Minggu, 20 Januari 2013

Bad 25

For the documentary film, see Bad 25 (film).
Bad 25
Studio album / Reissue album by Michael Jackson
Released September 18, 2012[1]
Recorded January 5–July 9, 1987 at Westlake Recording Studios
September 26, 1987 at Yokohama Stadium
July 15 & 16, 1988 at Wembley Stadium
Genre R&B, pop, funk, dance, rock, house music, dubstep
Length 48:16 (Disc 1)
59:42 (Disc 2)
1:17:56 (Disc 3)
1:58:15 (DVD)
Label Epic, Legacy, MJJ Productions
Producer Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Afrojack, Nero
Michael Jackson chronology
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(2012)		 Bad 25
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Singles from Bad 25
  1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"/"Don't Be Messin' 'Round"
    Released: June 5, 2012
  2. "Bad (Afrojack Remix) (DJ Buddha Edit)"
    Released: August 14, 2012
Bad 25 is the 25th anniversary edition reissue of American recording artist Michael Jackson's seventh studio album Bad. This is the second album by Jackson re-released on its 25th anniversary (the first being Thriller 25). In a press release by the The Michael Jackson Company LLC on May 3, 2012, the album, which sold between 30–45 million copies worldwide,[2][3][4] making it the fifth best selling album of all time, was re-released on September 18, 2012 with co-operation with Epic, Legacy Recordings and MJJ Productions.[1][5] Along with the original album, Bad 25 contains demo recordings and a live CD and DVD of Jackson's performance at Wembley Stadium during his Bad world tour.[5][6][7]

Contents

Release

Announced in May 2012 by the Michael Jackson Company LLC, various formats of Bad 25 were released simultaneously on September 18, 2012. The album, a two-disc set, includes the original album, as well as unreleased material recorded during the Bad sessions. The material includes early demo versions of songs from the album, demos of songs not included on the final album, and remixes. A DVD of Jackson's July 16, 1988 performance in Wembley Stadium, London, was also released. This performance from Jackson's Bad world tour has often been hailed as one of Jackson's best performances, and has been petitioned for release by fans for years.
The deluxe edition of the album, which is a box set, includes: both the two-discs along with a CD and DVD of the performance on July 16, 1988 at Wembley Stadium in London, a booklet with photos from the making of the Bad album and behind the scenes photos from the short films for Bad, a two-sided poster and a Bad 25 sticker. A vinyl version of the original 1987 release (which does not include "Leave Me Alone") will also be released. Three songs, "Streetwalker", "Fly Away" and "Todo Mi Amor Eres Tu" (the Spanish version of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You") appeared on Bad: Special Edition in 2001. The Japanese edition includes "Bad (Live at Yokohama Stadium September 1987)". This track was also included on the unofficial live album One Night in Japan in 2009.
Bad 25 is the tenth album released by Sony and Motown since Michael Jackson's death on June 25, 2009.

Marketing and promotion

To implement a new "Live for Now" campaign, Pepsi plans to promote the 25th anniversary of Bad by printing one billion Pepsi cans with a photo of Michael Jackson from the "Smooth Criminal" video (which is not to be included on the CD or DVD itself).[1] Limited edition 16 ounce (450 ml) cans will also be produced and all cans will be distributed worldwide.[8]
Film director Spike Lee announced that he will be producing and directing a documentary aiming on the 25th anniversary of Bad, and the date for the release has been announced and was be shown at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The documentary titled Bad 25, will include behind the scenes of music clips of songs from the Bad album like "The Way You Make Me Feel" and many others. It will also include guests to talk about the album who were with Jackson producing, acting or starring in any of Jackson's Bad singles and music videos like Sheryl Crow who was the duet partner with Jackson on the Bad tour for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", who Siedah Garrett, the original duet artist, will also be on the documentary to talk about her experience with Jackson and many others. There will be influenced entertainers and artists to talk about the Bad album like Cee Lo Green and many others. Lee said the documentary will show a more personal side of Jackson, and said "He had a great sense of humor, and he was funny — so you'll see a lot of that stuff!". The release of the documentary premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival from August 29 to September 8, 2012, and will premiere on ABC on Thanksgiving night.
On September 18, 2012, Sony Music and the Estate of Michael Jackson in partnership with BET broadcast a two-hour TV special titled Bad 25: The Short Films of Michael Jackson, which shows the short films from Bad, which like Thriller revolutionized the industry, and also features interviews with fans, journalists and critics.

