos, choreography and entertaining so many for so long are not them. Well done 👍🏼
Gran álbum, no se puede agregar más al nombré de Michael Jackson
9. great but off the wall is better
Even better than the last one somehow?? Such bangers, I remember being 9 and absolutely rocking out to Man in the Mirror so points for nostalgia too
His magnus opus that's for sure
El rey del pop. 3 megahits.
Masterpiece.
Not much to say, legendary album
Pura magia, el estilo inconfundible de Michael bien podría ser un género musical por sí mismo. Aunque muchos dirían que es musica pop, en este album se pueden percibir todos los generos musicales, rock, soul, blues, funk, dance, etc, etc! 10/10
I was surprised by the number of songs on this album that I didn't know. I obviously like the ones I know and think those songs carry this album's place on the list.
My favourite MJ album. A pop masterpiece with more character than Thriller.
Really good
Superb
Yani, obviously
What a cracker. Man in The Mirror has always been one of my top MJ tracks
I’ve listened to this a million times.
Great
Nice to listen to. It was some time ago I had listened to this album. Very nice was the part added for the 25th anniversary.
Pretty sweet guitar riffs
Classic
An album full of hits, one could think it's a Greatest Hits
graceful rhythms and wonderful vocal, but album is "bad"
Конечно, повторить уровень Триллера было практически нереально, поэтому MJ этого и не сделал. Альбом, хоть и блещет энергией предшественника, но обладает меньшим пафосом и грандиозностью, ведь Король Поп-Музыки решил прогнуться под моду на синти-поп тех лет, что создало музыкальное полотно, синтезированное на 80-90%. Это открывает его по детскому наивному, но по зрелому техничному голоску новые исполнительские возможности, которыми он пользуется не с меньшей грацией и профессионализмом, чем на прошлых двух альбомах, а отмеченные ранее инструменталы по прежнему "взрывоопасны". Особенно хотелось бы выделить припев "Speed Demon", в котором бас звучит как мотор автомобиля при попытке его завести. Это звучит крайне неожиданно и, не постесняюсь сказать, вызвало у меня улыбку восхищения. Что особенно отличает этот альбом от Триллера, так это наличие в нем сразу двух баллад "Liberian Girl" и "Man In The Mirror". Первая окунает в холодную, в какой то степени восточную атмосферу, а вторая, наоборот, теплая и жизнерадостная. Идущие, соответственно, после "Speed Demon" и "Another Part Of Me" очень разряжают обстановку быстро сгорающего танцпола. В общей степени, альбом получился крайне энергичным и актуальным примером синти-попа, который, без преувеличений, можно ставить от начала до конца на домашних вечеринках, ведь все любят Джексона.
It's a classic
classic!!!
Bad is a good album! Some real hits on here like Man in the Mirror and and Smooth Criminal among others. The non singles are enjoyable if not particularly resonating or memorable on first listen.
So many great songs but a bit too poppy I think
Very good album. I'm not a big fan of the drum programming, though. Interestingly, the song I enjoyed the less is the one with Stevie Wonder ("Just Good Friends"). Some of the songs I enjoyed the most: "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man In The Mirror" (together with "Smooth Criminal", my favourite track), "Dirty Diana", or "Leave Me Alone". It's between 4 and 5 stars for me, although I think that 4 stars may be ok (especially since there are 3 or 4 songs that I find not very inspired).
After Thriller, this album felt very tryhard in 1987. Weird Al's Fat seemed like a perfect complement to it, just filling out the sillier aspects of the whole thing. No one thought MJ was "bad" in a cool sense! But it holds up! I'd say it's Michael's third-best album. Smooth Criminal is one of my favorites.
Just to be clear, this is me rating the music and not how he was as a person! To much breathing into the mic for me but there was incredible groove
hehe
So many hits.
