Release type
ALBUM
Release options
(P) 2012 MJJ Productions Inc.
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1
Bad (2012 Remaster)
04:07
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2
The Way You Make Me Feel (2012 Remaster)
04:58
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3
Speed Demon (2012 Remaster)
04:02
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 1/10 -
4
Liberian Girl (2012 Remastered Version)
03:52
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5
Just Good Friends (2012 Remaster)
04:07
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 1/10 -
6
Another Part of Me (2012 Remaster)
03:54
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7
Man in the Mirror (2012 Remaster)
05:18
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 2/10 -
8
I Just Can't Stop Loving You (2012 Remaster)
Michael Jackson, Siedah Garrett
04:13
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 1/10 -
9
Dirty Diana (2012 Remaster)
04:40
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 2/10 -
10
Smooth Criminal (2012 Remaster)
04:17
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 2/10 -
11
Leave Me Alone (2012 Remaster)
04:40
Lyrics availableSynced lyrics availablePopularity 1/10
The downside to a success like Thriller is that it's nearly impossible to follow, but Michael Jackson approached Bad much the same way he approached Thriller -- take the basic formula of the predecessor, expand it slightly, and move it outward. This meant that he moved 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. He wound up with a sleeker, slicker Thriller, which isn't a bad thing, but it's not a rousing success, either. For one thing, the material just isn't as good. Look at the singles: only three can stand alongside album tracks from its predecessor ("Bad," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"), another is simply OK ("Smooth Criminal"), with the other two showcasing Jackson at his worst (the saccharine "Man in the Mirror," the misogynistic "Dirty Diana"). Then, there are the album tracks themselves, something that virtually didn't exist on Thriller but bog down Bad not just because they're bad, but because they reveal that Jackson's state of the art is not hip. And they constitute a near-fatal dead spot on the record -- songs three through six, from "Speed Demon" to "Another Part of Me," a sequence that's utterly faceless, lacking memorable hooks and melodies, even when Stevie Wonder steps in for "Just Good Friends," relying on nothing but studiocraft. Part of the joy of Off the Wall and Thriller was that craft was enhanced with tremendous songs, performances, and fresh, vivacious beats. For this dreadful stretch, everything is mechanical, and while the album rebounds with songs that prove mechanical can be tolerable if delivered with hooks and panache, it still makes Bad feel like an artifact of its time instead a piece of music that transcends it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
1. Bad (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drums
- John Robinson
- Guitar
- David Williams
- Horn
- Jerry Hey
- Arranger
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Michael Jackson
Christopher Currell
Quincy Jones - Composer
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Percussion
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Paulinho Da Costa
Michael Jackson - Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Saxophone
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Larry Williams
Kim Hutchcroft - Synthesizer
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Greg Phillinganes
Michael Boddicker
John Barnes - Trumpet
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Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Jackson
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
2. The Way You Make Me Feel (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drum Programming
- Douglas Getschal
- Drums
- John Robinson
- Guitar
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Eric Gale
David Williams - Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Arranger
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Michael Jackson
Jerry Hey - Composer
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Michael Jackson
M. J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
M. J. Jackson - Engineer
- Humberto Gatica
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Mixing Engineer
- Bruce Swedien
- Percussion
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Paulhino Da Costa
Ollie E. Brown - Saxophone
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Kim Hutchcroft
Larry Williams - Synthesizer
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Greg Phillinganes
Michael Boddicker
John Barnes - Trumpet
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Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Jackson
- Programmer
- Larry Williams
- Recording
- Bruce Swedien
- Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
3. Speed Demon (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drum Programming
- Douglas Getschal
- Drums
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Ollie E. Brown
Miko Brando
John Robinson - Guitar
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Bill Boltrell
David Williams - Arranger
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson - Composer
- Michael Jackson
- Lyricist
- Michael Jackson
- Horn
- Jerry Hey
- Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Percussion
- Paulhino Da Costa
- Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Saxophone
- Kim Hutchcroft
- Synthesizer
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Greg Phillinganes
John Barnes
Michael Boddicker - Trumpet
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Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
4. Liberian Girl (2012 Remastered Version)
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drum Programming
- Douglas Getschal
- Drums
- John Robinson
- Horn
- Jerry Hey
- Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Percussion
- Paulhino Da Costa
- Performer
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John Barnes
Michael Jackson - Synthesizer
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John Barnes
David Paich
Larry Williams
Michael Boddicker - Vocals
- Caiphus Semenya
- Arranger
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Michael Jackson
John Barnes
Quincy Jones - Composer
- Michael Jackson
- Vocal Arrangement
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Michael Jackson
John Barnes - Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
5. Just Good Friends (2012 Remaster)
- Drum Programming
- Cornelius Mims
- Drums
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Ollie E. Brown
Bruce Swedien
Humberto Gatica - Arranger
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Graham Lyle
Terry Britten
John Barnes
Quincy Jones - Lyricist
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Graham Lyle
Terry Britten - Guitar
- Michael Landau
- Horn
- Jerry Hey
- Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Percussion
- Paulhino Da Costa
- Composer
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Terry Britten
Graham Lyle - Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Saxophone
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Larry Williams
Kim Hutchcroft - Synthesizer
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Greg Phillinganes
Larry Williams
Michael Boddicker
Rhett Lawrence - Trumpet
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Gary Grant
Jerry Hey - Vocals
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Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson - Vocal Arrangement
- John Barnes
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
6. Another Part of Me (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Guitar
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Paul Jackson Jr.
