Bad (album)

***Bad*** is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Michael Jackson. It was released in 1987 by Epic Records. It is one of the 20 best-selling albums of all time and the ninth best-selling album ever in the UK. 9 out of the 11 songs on the album were released as singles, 10 had music videos, and five reached number one in the US _Billboard_ Hot 100. This was the most number ones an artist had ever had from one album. The album is a mixture of R&B, pop rock and soul. It was produced by Quincy Jones. _Rolling Stone_ magazine put the album at number 202 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album is in the book _1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die_. _Bad_ won two Grammy Awards. Jackson wanted the album to have thirty songs on it. Quincy Jones cut this down to ten. The CD release of _Bad_ included "Leave Me Alone" as the eleventh song. Davitt Sigerson, of _Rolling Stone_ wrote that "_Bad_ is a better record than _Thriller_."

## Singles

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was released as the first single from _Bad_. It is a duet with Siedah Garrett. It reached number one in the US. "Bad" was released as the second single. It also reached number one. The third single was "The Way You Make Me Feel". It was _Bad_'s third number one. _Bad's_ fourth single "Man in the Mirror" was number one. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. "Dirty Diana", _Bad's_ fifth single, was also number one. "Another Part of Me" was released as the sixth single. It was the first single from the album to not be number one. It reached number eleven. "Smooth Criminal" was released as the sixth single. It reached number seven.

## Sales

In 1982 Jackson released _Thriller_. It became the best-selling album ever. Jackson wanted _Bad_ to be even more successful and to sell 100 million copies. _Bad_ was the second best selling album of the 1980s in the United Kingdom. It has sold over 45 million copies worldwide. This makes it the eleventh best selling album ever.

## Bad 25

_Bad 25_ was released on September 18, 2012, 25 years after the album's release. It had two CDs, the original album and a second CD with remixes and songs recorded for _Bad_ that were not put on the record. A documentary film about the making of _Bad_ was also released in August 2012.

## Track listing

1. "Bad" (Michael Jackson) – 4:07
1. "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Jackson) – 4:57
1. "Speed Demon" (Jackson) – 4:01
1. "Liberian Girl" (Jackson) – 3:53
1. "Just Good Friends" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) – 4:06
1. "Another Part of Me" (Jackson) – 3:54
1. "Man in the Mirror" (Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard) – 5:20
1. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (featuring Siedah Garrett) (Jackson) – 4:11
1. "Dirty Diana" (Jackson) – 4:41
1. "Smooth Criminal" (Jackson) – 4:17
1. "Leave Me Alone" (Jackson) (Non LP, Cassette and digital bonus track) – 4:40

## Tour

Jackson embarked on his Bad World Tour from 1987 to 1989 to promote the album. It was the first tour as a solo artist and became one of the highest-grossing world concert tours of the 1980s.

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Bad
- **type**: Studio album
- **artist**: Michael Jackson
- **cover**: Bad album logo.svg
- **border**: yes
- **released**: August 31, 1987
- **recorded**: January 5 – July 9, 1987 at Westlake Recording Studios
- **length**: 48:29
- **label**: Epic Records, Epic
- **prev title**: Anthology (Michael Jackson album), Anthology
- **prev year**: 1986
- **next title**: The Original Soul of Michael Jackson
- **next year**: 1987