Bad is great. Maybe not on the same level as MJ's first two, but still a banger
MJ; people ready to judge and jury on this poor guy. Fucking mob mentality! Painted as a monster by the media, used by grifters and opportunistic parasites. Give it a rest. He is nothing more than a kind and misunderstood man. And he is the King of Pop. Album; good, not great. Mediocre thru the middle, but those hits kept his star flying high… for a while at least. Good for him. My wife loved it then, still loves it today. But heck, she loves lots of shite that gets her hips moving. Who knows the truth? We certainly don’t! Do I think his behavior was odd? Oh yeah! Do I think he was a bad man? Nope.
Listened to it loads when it came out which prompted me to go see him at Wembley stadium and then watch Moonwalker. Love him or hate him you can’t deny the talent.
The singles make this a 5 star album. The rest of the tracks are more a 3 star to me. Giving this a 4, but I'll admit that it's a very high 4 for me. Just drags a little bit between the bangers for me.
Very fun listen! Hadn't heard a lot of these songs before
It’s not the best MJ album but it’s pretty wonderful. It’s hard to have an album that’s completely listenable
Adorei, um classico que nunca ouvi todo
Killed and smeared by the jews. Such sadness.
Unfortunately really fun and funky. It's a bop and is so unbelievably catchy, which I fully expected coming off only having listened to the singles. Speed demon is a funk banger. If only he didn't diddle those kids. It's dated and Corny at times but i had a lot of fun listening, it's a very established and unique vibe.
There are some days where I would say this is my favorite Michael Jackson album. It's not as consistently excellent as 'Off The Wall', and it doesn't have as many pure pop classics as 'Thriller', but there's a kind of scrappy edge to this album that really, really works for me. Out of his 3 indisputable classics, this is the most messy and inconsistent, but this is the one I have the most fun with, and it's my favorite one. Also I think 'Dirty Diana' is his best song.
Classic for a reason. Appreciate the genrebending
Good
Finally one of the best selling albums of all time. How many did Jacko sell of this? 35 Million units? That is an acomplishment, undoubtly. It contains several hits. A top-notch production. I'm not the biggest fan of MJ and I do not own a copy of Bad but have to acknowledge the greatness of it.
Maybe I was in an unusually good mood, but this turned out to be my favorite of the 3 MJ albums.
Half all time bangers but the other half is forgettable.
很经典的一款老歌，百闻一见
like others have said there's a lot of bangers on this album. off the wall might be more my vibe tho? like the songs are distinct from each other but i feel like a lot of the pop songs feel similar if that makes sense (maybe all the "he he"-ing idk).
1 - 8/10 2 - 9/10 3 - 9/10 4 - 7/10 5 - 8/10 6 - 7/10 7 - 9/10 8 - 8/10 9 - 10/10 10 - 9/10 11 - 9/10
Bad by Michael Jackson is a really good album. Michael Jackson's solo music has never particularly been my genre, and personally I've always preferred the energy and sound of the Jackson 5. That said, it's difficult not to enjoy an album with this many great pop songs on it. Bad is fast-paced, brilliantly produced and full of energy. At its best, it's easy to understand why Michael Jackson became such a huge artist. The production still sounds massive, the melodies are instantly recognisable, and when this album delivers a hit, it really delivers. There aren't many albums that can boast songs as good as "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Smooth Criminal". For me, though, it doesn't have the consistency of Thriller. There are some absolutely brilliant songs, but there's also noticeably more filler. When the quality drops, it drops quite significantly, and there are a handful of tracks I wouldn't particularly want to hear again. Overall, though, I enjoyed this far more than I might have expected. Michael Jackson may not be the sort of artist I'd naturally choose to put on, and I'd still rather listen to the Jackson 5, but there's no denying how good he was at making huge, memorable pop songs. Favourite tracks: "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Smooth Criminal" are brilliant. Three massive pop songs that still sound great today. Least favourite tracks: There's more filler here than on Thriller. Songs like "Just Good Friends" and "Dirty Diana" don't do much for me and are a noticeable step down from the album's best moments. Album artwork: A classic album cover. Simple, iconic and instantly recognisable.
Classic
It was good not the best tho
ta piola, le pondría un 7/10. después de tantos años sin escuchar smooth criminal la encontré sorprendentemente buena.