Singles

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You", the original debut single from Bad, was re-released as a CD single in the United States on June 5, 2012 as a Walmart exclusive. An unreleased demo, titled "Don't Be Messin' 'Round", is featured as the single's B-side. The song has been called a "beautiful solo piano and vocal piece" by Jackson's longtime producer Bruce Swedien. The single, which has not been available as a digital download, has also been released on vinyl (the vinyl will include the original B-side, "Baby Be Mine" from Thriller, rather than "Don't Be Messin' 'Round").[1] The re-released single debuted atop Billboard's Hot Singles Sales chart, which ranks the top-selling physical singles according to Nielsen SoundScan.[9] The new release of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" debuted at No. 1 with 5,000 copies sold.[10]
"Bad (Afrojack Remix) (DJ Buddha Edit)" featuring Pitbull was released on August 14, 2012. As a digital single prior to the album release, the single appeared on several country's music charts. It debuted at Number 52 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart as the title "Bad 2012" on the week of September 15, 2012, and peaked at Number 6 several weeks later.[11] It also appeared on US Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs Chart with Number 45 for one week on September 1, 2012. On the week of September 29, 2012, it debuted on Hot Dance Club Songs chart at Number 42, and peaked at Number 18.[12] It also appeared on Austrian Singles Chart at Number 45.[13]
"I'm So Blue" was released limited for some Polish[14] and Chinese[15] radio stations in December 2012.

Commercial performance

The album opened in the United Kingdom at number six with sales of 11,475 copies,[16] but for the second week, it fell to number thirty-eight with a severe buffeting of 3,365 copies sales.[17] In Japan, 190,753 CD copies of this album had been sold during the first week of its release as number ten on Oricon album chart,[18] the sales fell to 5,307 copies as number twenty-four for the second week.[19] In the United States, as Billboards' rule, 2 CD standard version of Bad 25 is regarded as the same album of Bad, and re-entered Billboard 200 at #23, while the deluxe edition which is regarded as a new album release debuted at #46, The album sold a combined total of about 47,000 copies in the first week in the US, spending 3 consecutive weeks atop Top Pop Catalog Albums chart.[20] Bad 25 sold less than 1 million albums in more than 25 countries within its first week of release. ABC TV's Bad 25 documentary which aired on Thanksgiving (November 22) in the United States. The album sold 9,000 units. On the Music Video Sales chart, Jackson's Live at Wembley July 16, 1988 video sold 2,000 units. Parts of the Wembley show were seen through the Bad 25 special.[21]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Rolling Stone 4.5/5 stars[22]
PopMatters 7/10 stars
The album received mixed reviews. Ray Rahman from Entertainment Weekly grades the album "A", and reminds the box set is "a potent reminder of just how much Bad's pulsing pop holds up", and the previously unreleased songs are "real treasures".[23] Mike Diver from BBC said, it is "an awesome, evergreen and essential pop masterpiece".[24] Chaz Lipp from The Morton Report reviews the album "a terrific set".[25] Los Angeles Times, reacted positively to the product, however were averse to the new remixes especially collaboration with Nero, Pitbull and Afrojack. Randall Roberts said "these are terrible commercial house tracks, and are an insult to MJ's memory because they do it so ungracefully".[26] Evan Sawdey gave the release 7/10, criticising Afrojack as "outright trash", and saying of Speed Demon: "it ends up sounding more like a Nero song with MJ’s vocals than it does a genuine Michael Jackson remix".[27] Supajam simply referred to the song as a disgrace,[28] while Michael Cragg said "the world's worst rapper, Pitbull. He lazily croaks his way through two verses, spouting such lines as "I'm so out of this planet I speak a third language called that moon talk, in four years catch me with a billion doing that moonwalk". Just after he says billion he nearly manages to soil the trademark "hee hee", which only just masks the distant sound of Jackson spinning in his grave."[29]

