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Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released August 31, 1987
Recorded January 1985 – July 1987[1]
Studio Westlake, Los Angeles, California[2]
Genre
Popdancerockhard rockR&Bsoulfunk
Length
43:59 (LP version)
48:40 (CD version)
Label Epic
Producer
Quincy JonesMichael Jackson
Michael Jackson chronology
Anthology
(1986) Bad
(1987) The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
(1987)

Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records. Written and recorded between 1985 and 1987, Bad was Jackson`s third and final collaboration with the producer Quincy Jones. Jackson co-produced and composed all but two tracks, and adopted an edgier image and sound, departing from his signature groove-based style and falsetto. Bad incorporates pop, rock, funk, R&B, dance, soul, and hard rock styles, and incorporated new recording technology, including digital synthesizers. The lyrical themes include media bias, paranoia, racial profiling, romance, self-improvement, and world peace. The album features appearances from Siedah Garrett and Stevie Wonder.

Nine singles were released, including a record-breaking five number ones: `I Just Can`t Stop Loving You`, `Bad`, `The Way You Make Me Feel`, `Man in the Mirror` and `Dirty Diana`. Bad was promoted with the film Moonwalker (1988), which included the music videos for several Bad songs. The Bad tour, Jackson`s first solo world tour, grossed $125 million (equivalent to $322 million in 2023), making it the highest-grossing solo concert tour of the 1980s. Jackson performed 123 concerts in 15 countries to an audience of 4.4 million.

Released nearly five years after Jackson`s previous album, Thriller (1982), anticipation for Bad was high. In the US, Bad debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, selling more than 2.25 million copies in its first week. It reached number one in 24 other countries, including the UK, where it sold 350,000 copies in its first week and was the bestselling album of 1987. Bad was the bestselling album worldwide of 1987 and 1988. By 1991, it was the second-bestselling album of all time, behind Thriller, having sold 25 million copies worldwide. In 2021, it was certified eleven times platinum in the US.

Bad received positive reviews, particularly for Jackson`s vocals and the rich, more polished production. It was nominated for six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and won Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical and Best Music Video (for `Leave Me Alone`). In 1988, Jackson received the first Billboard Spotlight Award, in recognition of the record-breaking chart success on the Billboard Hot 100. For his Bad videos and previous videos, Jackson received the MTV Video Vanguard Award. Bad is now seen as a staple of 1980s pop music and an extension of Jackson`s influence on popular culture. It has been named by several publications as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2012, the album`s 25th anniversary, an expanded reissue, Bad 25, and a documentary film, Bad 25, were released.

Background
By 1984, Jackson`s sixth solo album, Thriller (1982) had been certified 20 times platinum for sales of 20 million copies in the United States alone.[5] Jackson was considered the most powerful African American in the history of the entertainment industry,[6] whose popularity was comparable only to Elvis Presley in the 1950s and the Beatles in the 1960s.[7] Jackson aimed to sell 100 million copies with his next album.[6]

The years following Thriller were marred by Jackson`s rifts with his family and the Jehovah`s Witnesses, broken friendships with celebrities, and the pressure of celebrity.[2] He spent 1985 out of the public eye,[6] and reports spread of eccentric behavior. According to some associates, Jackson was nervous about completing his next album.[2] In 2017, Newsweek wrote that following Thriller was `like following up the Bible`.[8]

Production and recording
Bad was Jackson`s final collaboration with producer Quincy Jones, who had produced Off the Wall and Thriller.[9] After Jackson had written a handful of the tracks on Off the Wall and Thriller, Jones encouraged him to write more for his followup. Jones recalled: `All the turmoil [in Jackson`s life] was starting to mount up, so I said I thought it was time for him to do a very honest album.`[10]

Jackson wanted to move in a new musical direction, with a harder edge and fiercer sound.[11] According to guitarist Steve Stevens, who featured on Bad, Jackson asked about rock bands including Mötley Crüe.[11] Jackson began recording demos in November 1983 while recording Victory with his brothers, the Jacksons.[1] He spent much of 1985 to 1987 writing and recording at his home studio in Encino, Los Angeles, with a group of musicians and engineers including Bill Bottrell known as the `B team`.[12] The demos were brought to Westlake Studio to be finished by the `A team`, with Jones and engineer Bruce Swedien.[12] Jones said the team would stay up for days on end when they `were on a roll`: `They were carrying second engineers out on stretchers. I was smoking 180 cigarettes a day.`[10]

Jackson was eager to find innovative sounds and was interested in new music technology.[6] The team made extensive use of new digital synthesizers, including FM synthesis and the Fairlight CMI and Synclavier PSMT synthesizers. They sometimes combined synthesizers to create new sounds.[6] Other instruments include guitars, organs, drums, bass, percussion and saxophones,[13] washboard and digital guitars.[13]