#405 I had a good time listening, it’s not as good as Thriller but still jam packed with classics. Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Smooth Criminal; Dirty Diana Rating: 7/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Have it on Vinyl.
Somehow still not his best album but a very good album overall.
MJ is awful but this album is a banger
I’m sorry I know
he's had better, but certainly contains some bangers Would I listen again: to the singles, sure Deserves to be on this list: probably 3.6
1983 dance pop Bad The way you make me feel The man in the mirror
The third album in MJ’s famous trilogy, Bad is such a strong inclusion even if not as spectacular as Off the Wall or Thriller as a whole. This project includes some great tracks that, for a lesser artist, would be their defining moments. Of course, we’re talking about one of the best pop artists to ever do it, so it’s great, if not quite at his peak. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal, Title Track
Classic. Slightly fewer major hits than Thriller. Still, one of the best from one of the best. Underrated Stunner - Dirty Diana.
I always rated this album low because I disliked the song ‘Bad’. So I never revisited any of his music after Thriller. I still hate ‘Bad’ as a song, but after a re-listen I think the rest of the album is solid. 4 stars
Classic for a reason. I'd never listened to the whole album before and the non hits were ones I hadn't heard before. The big hits I hear multiple times a week I'd say especially now that mj is having a revival
I liked most of the songs, including the ones I had never heard, like “Liberian Girl”
Some real bangers in there.
Not bad.
lotta classics on here
8/10 - The trouble for me with albums that have so many megahits, is that those songs are so familiar that they take me out of the album experience. It's like listening to Will Ferrel in Blades Of Glory when he says "No one knows what it means, but it's provocative... it gets the people going!" -- it doesn't feel like Will Ferrell it feels like a kanye sample. And that definitely happened to me this album. Luckily, it felt more cohesive second and third listen through. And boy do I like so much more than just the hits. I thought Man In The Mirror would be my favorite, but I think its actually really like "The Way You Make Me Feel" (and never heard of it before... 800 million plays wowwwww 🪨). I feel transported to an indie film when Liberian Girl plays and am now just realizing that its not Librarian girl xd Every song basically has something going for it - Leave Me Alone is on right now and its pretty fire, ngl. Only thing holding it back is that *that* 80s vibe never sits well with me. Caps out at 8/10 but that on me Fav Tracks: The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Liberian Girl, I Just Can't Stop Loving You Heard before? --------–- ✅ Saved a new Song? ----- ✅ Saved Album? -------–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? ---––– ✅
This album is not "Bad". Diddling be damned, this man had tracks. Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, Just Can't Stop Loving You, Smooth Criminal. All bangers.
I never listened to this one in full before. I feel like this isn't at the same level as Thriller, but it makes for a solid album when not compared to it. Solid singing!
Say what you will about the man. He was a genius with his own stunted growth and demons. The pop hits are undeniable. This album is a monster. These songs are the fabric of American pop and Michael was the last true pop star.
Eh...a reluctant 4. A marked improvement over Thriller in my opinion but still holding some of the issues I had with that album. Maybe a bit compromised, too with a fixation on out doing Prince.
This album feels so close to perfection and yet I feel as if something is missing the production is great the impressive vocal range of Michael is on full display but there are some decisions in the composition of songs that make me take a star off. Truly masterful but MJ has better. Fav tracks: Bad, the way you make me feel, Liberian girl, just good friends, another part of me, and leave me alone
20% hortera 80% absolutos temardos
I liked this more than Thriller I think. It also just feels like THE quintessential MJ album, if I had to pick one. The Way You Make Me Feel, Man in the Mirror, and Smooth Criminal are all certified bangers.
It contains the song that made me fall over constantly as a 7 year old. I still can't do the lean from Smooth Criminal. I was genuinely shocked how much I hate the instrumentation on here though. And the backing vocals. Grating.
This album isn't Bad, its great!