Formats

Standard edition
  • Two disc set (album, bonus tracks disc)[30]
Deluxe edition
  • Four disc set (standard edition + concert CD + concert DVD + poster + sticker)[31]
Deluxe collector's edition
  • Four disc set (deluxe edition) + exclusive T-shirt design, exclusive headphones, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" numbered vinyl single, Bad world tour souvenir package reproduction[32]
Three 180 gram vinyl LP set
  • Three 180 gram vinyl discs containing a tri-gatefold jacket and the re-mastered original Bad album + all tracks from disc 2 of the 2CD edition.[33][34]
Picture vinyl
  • Picture disc LP (original album)[35]
Wal-Mart exclusive
  • Two disc set (standard edition) + exclusive T-shirt[36]
Target exclusive
  • Three disc set (standard edition + exclusive music video compilation DVD)[37]
iTunes exclusive
  • Three disc set (deluxe edition WITHOUT DVD) + "Bad" short film[38]
HMV UK exclusive (NOT in Canada or Japan)
  • Bonus CD given to any pre-order of a Bad 25 product at HMV.com only, featuring exclusive track "Bad (Remix By Afrojack Featuring Pitbull - The Derry Mix)"[39]
Japan exclusive
  • Standard and Deluxe editions with bonus track "Bad (Live at Yokohama Stadium September 1987)"[40][41]

Track listing

Standard edition
Deluxe edition

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[42] 14
Austrian Albums Chart[43] 10
Belgium Albums Chart (Flanders)[44] 16
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)[44] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[44] 6
Finnish Albums Chart[44] 27
French Albums Chart[45] 5
German Albums Chart[44] 4
Greek Albums Chart[46] 13
Hong Kong[44] 5
Hungarian Albums Chart[47] 19
Irish Albums Chart[48] 19
Italian Albums Chart[49] 1
Japan Albums Chart (Billboard)[50] 8
Japan Albums Chart (Oricon)[18] 2
Korea[44] 5
Mexican Albums Chart[51] 68
Norwegian Albums Chart[52] 20
Polish Albums Chart[53] 12
Spanish Albums Chart[54] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[44] 14
Swiss Albums Chart[55] 13
United Kingdom Albums Chart[56] 6
United States Billboard 200[20] 23 (standard edition)
46 (deluxe edition)
United States Billboard Catalog Albums[20] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Poland (ZPAV)[57] Gold 10,000*
*sales figures based on certification alone
NOTES:
1 In Australia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, Bad 25 and Bad are regarded as the same album.
2 In the United States, the standard version of Bad 25 is regarded as a re-issue of Bad, but the deluxe edition is counted as a new album.

Release history

List of release dates, showing country, record label, and format
Country Date Label Format
Austria[58] September 14, 2012 Epic Records,
Legacy Recordings,
MJJ Productions		 CD, LP record,
Digital download
Germany[59]
France[60] September 17, 2012
United Kingdom[61]
United States[62] September 18, 2012
Taiwan[63]
Spain[64]
Canada[65]
Italy[66]
Japan[67] September 19, 2012
India September 27, 2012
Philippines September 28, 2012
China[68] November 12, 2012

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Bad (album)

Bad is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on August 31, 1987[1] by Epic Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, which went on to become the world's best-selling album. Bad itself has sold between 40 to 45 million copies worldwide, shipped 8 million units in the United States alone, and has been cited as the fifth best selling album of all time. The album produced five Hot 100 number ones, the first album to do so. Similar to Jackson's previous music material, the album's music features elements of R&B, pop and rock.
Bad was recorded during the first half of 1987. The lyrical themes on the record relate to paranoia, romance and self-improvement. Bad is widely regarded as having cemented Jackson's status as one of the most successful artists of the 1980s, as well as enhancing his solo career and being one of the best musical projects of his career. Nine of the eleven songs on Bad were released as singles; one was a promotional single and another was released outside of the United States and Canada. Five of the singles hit number one in the United States, while a sixth charted within the top-ten, and a seventh charted within the top-twenty on the Hot 100. The single that was released outside of the United States and Canada was commercially successful, charting within the top ten and top twenty in multiple territories. Bad peaked at number one in seven countries, as well as charting within the top twenty in other territories. The only song on the album which wasn't released as a single nor had a music video for was "Just Good Friends".
Bad saw Jackson exercise even more artistic freedom than he did with his two previous Epic releases (Off the Wall and Thriller). On Bad, Jackson composed nine of the album's eleven tracks and received co-producer credit for the entire album. The album continued Jackson's commercial success in the late 1980s and garnered six Grammy Award nominations, winning two. Aside from commercial success the album also received critical acclaim from contemporary critics. Bad was ranked number 43 in the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time of the MTV Generation in 2009 by VH1 and number 202 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album marked the final collaboration between Jackson and producer Quincy Jones. In addition, Jackson scored five number ones from Bad, making him the first of only two artists in the chart's history to amass five number-one singles from one album. This feat would remain unequaled for 23 years until Katy Perry did the same with her album Teenage Dream.

