When I first got into Michael like really started learning and listening to him as a kid I was absolutely obsessed with 'Bad'. Before that was Off the Wall which was one of my "starter" albums in my journey to be an MJ fan. "Thriller" was the first actual Michael record I bought, and that album has a special place in my heart.
However,
Creatively I would have to say Dangerous. I believe it was his most experimental album. I mean that album had it all. Jack Swing jams, unbelievable ballads, absolutely incredible song-writing, superb mixing and production, and its flourishing creativity was phenomenal.
Dangerous.