Franchement culte
king of pop
Sounds great
4*
Not quite as perfect as Thriller, but pretty close. Favorites: "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror", "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal", "Leave Me Alone"
His music was unique, imbued with passion and his truth at the time, especially this album, so definitely a one has left a massive mark on the music even today, earning him a title of King of Pop completely appropriately ✨👑
It's good (Bad) Micheal. Huge hits unique performance totally 80s production Strong 7
Bad - 4.5/5 The Way You Make Me Feel - 4/5 Speed Demon - 3/5 Liberian Girl - 3/5 Just Good Friends - 3.5/5 Another Part of Me - 3.5/5 Man in the Mirror - 4/5 I Just Can't Stop Loving You - 3.5/5 Dirty Diana - 4/5 Smooth Criminal - 5/5 How do you follow-up on the impossible task of making the next album after the literal greatest-selling album of all time in Thriller? Easy, make another quality album where 6 out of the 10 tracks become long-lasting singles. Even if some of those songs sound incredibly of that era. Having that stretch of tracks 3-6 really damper the mood with the production leading the way over any sort of talent by Jackson. Ending with Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal saves the album a bit from the mediocre middle but realistically this is a downgrade over Thriller. Era-specific production heavily dates the album that it really detracts from what should have been a great follow-up for the biggest pop star and alleged pedophile. I did this whole review as a bit just so the first words of each sentence spell out "hee hee". Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Bad, Smooth Criminal
Quite good!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=USTWzX-ORGI
Good
The most ironic album title
not for me but fun in its own way
This has been the week of problematic artists, albeit, Michael Jackson is probably worse than Ryan Adams. I'm glad that I'm not a professional critic, because this would be way more complicated. But anyways, this is a very good Michael Jackson album. Bad and The Way You Make Me Feel are top-tier. But, the rest of the album fades a little bit.
It’s a step backward from Thriller, IMHO. The bad-boy edge just didn’t work. At the time, it just seemed downright silly. Still does! Jackson’s strength was always in his ability to deliver flawless, smooth R&B performances. We got less of that here. I gave Thriller 5.0 stars, but it was really closer to 4.5 for me (as that review said). I’ll give this a 4.0, but it might be closer to 3.5? “The Way You Make Me Feel” is certainly essential, though. And “Man in the Mirror” might be a guilty pleasure.
Rico album, casi todos temardos. Sape
8+ / 10
Hee hee
The first half is kind of painfully irritating but second blew it out of the water.
So cool to listen back to this and hear all the samples that came from this album. Liberian Girl is a sexxxy track, and the intro to Dirty Diana is so damn nice.
The first album I ever owned and I loved it then. Not so sure now. Its iconically late eighties and it defined the era. It is also rammed full MJ vocal tropes (Shamone) to the point that I found some songs hard to listen due to how much piss has subsequently been extracted over the years in relation to them that it jarred every time MJ squeaked. Dirty Diana/ Smooth Criminal are still great tracks tho and there is not much filler other than Speed Demon.
I still think his best album is his first solo album, Off The Wall but this album is pretty good. I think I might even like it better than Thriller. The only musician I like in Guns n' Roses, Slash, does a pretty good job on songs that he appears on. Michael's voice is probably the best I've ever heard it.
Bad, Smooth Criminal, and Man in the Mirror are classics; Dirty Diana also was a surprise hit for me, but the rest of the album does drag
Pretty gas, not giving it a 5 though tbh
Iconic but not thriller so only a 4/5.
great album
Lots of classics, but let down with a few songs that feel like filler.
Not as good as Thriller but let’s face it what is? Still a pretty good effort though!
When this album came out I thought MJ was a tough SOB white guy with cool hair, I had a lot to learn. This album is a catalogue of catchy 80’s pop, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal and Man in the Mirror are stand outs for me but listening to it again I was amazed how many massive tracks feature on one album. It’s not my go to type of music but you can’t deny the quality and constancy of the output of MJ during this era 4.1
There's 3 or 4 great tracks and although of it's time, it's a strong album. I always find it hard to judge Michael Jackson's musical output due to all the other noncesense that followed. Talent is talent though. I suppose.