Production

Jackson's previous albums, Off the Wall and Thriller, were critically and commercially successful,[2][3] eventually selling over 20 million and 100 million units worldwide, respectively.[4] Jackson's aim for Bad was that it would sell 100 million copies.[5]
Bad was the second studio album Jackson released after leaving The Jackson 5, and the first in almost five years since Thriller.[6] Bad was the third, and final, musical collaboration between Jackson and Quincy Jones. The album was produced by Jones, with co-production credit given to Jackson.[7] Jackson began recording demos for the anticipated follow-up to Thriller a few months after the 1984 Victory Tour with The Jacksons. Development began in November 1986[8] and recording took place between January 5, 1987, and July 9, 1987,[7] at Westlake Audio, where a special wooden stage was built to allow Jackson to dance while recording.[9] Jackson wrote a reported sixty songs for the new album and recorded thirty, wanting to use them all on a three-disc set.[8] Jones had suggested that the album be cut down to a ten-track single LP.[8] When the album was released on CD, a bonus 11th track, "Leave Me Alone" was included.[7] It was later released as a single. Later reissues of the LP also include this song. Jackson was credited for writing nine out of eleven of the songs on the album.[8] Other writing credits included Terry Britten and Graham Lyle for "Just Good Friends" and Siedah Garrett and Glen Ballard for "Man in the Mirror".[7]

Composition
Bad (1987)
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"Bad" was originally intended as a duet between Jackson and musician Prince.[8] Other artists that were supposed to be featured on the album included Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand, but none of those collaborations ended up happening.[8] The album's song lyrics relate to romance and paranoia; paranoia was a recurring theme of Jackson's albums.[2] Allmusic noted that Bad moved Jackson "deeper into hard rock, deeper into schmaltzy adult contemporary, deeper into hard dance – essentially taking each portion of Thriller to an extreme, while increasing the quotient of immaculate studiocraft."[2]
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"Dirty Diana" was viewed by critics as "misogynistic",[2] and its lyrics, describing a sexual predator, do not aim for the "darkness" of "Billie Jean", instead sounding equally intrigued by and apprehensive of a sexual challenge, while having the opportunity to accept or resist it.[10] "Leave Me Alone" was described as being a "paranoid anthem".[2] "Man in the Mirror" was described as Jackson going "a step further" and offering "a straightforward homily of personal commitment", which can be seen in the lyrics, "I'm starting with the man in the mirror/I'm asking him to change his ways/And no message could have been any clearer/If you wanna make the world a better place/Take a look at yourself and then make a change."[10] The lyrics to "Speed Demon" are about driving fast.[11] "Bad" was viewed as a rived "Hit the Road, Jack" progression with lyrics that pertain to 'boasting'.[10]
"Liberian Girl"'s lyrics were viewed as "glistening" with "gratitude" for the "existence of a loved one".[10] "Smooth Criminal"'s recalled "the popcorn-chomping manner" of "Thriller".[10] "Smooth Criminal" was thought of as an example of "Jackson's free-form language" that keeps people "aware that we are on the edge of several realities: the film, the dream it inspires, the waking world it illuminates".[10] The music in "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", a duet with Siedah Garrett, consisted mainly of finger snaps and timpani.[10] "Just Good Friends", a duet with Stevie Wonder, was viewed by critics as sounding good at the beginning of the song, ending with a "chin-bobbing cheerfulness".[10] "The Way You Make Me Feel"'s music consisted of blues harmonies.[6] The lyrics of "Another Part of Me" deal with being united, as "we".[6]

Release

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Jackson performing "The Way You Make Me Feel" during the Bad world tour
The album was released August 31, 1987.[12] By September 26, it had debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,[13] remaining there for the next six weeks.[14] The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Bad eight time platinum for having sold eight million copies in the United States alone.[15] Though Jackson furthered his stance as a global pop superstar, in the United States Bad failed to match the sales of Thriller, causing some in the media to label the album a "disappointment" in comparison.[8][16]
Internationally, Bad was commercially successful. In the United Kingdom, the album sold 500,000 copies in its first five days of release, and as of 2008 is certified 13× platinum, for sales of 3.9 million, making it Jackson's second biggest-selling album in the United Kingdom.[17] Bad peaked at number one in 25 countries[18] including Canada,[19] Japan,[20] the United Kingdom,[21] Switzerland,[22] New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and Norway.[23] The album charted at number three in Italy and number thirteen in Spain, Mexico and Australia, as well as number twenty two in Puerto Rico.[23] Bad has received various certifications worldwide. Bad was certified 7× platinum for the shipment of over 700,000 units in Canada by the Canadian Recording Industry Association.[24] In Europe, Bad was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for the sales of one million units.[25] The album was also certified platinum by the IFPI for the shipment of over 20,000 units in Hong Kong.[26] Globally, Bad is Jackson's overall second best-selling album, behind Thriller, with a reported sales between 30 to 45 million units as of 2012.[27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Marketing