David Williams - Horn
- Jerry Hey
- Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Saxophone
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Larry Williams
Kim Hutchcroft - Synthesizer
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Rhett Lawrence
John Barnes - Trumpet
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Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Arranger
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Michael Jackson
John Barnes
Michael J. Jackson - Composer
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
7. Man in the Mirror (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
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Rose Banks
Perry Morgan
Alfie Silas
Jean Johnson
Carvin Winans
Maxi Anderson
Francine Howard
Geary Faggett
Linda Green
Michael Winans
Ronald Winans
The Andrae Crouch Choir
Vonciele Faggett
Michael Jackson
The Winans
Andrae Crouch
Marvin Winans
Sandra Crouch
Siedah Garrett
Andrew Gouche
Ronal Winans - Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Guitar
- Dann Huff
- Keyboard
- Greg Phillinganes
- Performer
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Michael Jackson
Andrae Crouch - Synthesizer
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Randy Kerber
Glen Ballard - Vocals
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Michael Jackson
Siedah Garrett
The Winans - Arranger
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Quincy Jones
Glen Ballard
Jerry Hey - Composer
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Glen Ballard
Siedah Garrett - Lyricist
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Siedah Garrett
Glen Ballard - Vocal Arrangement
- Andrae Crouch
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri - Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Unknown Contributor Role
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Glen Ballard
Jerry Hey
Quincy Jones
8. I Just Can't Stop Loving You (2012 Remaster)
- Featured Artist
- Siedah Garrett
- Bass
- Nathan East
- Drums
- Ndugu Chancler
- Guitar
- Dann Huff
- Performer
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Michael Jackson
Siedah Garrett
Michael Jackson Featuring Siedah Garrett - Arranger
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Quincy Jones
David Paich - Composer
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Mixing Engineer
- Bruce Swedien
- Percussion
- Paulhino Da Costa
- Piano
- John Barnes
- Synthesizer
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Greg Phillinganes
David Paich
Christopher Currell - Vocals
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Michael Jackson
Siedah Garrett - Vocal Arrangement
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Michael Jackson
John Barnes
Michael J. Jackson - Programmer
- Steve Porcaro
- Recording
- Bruce Swedien
- Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Unknown Contributor Role
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David Paich
Quincy Jones - Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
9. Dirty Diana (2012 Remaster)
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drums
- John Robinson
- Guitar
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Steve Stevens
David Williams
Paul Jackson Jr. - Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Strings
- John Barnes
- Synthesizer
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John Barnes
Michael Boddicker
Randy Waldman
Denny Jaeger
Christopher Currell - Arranger
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Michael Jackson
John Barnes - Composer
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Jerry Hey
Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Jackson
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri - Programmer
- Douglas Getschal
- Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Unknown Contributor Role
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John Barnes
Michael Jackson
Quincy Jones
10. Smooth Criminal (2012 Remaster)
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Clapping
- Michael Jackson
- Drums
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Bruce Swedien
Bill Bottrell
John Robinson - Guitar
- David Williams
- Engineer
- Humberto Gatica
- Arranger
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Jerry Hey
John Barnes
Michael Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Horn Section
- Jerry Hey
- Composer
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Piano
- Kevin Maloney
- Saxophone
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Kim Hutchcroft
Larry Williams - Spoken Word
- Bruce Swedien
- Synthesizer
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Michael Boddicker
John Barnes
Christopher Currell - Trumpet
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Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Jackson
- Mixing Engineer
- Bruce Swedien
- Recording
- Bruce Swedien
- Remastering
- Tom Coyne
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri
11. Leave Me Alone (2012 Remaster)
- Primary Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Background Vocals
- Michael Jackson
- Drum Programming
- Larry Williams
- Guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr.
- Performer
- Michael Jackson
- Synthesizer
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Larry Williams
Greg Phillinganes - Arranger
- Michael Jackson
- Composer
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Lyricist
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Michael Jackson
Michael J. Jackson - Vocal Arrangement
- Michael Jackson
- Executive Producer
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Antonio Reid
John Branca
John Mcclain - Producer
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Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Al Quaglieri - Programmer
- Casey Young
- Remastering
- Tom Coyne
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 11 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 48 minutes and 8 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 3698x3698 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
Studio Quality (Hi-Res)
24bit / 96 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- All tracks have lyrics
- Synchronized Lyrics
- All tracks have synced lyrics
- Genres
- Pop/Rock, R&B, Soul, Dance, Contemporary R&B, Dance Pop
- Label
- Epic - Legacy
- Music Distribution Service
- Sony
- Country
United States- Language
- English (United States)
- Popularity
- Popularity 7/10
- Release Date
- Aug 31, 1987
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 886443546264
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