Great album! It's Michael, what can I say.
(7/10)
you can’t say mj is bad
Ey ich finds gut
Sunday, 14 June, 2026 Killer album from the first note. Just one or two songs I wasn’t as in to. Side two is really strong.
Always leaves a song stuck in my head
Hits and misses!
맨~인~더 미뤗
I’m always surprised when I return to this album. This Quincy Jones period of Michael’s career is really amazing. The problem is that this album is uneven af. The opening trio, for instance. The first two songs are instantly recognizable mega hits. Speed Demon? But the rhythm in that offering always grips me. Then you have three really weird slow burners that no one remembers. And then Man in the Mirror. I fully believe only Michael could pull that one off. And the way he does… gets me every time. From there the album ends strongly, even if a song like Dirty Diana is super weird. But again, the percussion, and Michael’s percussive vocal delivery makes that a banger in my book, even if I have to keep my brain from trying to think too deeply about what the lyrics are saying. There’s no way I can go 5. But it’s such a strong 4. 4 Boolean:True
he overused that kick sample 4.5
Good
4.5/5
Banger after banger keeps coming on this album! I didn't realize how many of MJ's hits were from this album alone. The hits made the other songs feel a little lackluster for me, though. I wasn't a fan of Liberian Girls, Dirty Diana or I Just Can't Stop Loving You - they weren't as timeless as some of the other tracks. Favorite travks: The Way You Make Me Feel Bad Man In The Mirror
Take A Look At Yourself, And Make That Change 1001 Albums Generator 308 (6/8/2026) Amazing hits, and a few duds in the form of sappy ballads. That key change in Man In The Mirror is life-affirming and more than makes up for the saccharine verses. 4/5. Favs: The Way You Make Me Feel Another Part of Me Smooth Criminal Least Fav: Liberian Girl
Banger after banger. Shines in the more rock-adjacent tracks but maybe it's just me not getting liberian girl.
A noticable step down from the quality of Off The Wall and Thriller but still pretty damn fantastic. I feel this was around the time he started being a child molester so that probably explains it.
There are a lot of albums on this list that make you think “why tf is this on here”—this is not one of them. Fav song: the way you make me feel
not my fave michael album but clearly still goated
Extremely groovy, typical mj
no skip album it’s the goat obv helloooo
Oh of course, it sounds great, I enjoyed many songs on this album. And of course, the very first thought that crossed my mind when this was revealed was "child predator." Like, absolutely he was. Michael Jackson was a lot of things. Inhumanly great performer, and also a child predator. I can't even do the "separate the art from the artist" thing here. Those go hand in hand.\ But I can't deny The Way You Make Me Feel, nor Smooth Criminal, nor the silliness of Speed Demon...I mean it's Michael Fucking Jackson. What could I possibly say about this that hasn't already been said?
So many good songs. Some I am familiar with and others that are new to me! Not everyone song is a bop but enough to keep me interested the whole time.
Good but not his best. Not a fan of the sound and tone.
It's not Thriller, but still pretty awesome. Dirty Diana goes hard.
shawome hee hee
Buen álbum!!
Not bad, actually. Although obviously probably fuck that guy.
HEE HEE
He might have been a shapeshifting wrongun, but you can't deny that he wrote and performed some absolute worldies
Not his best album but several of his biggest hits.
I favourited Bad (obv), The Way You Make Me Feel, Another Part of Me, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal and Leave Me Alone. This album is another solid proof of Michael's outstanding legacy.
There was a period of time when Michael Jackson was my favorite artist. There's pictures of me at my grandma's house with a glove on my hand, singing into a turkey baster. When I say that I loved Michael Jackson...I really loved Michael Jackson. I owned this album on vinyl (and also Thriller, obviously) and I thought he was the coolest. Looking at the cover now, I'm not quite sure what I saw that I thought was cool, but I was only a year old when this came out, so that's all you really need to know. In the early 90s when the first accusations were thrown out there, I went to bat for him with my second grade class. There was no way he did those things. This is my hero, we're talking about here. NO. WAY! At 40, I don't know, man. The pictures don't look good. At best, he was a really weird dude who was doing things that I would never even consider doing. At worst, well....you get the idea. It all does kinda put a bad taste in my mouth. I try to not really think about it and separate the art from the artist. But even still, the times I actively reach for a Michael Jackson album are very few and far between these days. Regardless of what you think of the man, though, you can't deny the talent. This album is not Thriller, but it's still great and has multiple certified jam sandwiches on it. An easy 4 star album
It's fine.