Main articles: Moonwalker and Bad (tour)
By the time Bad was released, Thriller had already sold millions, raising expectations for the new album. A commemorative special on Jackson's life, The Magic Returns, was aired on CBS around the time of the release of Bad.[6] At the end of the documentary, the channel debuted the video of the title song from the album, "Bad", which was directed by Martin Scorsese and featured then up-and-coming actor Wesley Snipes.[6] The marketing strategy, mastered by Frank DiLeo among others, also included Jackson producing another mini-movie around the time of the Bad world tour. That film, Moonwalker, included performances of songs from Bad, including "Speed Demon", "Leave Me Alone", "Man in the Mirror" and "Smooth Criminal", the latter two released as sole videos at the end of the film.[34][35] Jackson's tour for Bad was a major financial success, grossing $125 million by the conclusion.[36][37]

Singles

The lead single "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" became the first of five of the album's singles to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number one on September 19, 1987, and also charted on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart and the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number one and number two respectively.[38] Internationally, the song also peaked at number one, in three territories, United Kingdom, for two weeks,[39] and nine weeks in both Norway and New Zealand.[40] The album's second single, "Bad", peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 16, 1987.[41] The song topped the Spanish charts, as well as charting within the top-ten internationally.[42] "The Way You Make Me Feel" became the album's third consecutive single to peak at number one on Billboard's Hot 100.[43] The song primarily charted within the top ten and twenty internationally.[44] "Man in the Mirror" charted at number one on Billboard's Hot 100,[45] and charted at number four, eight, and ten in New Zealand, Australia, and Austria.[46] On July 2, 1988, "Dirty Diana" became the fifth consecutive, and final, single to peak at number one on the Hot 100.[47] "Dirty Diana" was successful internationally, charting within the top ten in eight territories.[48]
"Another Part of Me" charted at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, while topping the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart.[49] Internationally, "Another Part Of Me" was a mid success compared to its previous singles, peaking at number five, fourteen and thirty two in the Netherlands, New Zealand and France.[50] "Smooth Criminal" became the sixth top ten single on the Billboard 100,[51] and saw similar success internationally, charting within the top ten in five territories, and within the top forty in all its international countries.[52] Released outside the United States and Canada, "Leave Me Alone" topped the Spanish charts, as well as peaking within the top ten in five other countries.[53] The album's last official single was "Liberian Girl", which did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but was generally successful internationally, charting mainly within the top twenty.[54]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau B+[55]
New York Times favorable[6]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[10]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[56]
Yahoo! Music favorable[57]
Bad was generally well received although some critics noted that Bad did not measure up to Thriller's success. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, of Allmusic, stated that Jackson "approached" Bad much the same way he approached Thriller, which was to "take the basic formula of the predecessor, expand it slightly, and move it outward."[2] Erlewine, who gave the album four and a half out of five stars, commented that while the album "rebounds with songs that prove mechanical can be tolerable if delivered with hooks and panache," it still made Bad feel like an artifact of its time instead a piece of music that transcends it."[2] Davitt Sigerson, of Rolling Stone, stated that "even without a milestone recording like "Billie Jean", Bad is still a better record than Thriller."[10] Sigerson commented that "filler" songs in Bad such as "Speed Demon", "Dirty Diana" and "Liberian Girl" made Bad "richer, sexier and better than Thriller's forgettables."[10]
Music critic Robert Christgau gave Bad a "B+" grade, remarking the "closest thing to genius" is the album's song "Leave Me Alone," and that the record "damn near wrecks perfectly good dancin' and singin' with subtext."[55] Jon Pareles of The New York Times described Bad as being a "gleaming, high-tech dance record that's just a little eccentric at the edges".[6] Parales also noted that Bad "sounds up-to-the-minute" and that the album also has a "concocted synthesizer-driven arrangements" that are "clear" and can "carry a solid kick."[6] Richard Cromelin of The Los Angeles Times commented that the record was "not bad" and was more "reminiscent of Off the Wall's uniform strength than Thriller's peaks and valleys."[58] Cromelin felt that it would be "disappointing" if this album's "creative level" is where Jackson wants to stay.[58]
Richard Harrington of The Washington Post commented on the expectations of Bad to Thriller that, "splashy though its prime-time introduction may be, the album begs to be judged by its music, not by its sales figures."[59] Richard felt that while the album could not live up to post-Thriller expectations, it would be "considerably fairer to compare" Bad with Off the Wall.[59] His overall opinion on Bad was that it was "a very good record" that is "immaculately produced and with some scintillating vocal performances from Jackson".[59] Edna Gundersen of USA Today described Bad as being Jackson's "most polished effort to date," that is "calculated but not sterile."[60] Thom Duffy of The Orlando Sentinel noted that some of the album's material "draws on even older musical roots".[61] Bad was the recipient of six Grammy Award nominations, winning two. In 1988, Bad was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance – Male, Best R&B Vocal Performance – Male[62] and Record of the Year for "Man in the Mirror" the following year.[63] Bad won Best Engineered Recording – Non Classical in 1988,[62] and Best Music Video – Short Form for "Leave Me Alone" in 1990.[64]

