- pop, dance-pop, pop rock, contemporary r&b
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- Epic
Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records. Highly anticipated, the album took two years to produce between 1985 and 1987, and was Jackson's third and final collaboration with producer Quincy Jones.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- The Times4/5 ★
- Sounds4/5 ★
- The Philadelphia Inquirer4/4 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- Record Mirror4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Smash Hits7/10
- The Village VoiceB+
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideB+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- MusicHound Rock3.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3.5/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Bad4:07
- 2The Way You Make Me Feel4:60
- 3Speed Demon4:01
- 4Liberian Girl3:54
- 5Just Good Friends4:08
- 6Another Part of Me3:55
- 7Man in the Mirror5:19
- 8I Just Can’t Stop Loving You4:25
- 9Dirty Diana4:52
- 10Smooth Criminal4:19
- 11Leave Me Alone4:40
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Label
- Epic
- Released
- 1987
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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