Work was disrupted in July 1984, when Jackson embarked on the Victory Tour with his brothers.[1] Work resumed in January 1985 after Jackson had recorded his contributions to the charity single `We Are the World`.[1] In mid-1985, work paused again so Jackson could prepare for Disney`s 4D film experience Captain EO, which featured an early version of the Bad song `Another Part of Me`.[1] Work resumed in August and continued until November 1986, when Jackson filmed the `Bad` music video.[1] Recording resumed in January 1987, and the album was completed in July.[1]

Jackson wrote a reported 60 songs, and recorded 30, wanting to release them all on a three-disc set.[14] Jones suggested that the album be cut down to a ten-track single LP.[14] Jackson is credited for writing all but two songs;[14] other writing credits include Terry Britten and Graham Lyle for `Just Good Friends` and Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard for `Man in the Mirror`.[9]

Songs
`Bad`
Main article: Bad (Michael Jackson song)
`Bad` was recorded and written by Jackson in as late as October 1986.[15] It features drums played by John Robinson who had previously worked with Jackson and Jones on Off the Wall (1979).[9] According to Jackson, it was inspired by a true story that he had read about in a newspaper article about a boy who `was from the ghetto` and went up to a private school in Upstate New York. When he came back, his friends got so jealous of him that they killed him; Jackson stated that the student`s death was not included in the music video.[16] Various Jackson biographers have concluded that the story he was referring was that of Edmund Perry. However, Perry was not killed by kids in his neighborhood; he was killed by a plainclothes police officer when Perry and his brother allegedly attacked and badly beat the officer in a mugging attempt.[17][18][19]

`Bad` was originally planned as a duet between Jackson and Prince, after Jones suggested they record a song together.[20] Prince said in 1997 that he declined because of reservations he had with the opening line of the song: `Your butt is mine`.[21] He instead offered Jackson `Wouldn`t You Love To Love Me`, a song he wrote, but Jackson rejected it.

`The Way You Make Me Feel`
Main article: The Way You Make Me Feel
`The Way You Make Me Feel` was developed by Jackson in 1985 under the working title `Hot Fever`. It was also solely written by him and co-produced with Jones.[9] It features horn arrangements by Jerry Hey of Seawind and other members of the group who had worked on Off the Wall and Thriller.[9]

`Speed Demon`
`Speed Demon` was written and co-produced by Jackson in 1986.[22] According to Jones, Jackson wrote the song after he received a traffic ticket, which caused him to arrive late to the recording studio session.[23] The song begins with a racing-car intro, which was proposed by Christopher Currell, who plays the synclaiver on the song; he is credited for the sound effects.[23] Other musicians on the song include Greg Phillinganes on synthesizer and Paulinho da Costa on percussion.[9]

`Liberian Girl`
Main article: Liberian Girl
Jackson wrote `Liberian Girl` as early as 1983 and it was originally set to be included on The Jacksons 1984 album Victory until it was cut. Jackson then recorded the song for Bad. Jackson stated in a 1987 interview with Jet magazine, shortly after Bad was released, that the song came up to him while he was busy `playing pinball`, then he `went quickly upstairs` to record it to tape, as he had always done with songs he had written.[16] It features synthesizer played by Michael Boddicker, who had also played on several songs on Thriller and the charity single We Are the World.[9] The Toto members David Paich and Steve Porcaro, who had also previously worked on Thriller, provided synthesizer and synthesizer programming respectively.[9] The song also features a Swahili chant from South African jazz singer, Letta Mbulu.[9]

`Just Good Friends`
`Just Good Friends` is one of the two songs on the album which was not written by Jackson himself. It features Stevie Wonder and was written and composed by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, recorded in 1987.[9][24] Wonder had previously worked on Off the Wall with Jackson and Jones, writing `I Can`t Help It`.[9] Wonder also plays the synthesizer solo on the song.[9] Michael Jackson returned the compliment to Stevie Wonder in September 1987 by recording `Get It` for Wonder`s 1987 Characters album.

`Another Part of Me`
Main article: Another Part of Me
`Another Part of Me` was written by Jackson in 1985 for the 3D science fiction short film Captain EO, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which was released in 1986. `Another Part of Me` could be seen at the end of `Captain EO`, as the title character and his crew triumphantly exit and fly off into space. Jackson revisited and edited the song in 1986 and it was decided to include it on the Bad album.[9]

`Man in the Mirror`
Main article: Man in the Mirror
`Man in the Mirror` is also one of the two songs on the Bad album which was not written by Jackson. It was written by Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard in 1987, after Jones invited a group of songwriters to a dinner at his home, asking them to `write hits` for Jackson`s new album.[9] Garrett came up with a line about a man looking in the mirror and Ballard came up with the melody; then they recorded a demo within a week.[25] The song, along with `I Just Can`t Stop Loving You`, was recorded in May 1987.[26] An excited Garrett called Jones while he was in a meeting, telling him that they had come up with a good song that would be a perfect fit for the album.[citation needed][25] At Jackson`s request, Ballard and Garrett wrote a longer middle eight and modified the lyrics. Jones enlisted the Andraé Crouch choir to record gospel vocals.[9][25]

