Bad Remembrance (1): A Few Facts About BAD
Did you know that the album Bad in 1988 was the best-selling album in the United States and the UK for the second year in a row? #WhatBad?
On August 31, 1987, during the heyday of hip-hop, Bad was born and pushed boundaries in a way that only Michael Jackson could pull off. Even the album cover was very special. If Thriller had spread the red jacket fever among people around the world, now with the arrival of Bad, everyone wanted to wear black leather jackets.
On this album, alongside synthesizers, many musical instruments were used, such as guitar, bass guitar, digital guitar, drums, trumpet, percussion, keyboard, saxophone, piano, and organ.
Although Michael’s signature sound is on every track, two important guest vocalists also collaborated on this album. The legendary Stevie Wonder on “Just Good Friends,” and Siedah Garrett on “Man In The Mirror.”
Bad is an album with romantic and social themes. In several songs, Michael sings about his love for a woman, and in another song (Smooth Criminal) he talks about violence against women. Few songs in that era addressed violence against women, and Michael was ready to challenge this trend.
In “Another Part Of Me,” he calls on people to wake up socially, and in “Man In the Mirror,” he asks them to start change from within themselves and witness a better world.
Some other songs, like “Leave Me Alone,” were more personal, and for the first time Michael complained about not having privacy and the media’s interference in his life.
Bad was nominated for six Grammy Awards and won two: Best Video for “Leave Me Alone,” and Best Sound Engineering, which went to Bruce Swedien. Bad was also nominated in four categories: Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Best R&B Vocal Performance, and Best Album Cover of the Year for “Man in the Mirror.” Millions of Michael fans will agree with us that winning all these awards was rightfully Michael’s.
Source: eMJey.com / AFP & michaeljackson official website