Legacy

A black jacket with five round golden medals on its left and right shoulder and a gold ban on its left arm sleeve. The jacket has two belt straps on the right bottom sleeve. Underneath the jacket is a golden belt, with a round pendant in the center of it. There is a red light reflecting on the jacket and belt as well as a gold squared plat on the left side of the jacket and belt.
Jackson wore a gold-plated military styled jacket with a belt during the Bad era to give himself an edgier look.[8]
Bad made history as being the first album to have five of its singles peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 consecutively; "I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Man in the Mirror" and "Dirty Diana" all charted at number one on the music chart.[8] Jayson Rodriguez of MTV, noted that "following the twin cannons that were Off the Wall and Thriller wouldn't be an easy task for most, but Jackson's follow-up, 1987's Bad, was formidable by all accounts."[16] Rodriguez commented that the album was "wrongfully dismissed by critics because it wasn't the sales blockbuster that Thriller was" and that during the Bad era, Jackson's vocal hiccups and stammered "shamone" would become staples in his music that were "heightening and highlighting the emotion of his lyrics."[16] Rolling Stone commented that "the best way to view" Bad was not as "the sequel to Thriller.[10] In 2009, VH1 said of the album,
Understandably, the expectations for the album were ridiculously high, and grew even higher after Jackson planned duets with the likes of Prince (on the title track) and Whitney Houston (and Aretha Franklin and Barbra Streisand). None of those collaborations ended up happening, but they only increased the hype for the album. Bad was a deeply personal project for Jackson – he wrote nine of the 11 songs – one that saw him gain further independence and debut a harder-edged look and sound.[8]
Jim Farber of The New York Daily News felt that Bad "streamlined the quirks" of Jackson's two previous albums to "create his most smooth work of pop to date."[65] A writer for The Daily Telegraph commented that while Bad was another worldwide commercial success, the album "inevitably failed to match the success of Thriller despite Jackson's massive and grueling world tour".[66] In 2009, a writer for The Miami Herald reflected on the anticipation for Bad, describing the album's release as being the "most hotly anticipated album in history".[67] Stephen M. Silverman, a writer for People magazine, viewed Bad as being "when some slippage" in Jackson's "popularity began to show".[68]
In February 2012, it was announced by The Official UK Charts Company that Bad was the ninth best-selling album in British history with sales of 3.96 million units; Bad charted behind Jackson's Thriller.[69] Bad, along with other studio albums released by Jackson, are among the best-selling albums of all-time.[70] In 2003, the album was ranked number 202 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[71] The album is included in the book entitled 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[72] In 2009, VH1 listed the album at number 43 on their list of "100 Greatest Albums of All Time of the MTV Generation", in 2009.[73] In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 48 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".[74]
The album's songs have been covered and parodied by multiple recording artists since its release in the late 1980s. Notable cover versions include Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal" and Shakaya's cover of "The Way You Make Me Feel". Notable parody versions include "Weird Al" Yankovic, who had previously recorded a parody of Jackson's song "Beat It".[75] Yankovic parodied "Bad", entitling his version "Fat" in 1988; the song won a Grammy Award the same year for Best Concept Music Video.[75]
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