The Bad Appreciation Thread

[mjfan1990]

what bad meant to me was that it was better then thriller and also groundbreaking bad became my first favorite mj album the short flims were amazing i just wished that michael would talk about bad more often instead of his thriller days i think to me that the bad era was so much better then the thriller era and my favorite songs from the bad album are every single one of them but for some reason i can't listen to man in the mirror anymore i'll start crying and i love all his short flims in bad

[peru94]

Bad truly is a masterpiece of an album. IMO, superior to Off The Wall and Thriller, Michael takes the reigns and delivers a brilliant album that feels very much Michael. Writing 9 out of the 11 songs on the LP, to me, their is simply no "filler" on this album. Even while songs such as Speed Demon and Just Good Friends seem to not be so popular amongst the fans, I feel their underrated gems. Bad is my third favorite Michael Jackson album, behind Dangerous and HIStory respectively. One of the greatest albums of all time, that deserves to be appreciated with an album rerelease, and even more importantly, a much needed Bad Tour Release, specifically the second leg!

i totally agree with you, bad is masterpiece
to me the best album of all time are
1.history
2.dangerous
3.bad
4.thriller
5.off the wall
sadly i wasn't even born when bad was released (i was 3 when blood on the dance was released). so i couldn't experience the bad era. but ever since i heard bad. i loved it from start till the end. bad was my fav album for a looong time, my fav songs are bad, TWYMMF, dirty diana, smooth criminal,man in the mirror,and have to mention i just can't stop loving you, and leave me alone
fav vid, the way you make me feel (long version) , bad and smooth criminal (one of the best vid of all time)
i've listened to many artists and nobody has captured my attention like mj has

[ByReyberHDVideos]

For me "BAD" is the best in sound and rhythm in dance performance, I became a fan of MJ with the album "Bad" listening (Smooth Criminal, Bad Man In The Mirror "sounds and rhythm are the best for me and on tour all the different musics they interpreted with greater speed and electrifying pace.
Well definitibamente "Bad is the best!.

Michael Jackson forever in our hearts.

[analogue]

I always wanted Michael to write and compose a whole album all to himself and Bad is the closest we're ever gonna get to that and that's one of the reasons why i love the album so much

[MJforever:D]

The BAD album is amazing When u look at BAD then look at todays albums they dont come close in anyway.Everything Michael wanted was captured in that album.25 years on and its still superior to pretty much every album released today,why alot of artists feel the reason to hate in songs and swear and talk about sex in almost every line is beyond me.BAD is so much BADDER than them all lol yet there is no swearing or hate or anything like that Michael gets to the point in his songs.BAD ftw

[8701girl]

BAD was exactly the 'pinnacle' in my 'Fandom'... It was a time that I thought would LAST forever... In July, there was a 'star contest' and my BEST friend and I 'enrolled' as Michael Jackson and Dirty Diana... That was so much fun... I was all dressed up like Michael... My mum made me costume and I had my hair curled and cut like Michael and my friend was dressed in a way too short skirt and a red wig... We did win 4th place...

Aww that is adorable

[MikeFann]

For me, I believe Bad was the first ever Michael Jackson album I've ever heard when I was a little tyke. My Mother used to play it and I would hear Smooth Criminal, Speed Demon, Just Best Friends, and of course...Bad! I would enjoy seeing Moonwalker and the Bad music video on Vh1 during their Michael Jackson Marathons. I really like the way they produced this album, as well as hearing the nice synth sounds.

The song Bad gets a listen from me quite a bit. The way it sounds just pulls me in. It's something about the way the song is arranged that gets to me. All of the songs on this album reminds me of an era that once was (and I wasn't even around for much of it! lol).

Michael Jackson is BAD and we know it!

[Rhilo]

I've loved Bad since I was a kid. It was the first Michael album that caught my attention, and it literally did. I was too young around the time Thriller was released.

My uncle had a Bad cassette, and when I was a around 4-5 years old I was obssessed with that- with the music, and with the way Michael looked on the cover. For a 5 year old, I had pretty good taste in men :p He finally gave the tape to me, and I've been a fan since. I took that everywhere all through into teenhood, and had certain songs on replay. As cliche as this sounds, Bad was the soundtrack to my early life. I have so many happy memories associated with it.

Even today, in my late twenties the music is still fresh and enjoyable as ever. It beats the junk they call good music today.

[ChrisC]

For me, Bad is less of a compendium of hits and more of a singular sound than most of Michael's other adult works excluding maybe Off The Wall.

It's an exercise in dance music and attitude. Something about Michael stretching his own vision out is apparent on this album.

It's not my favourite album, even if it contains my favourite song, but it's no doubt a jewel in the crown.

It was also the first album I ever owned.

[Mike's Bad]

Bad is my favorite Michael Jackson album (Though I am kinda torn between this and Dangerous). I used to remember when I was a kid that when I walk on the streets feeling like a tough guy it was always Bad that was playing in my head. It was like my tough guy soundtrack. hehehe...

I just like everything about Bad. The whole album is really really bad (good bad. hahaha...) that I can play the album over and over. My favorite song is also from this album. Dirty Diana. I love 'em bad groupies and evil women MJ songs.

[_divinity_in_motion_]

I love BAD! i remember VH1 would show every year his movie Moonwalker! it was so cool and i thought it was the best! i enjoyed watching and listening to the music! i wish they would continue to do that..

[Arklove]

Bad is my favorite Michael Jackson album (Though I am kinda torn between this and Dangerous). I used to remember when I was a kid that when I walk on the streets feeling like a tough guy it was always Bad that was playing in my head. It was like my tough guy soundtrack. hehehe...

I just like everything about Bad. The whole album is really really bad (good bad. hahaha...) that I can play the album over and over. My favorite song is also from this album. Dirty Diana. I love 'em bad groupies and evil women MJ songs.

loooooooooool That's awesome! hahaha

My fave song is Dirty Diana, too

[Mike's Bad]

loooooooooool That's awesome! hahaha

My fave song is Dirty Diana, too

Thanks!

And yes, Dirty Diana's the best. I love the costume too.

[dam2040]

Bad's a great album. Not his best, but it's still a gem. DD,SC,Bad,TWYMMF... Absolute classics.

[innuendo141]

I think artistically, it his his best album, and I think it's down to the fact that he wrote most of the songs himself. Likewise for history, Michaels vision for how a song should go was always better when it came to his own songs. Michael was amazing when it came to the production of his own work.

The songs flow perfectly from one to the other.
Every song is flawless...

There actually isn't enough I could say about this album. I can't WAIT to hear some of the demos and out takes on Bad 25 so we can see what else was going through his mind during the recording of the album.