Great album from Michael even if it doesn't quite stack up to Thriller and Off The Wall. I love the guest appearances from Siedah Garrett and Stevie Wonder. Definitely some of the songs are a bit of a drag on the album as a whole - thinking of Speed Demon and Liberian Girl.
Some justifiably big hits on this one. Michael is Michael and I was bopping along though a couple of listens. A little over produced and musically too clean at times but still great
I remember listening to this in 87 when it came out, I had the album and was in my dorm room llistening and realized that I was falling out of love w MJ. He was so white on the cover and I felt sad, he was going nuts and his music wasn't the same - nonetheless, almost every track is instantly recognizable and fabulous, musically speaking, just 3 so-so tracks. Still have mad respect for him and will always love him a little bit for blessing my first 18yrs of life with all that awesome music
My main take aways: - the vocal harmonies are really what separated MJ from also rans. - the Quincy jones production doesn't hurt either with one serious exception - that damn Linn 9000 snare sound that feels like a lightning bolt. It's like 1987 exploding in my head over and over and over again.
Bad - 4/5 The Way You Make Me Feel - 3.5/5 Speed Demon - 3/5 Liberian Girl - 2.5/5 Just Good Friends -3/5 Another Part of Me - 3/5 Man in the Mirror - 4.5/5 I Just Can't Stop Loving You (feat. Siedah Garrett) - 3.5/5 Dirty Diana - 4/5 Smooth Criminal - 4/5 Leave Me Alone - 4.5/5
Big shocker a classic
Following up Thriller was always going to be an impossible task for Michael Jackson, so when it was announced Bad would be his next full length album 5 years after it was such a relief to see a new direction rather than a rehashing and desperate attempt to try and recapture the same spirit of his previous masterpiece. This project moves away from the Disco and Funk of his past and moves towards a more energetic 80s Dance-Pop sound that does feel the most "of its' time" of Jackson's big 3 albums but still feels quite great thanks to some stellar songwriting. It is without any sort of denial that Bad and Smooth criminal are classic songs here but Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror, and The Way You Make Me Feel are all also so damn good. There are some other tracks here I found were nice but not nearly as iconic or special as I would have hoped like with Speed Demon, Liberian Girl, and I Just Can't Stop Loving You. Even with the high highs of this album, there are quite a few stunted songs that feel less timeless and more "of its' time." I don't think Bad is an bad album by any means, but it certainly hasn't aged as nicely as many others may have hoped.
While not one of the classics still hits hits hits. This was around the same time that people were having the conversation around who was better Prince or Michael Jackson. I think that Dirty Diana is his attempt at doing a Jackson version of Darling Nicky.
7.5/8
Fun album. I enjoyed listening to the deep cuts. 4/5 I’ve heard MJ my whole life and never actually listened to any albums front to back so this was a fun listen. I honestly enjoyed hearing the deep cuts more than the hits. And this might be a controversial take but I think Bad is an annoying song, but overall really fun album!
4,3/5
7/10 It is a pop classic - I remember it being everywhere in the late 80s. The singles carry it, although the title track is pretty rubbish still
He ain't get king of pop for nothing. Some of my favourite tracks of MJ's on this album (Dirty Diana is such a killer track and so are Man in the Mirror and The Way You Make Me Feel) so I knew it was going to be peak right from the start but I got surprised by some of the deeper cuts off this record. Speed Demon and Leave Me Alone are ones I had never heard before but still made an impression on me. Couple of misses imo with Liberian Girl, Just Good Friends, and I Can't Stop Loving You but overall a very good album. Plus, so iconic. Favourite tracks: Speed Demon, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, Smooth Criminal 4.5/5
Love the music
pedo
Fuck I love dirty Diana
Pretty fun, incredibly cheesy but refined. the goat
i get it
I think I preferred this album to Thriller. Beat It and Billie Jean are excellent but I didn't feel like the whole album was at the same level. Bad seems to be to have a higher average quality song overall, including some bangers (although none quite as Beat It or Billie Jean levels for me).
