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Bad

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This 3 cd/1dvd will make you dance. Beautifully packaged. Plus 2 mini photo albums. It documents the making of the cd. A great stocking stuffer.for the christmas season. Excellent.

This is the best deluxe I have bought so far. Quite a bit surprise!I was quite young while bad out, so I am glad to have the chance to relive such legendary album.

except for the original tracks and 1/2 the bonus CD tracks being stuff that's been out for years, I was thoroughly entertained. Highly recommend.

After I bought Michael's impressive "Thriller" album, I purchased Bad. I was shocked because this album was so much different than Thriller. The songs in Bad seemed to have more rock in it. However, I liked this album just as much. My favorites on this cd are:

Bad - This song was a great choice for the introduction. It's probably one of my top 5 favorites.

The Way You Make Me Feel - This song is perfect in every way. It's definitely my favorite one of all. This is one of the songs that will stick in your head all day. Not a bad thing, though.

Just Good Friends - Michael and Stevie were both amazing in this song. It's also in my top 5.

Man In The Mirror - This song is one that I could see being in the Thriller album. Michael sounds great, and the rhythm is great, too. It's the second best of the album in my opinion.

Dirty Diana - Dirty Diana is one that is impossible not to sing along to.

Smooth Criminal - This is a good dancing song. If you haven't seen the music video yet, you should definitely check it out. It's one of my Michael's personal favorites. It's one of mine, also.

The two other songs I really liked on this album are Streetwalker and Fly Away. AND THEY WERE BOTH CUT!!
*GROWL*
I was shocked when I found out that Quincy thought that Another Part Of Me would be a better choice for the album than Streetwalker. I don't know what he was thinking. Another Part Of Me was by far my least favorite song in the album mainly because the lyrics are so short, but the song drags on for four minutes. The chorus is repeated a million times. Streetwalker is 1,000 times better. I love Streetwalker because it's base is amazing. If more work was done on it, and put on the album, I think it would have been a hit. Fly away could have been, too if the song was edited a little. The lyrics were pretty good, and it was again way better than another part of me. I'm very glad I got the special edition version or I wouldn't have had TWO of my favorite songs on the album.
Okay.... now that I got that out of my system... lol
I hope this review helped you in making your decision whether or not to purchase this album.
*Megan*

"Thriller" was definitely the album that rocked the world, but "Bad" is not bad either. It is a more mature sounding Michael Jackson, but the spark is still strong. The "Bad" song is like an updated "Beat It" song.

Michael Jackson; The glove, the socks, the hat, the moves, the glitter, the lights, the euphoria... and the base of this; the music...

Michael Jackson is not just a singer hes an entertainer, if god found a way of bringing music into human form he did with this man, perhaps Mr jacksons changing face reflects the changes in music over the 40 years hes been an entertainer, perhaps the vitaligo is gods way of saying it dosnt matter if your black or white, you can still be talented and achieve anything.

Let me take you back, back past Invincible, back past HIStory's lyrical genius, back past Dangerous's dancefloor anthems, but youve gone to far... Come back with me through the Jacksons 5s motown classics, back through Off The Wall's rnb trend setting hits, back through the biggest selling album of all time, Thriller's awsomness and stop, now your at Bad, 5 number ones off a 11 track CD? 8 top 10 hits, oh yes! he didnt release three! that was it!

But to me music is not how much it sells, music is much more that, music is that disc you play, it isnt the videos on MTV it isnt the top 10, it certainly isnt the billboards, its what comes though your speakers souly, forget the hype and listen to the music...

Bad is my personal favorite album of all time from the unforgettable bad, which personally is my least favorite track on the album to the hard hitting classic Smooth Criminal. Personally i love it when Mikey uses his high pitched rhythm on tracks like Another Part of Me, Just Good Friends and Leave Me Alone, it sends shivers through your spine. The Way You Make Me Feel is one of the great tracks of all time its Bad's Billie Jean and Michael steps up to the next level in his vocal abilitys his range is much bigger his voice is at its best. Liberian Girl is smooth and sexy and is one I could listen too today and think it was recorded last week, these sorts of tracks will stay modern forever. Dont forget Man In The Mirror which brings tears to a grown mans eyes! And just to round it off he add his 'Bad' touch that is Speed Demon & Dirty Diana.