`I Just Can`t Stop Loving You`
Main article: I Just Can`t Stop Loving You
`I Just Can`t Stop Loving You` is a ballad style song, written by Jackson and recorded by Jackson and Garrett in May 1987.[27] Garrett was also the one who co-wrote Man in the Mirror. According to Jones, Jackson initially wanted Whitney Houston or Barbra Streisand to sing the duet with him. Streisand declined, Houston`s label, Arista Records, thought it was `too risky` for her to do the collaboration, as she was in the process of promoting her then new album Whitney. It was the first time since 1979`s Off the Wall that Jackson had collaborated with a female artist on a duet, which was `It`s the Falling in Love` with Patti Austin. Jones produced the song with Jackson receiving co-producing credits, like on the rest of the album.[9]

`Dirty Diana`
Main article: Dirty Diana
`Dirty Diana` is a hard rock song written and recorded by Jackson. The last time Jackson had written a rock song was 1982`s Thriller with `Beat It`. `Dirty Diana` was noted for having lyrical themes such as the ones of Billie Jean.[28] Jackson sings about a woman who `likes the boys in the band`, which may be a reference to the `groupies` he had previously said liked to hang out around him and his brothers, in the early days of the Jackson Five. The song has three verses and three bridges. It has, furthermore, a guitar solo by Billy Idol`s guitarist, Steve Stevens. The song`s outro ends with Jackson singing `come on` into a fade with `hey baby wontcha` in the ad-lib.[29]

All tracks are produced by Quincy Jones and co-produced by Michael Jackson.

All tracks are written by Jackson except where noted.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. `Bad` 4:07
2. `The Way You Make Me Feel` 4:59
3. `Speed Demon` 4:01
4. `Liberian Girl` 3:54
5. `Just Good Friends` (featuring Stevie Wonder) (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) 4:08
Side two
No. Title Length
6. `Another Part of Me` 3:55
7. `Man in the Mirror` (Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard) 5:19
8. `I Just Can`t Stop Loving You` (featuring Siedah Garrett) 4:25
9. `Dirty Diana` 4:52
10. `Smooth Criminal` 4:19
Total length: 43:59
Additional track on non-LP releases
No. Title Length
11. `Leave Me Alone` 4:40
Total length: 48:39
Personnel
Personnel as listed in the album`s liner notes are:[9]

Lead and backing vocals: Michael Jackson
Background vocals: Siedah Garrett (tracks 7–8), The Winans (7), and The Andraé Crouch Choir (7)
Bass guitar: Nathan East (track 8)
Hammond organ: Jimmy Smith (track 1)
Drums: John Robinson (tracks 1–4, 9–10), Miko Brando (3), Ollie E. Brown (3, 5), Leon `Ndugu` Chancler (8), Bill Bottrell (10), Bruce Swedien (5, 10), Humberto Gatica (5)
Programming: Douglas Getschal (tracks 1–4, 9), Cornelius Mims (5), Larry Williams (11)
Guitar: David Williams (tracks 1–3, 5, 6, 9–10), Bill Bottrell (3), Eric Gale (2), Danny Hull, Steve Stevens (solo, 9), Dann Huff (7–8), Paul Jackson Jr. (6, 9, 11)
Trumpet: Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10)
Sounds engineered: Ken Caillat and Tom Jones
Percussion: Paulinho da Costa (tracks 1–5, 8), Ollie E. Brown (2, 7)
Keyboards: Stefan Stefanovic, Greg Phillinganes (track 7)
Saxophone: Kim Hutchcroft (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10), Larry Williams (1–2, 5–6, 10)
Synclavier (tracks 1–6, 8–10), digital guitar (1), finger snaps (2), sound effects (3): Christopher Currell
Synthesizer: John Barnes (tracks 1–4, 6, 9–10), Michael Boddicker (1–5, 9–10), Greg Phillinganes (1–3, 5, 8, 11, solo–1), Rhett Lawrence (5–6), David Paich (4, 8), Larry Williams (4–5, 11), Glen Ballard (7), Randy Kerber (7), Randy Waldman (9)
Piano: John Barnes (track 8), Kevin Maloney (10)
Rhythm arrangement: Michael Jackson (tracks 1–4, 6, 9–11), Quincy Jones (1, 3–5, 7–8), Christopher Currell (1), John Barnes (4, 6, 9–10), Graham Lyle (5), Terry Britten (5), Glen Ballard (7), Jerry Hey (9)
Horn arrangement: Jerry Hey (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10)
Programming: Larry Williams (track 2), Eric Persing (3), Steve Porcaro (4, 8), Casey Young (11)
Midi saxophone: Larry Williams (track 3)