3.5
omg, why did it take me so long to hear an entire MJ album? this is good, the music already on another level, truly a legend. my fa song is The Way yo Make me feel! :)
Classic! Songs from my childhood
Probably one of the most famous albums on this list and in the world. Jackson's disco/soul/funk vibe hits peak 80s instrumentation and production. Drum pads, sequenced basslines and synth strings abound. Also some rock, as in Beat It beforehand. First new track to me, Speed Demon perfectly exemplifies this. That sequenced slap bass is interesting, even sounds a bit like something from a retro video game! Sound does get a bit repetetive, bit of a lull from Speed Demon until Man in the Mirror. Longer outro to Man in the Mirror is interesting to hear - I'd only heard radio version before. Just Can't Stop Lovin You is too overwrought and sentimental Overall verdict, trying to be objective about such a famous album: some tracks are clearly masterpieces of pop, and deserve their fame. But there is filler here, making it unable to get 5 stars. But is it 3 or 4 from me? Best (new to me) track - Speed Demon 4 stars for the cultural touchstone. There is a reason it is so huge.
yea he was the goat im sorry
I actually enjoy this album more than Thriller. Already been said -just a lot of bangers. His talent was insane. Not quite a five for me though. I think off the wall is his best.
Wasn't really digging the tracks that followed 'Bad' but it picked up tremendously after Liberian Girl.
I genuinely thought I would like this album more than I actually did. I mean, it's Michael Jackson! The King of Pop! There are some songs that I absolutely love like The Way You Make Me Feel, Speed Demon, Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana and the creme de la creme, Smooth Criminal! But sadly, I was a little bit disappointed because I knew the reputation of this album going in and had high expectations. Oh well. It still gets 4 stars though!
Enough bangers to justify the more questionable choices made in this album
You know who is bad, me listening to this album. It has some great songs on it, but also some very mediocre songs. I have become more of a Michael Jackson fan the older I have become. 7/10 Top song The way you make me feel
SAVE ME MICHAEL JACKSON. Oh thank god. I've been drowning in slop and mediocrity. I can actually fucking enjoy what's playing in my ears now. Its MJ. Allegations aside he's musically insane. No one did it like him. Or does. Just banger after banger. Insane run truly. I am a speed demon Michael youre so right. I mean great songs nothing much to say. Favourite: Leave Me Alone Least favourite: Liberian Girl
First time listening I liked listening to this album. I dont think I liked it as much as Off The Wall, but it was still good. 7/10 enjoyment ranking
8.5- 5 of 11 songs are timeless hits, middle songs had a bit of a lull with a strong ending. Overall great album
very solid mj album, good stuff
Not my favorite MJ album, but still some heavy hitters to enjoy!
Oh man this is really something that I fw... Bad and The way you make me feel, remind me of childhood movies, but now they hit different, as like a new light shows upon them. The album is very positive energy filled record, with emotion and life in itself, with it's ups and down, a very enjoyable experience. Dirty Diana is my favorite from this one hands down, the slow build-up, emotion and general atmosphere is gud.
Kinda surprised by how many users disliked this album. Don't misunderstand me, I know it's dated. But it was also a groundbreaking pop album. Nearly every song is iconic with Jackson's distinct vocal style.
Barely a 4. Girls convinced me based on number of bangers.
Not bad, not bad at all. And perfect for “Weird Al” Yankovic to parody…
Слишком уж даже отточенный и мощный.
doggo/10
Não é o melhor álbum do Michael, mas é bom.
used to go to sleep to this as a child. excellent music just not my fav MJ era
The hits are so well known from this album, and I really don't remember not knowing these songs. There are only a couple of tracks that I didn't like as much as the others. This album is iconic.