This album is music in its self, wether you like rap, rnb, rock, dance, you will love this, that is whats so great about Michael he is universal.

Long live the King of Pop, RnB & Soul

This album is truly amazing. The songs give different meanings and feelings. Some songs feel like you are in the city streets feeling everyword. There are romantic songs, including a number one hit duet with Siedah Garret on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". This album is one of Michael's biggest sellers. Michael has produced several big sellers, and NO ONE has surpassed one of his records whether record sales, effort, or feeling and emotion.

Here is a reveiew for all the tracks of this amazing album:

Bad: 10/10- Amazing. You can feel it and you just want to dance.

The Way You Make Me Feel: 10/10- You can feel the streets. This album was another number one hit..so was Bad.

Speed Demon- 10/10- The voice is so amazing, and when he hits his falsetto, its breathtaking. Amazing, amazing, amazing. The video is unique as well.

Liberian Girl- 10/10- What can you say. Michael has probably the most unique, and special voice in music history. This track is truly amazing and catchy.

Just Good Friends- 9/10- I love this duet with Michael and Stevie Wonder. Its unique how they sang this song, and the whole story to it.

Another Part of Me- 10/10- This song was a number one hit on the R&B Charts

Man In The Mirror- Number one hit...amazing.10/10

I Just Can't Stop Loving You- 10/10

Dirty Diana-Number one 10/10

Smooth Criminal- 9/10

Leave Me Alone -10000/10 Awesome

Overall: 6 Number One Hits 30 Million Copies Sold, and AMAZING!

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album sounds just as fresh now as it did in 1987. It is obvious that Jackson and his producer, Quincy Jones, decided to go in a different musical direction from it's multi-million selling predecessor, 'Thriller'. Therefore, 'Bad' is far more synthesiser-based, and evidently makes use of state-of-the-art equipment from beginning to end.

The album sets in stone Jackson's musical trademarks such as multi-layered and amplified chorus vocals, his 'aaow's and 'heehee's and punchy rhythmic arrangements. Apart from it's 3 ballads - 'Liberian Girl', 'Man In The Mirror' and 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You', this album is a pop record designed primarily for dancing. It has extremely exciting moments - from the bizzare atonal arrangement of chords which open the album to the instrumental breaks that Michael gasps and yelps over and the atmosphere conjured up in the albums best slow-groove, 'Man In The Mirror'. These kinds of things make 'Bad' an outstanding album.

During the 'Bad' years we saw Michael's most energetic and exciting dancing - in his music video's, in the film 'Moonwalker'(1988), and in his sell-out 'Bad' world tour. This is reflected in the nature of the music on this jet-propelled album.

A genius amalgamation of excellent songwriting and great production, there are a few things which detract from the quality of this album. The album's title and cover art are both rather dubious and childish. It is obvious that the entire 'Bad' concept was devised by Jackson himself, the 'Bad' video with it's nonsensical narrative being his first truly bizarre and unsettling moment. In desperation to sell more than 'Thriller', Michael tried too hard and became rather self-indulgent, effeminate and confusing. However, if, like me, you can separate Michael's image and behaviour from his music, 'Bad' remains a brilliant and exciting album which bears all the hallmarks of a classic. I find that it's spirit is captured best on LP, where it sounds far richer and punchier than on CD version.

An excellent album which was way ahead of it's time by Michael Jackson - a musical genius.

Bad [Bonus Tracks] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS]
~ Michael Jackson is an uneven album. Som tracks are great like bad whilst other seem a bit strange. Smooth Criminal is not all that great and why people like it so much is beyond me...

In my 1st review I said that "Just Good Friends" wasnt my fav song, but after really listening to it a few times, I LOVE IT!!! You will too. Okay thats all.