Fond memories of this one and music is still pretty good if a little over produced. Really hard to listen to nowadays, a lot of the lyrics feel like confessions
é engraçado ver essa seção de comentários falando coisas do michael, ai quando vou ver o perfil da pessoa, ela tá lá aclamando david bowie e tantas outras figuras tão polemicas quanto o michael kk risível a hipocrisia né sobre o album, perfeição disco/pós disco como sempre, selo de qualidade de produção lá em cima. é um pouco inferior ao thriller, mas certamente merece um 4 muito bem dado. esse foi artista.
(79/100)
cool, got introduced to michael jackson
Great album. So many hits. Great producing. Whatever you think about Michael Jackson, there's no denying that he was a talented performer.
I didn't listen to this album as part of this, but I've listened to it already a few times. This is a classic album, & you can't necessarily go wrong with the King of Pop. I will take some time to really listen as part of this process though, because it's been some time. I've been listening to thriller and off the wall more.
All the songs you already know are amazing, the ones you haven’t heard before are not
Full of great tracks, however as a whole, just one too many tracks that isn't at the level required for 5 stars
Det første MJ-albumet jeg har lyttet gjennom i voksen album. Dette består som forventet av ekstremt fengende pop-melodier og ikonisk stønnin. Top 3: Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror, Another Part of Me
He's not tuff bad here, he's down bad. But I can't fault him because 80s pop is my guilty pleasure. The funky drum tracks and the melodies are pretty catchy, but they're not as strong as Thriller. If we're really talking "bad", the ballads are not my kind of thing here. (3.5-4)
Some really great ones, and some that I really do not ever need to hear again lol. But can't go wrong with Michael Jackson.
mostly slaps. not too intense listening. liked it
Every harmony on every song was Michael, wild ability.
Michael frickin Jackson where do I start. How do ppl hate this album??? Yeah personally it’s not for me where I would listen to it everyday BUT that does not negate the fact how talented he is. Yeah he was very good on the children’s skin flute but do we rly count that????? Whatever it was a good album prince still better tho 8.1/10
strooong 8/10
No todas las canciones me gustaron
Kinda liked liberian girl. Smoooth
L: 6 M: 8 F: 7 O: 8
Doesn't really reach the heights of Thriller but the good stuff on here is undeniably good. Smooth Criminal is the hit by a mile of course, but Liberian Girl was an unexpected hit for me.
8/10 While I can see that it has that unmistakable 80s sound that almost everyone else did, this one has smooth criminal.
Maybe controversial but that is a great album.
With the exception of Speed Demon (what were you thinking MJ) this is full of great pop songs. I’m also told that it is pre cancellation. On that basis 4*
Following up Thriller, one of the best albums of the 20th century, is an impossible task but MJ comes close to doing it here. There are some absolute classics on here (Smooth Criminal, The Way You Make Me Feel) and some underrated gems (Speed Demon), and it doesn't feel as bloated as Michael's later albums. But you can start to sense his general weirdness coming out overall ("your butt is mine" still is one of the corniest opening lines), that would soon overtake his career. There's not as much magic on here as Off the Wall or Thriller but mostly it holds up.
Bunch of grooves and Michael’s voice is fantastic
Maicol
Ups and downs, the popular songs overshadow the lesser ones. Yes, it has a generic 80's sound throughout but it's literally the 80's, every pop song sounds the same. Doesn't mean it's not great
There is nothing bad you can say about king of pop! Hee Hee
I used to think it was 'Librarian Girl'... it's not. Also, the 'Speed Demon' video is jokes
Can't in good conscious give this a true listen.
Michael jackson is a must hear, amazing album
Yeeee
A guilty pleasure for sure, this album cranked up makes you wanna dance!
very very good, but a dropoff from thriller. the songs that aren't as well known (in my opinion) have a distinguishable drop in quality