Music critics have opened their mouths to praise and admiration for Bad 25...
BBC:
This album is an enormous, timeless, and vital masterpiece in music. BAD is just as important today as it was in the eighties. This album simply found its way into the collections of pop and rock fans. In 2012, thanks to the internet, every kind of music can be released, but in 1987 that opportunity was only available to the very best—and Bad was one of them.
Fame doesn’t necessarily mean approval from critics, but Bad has pleased critics just as much as it has pleased fans—and that is a very rare phenomenon.
Entertainment Weekly gave this album an A:
The main treasure of Bad 25 is those six tracks that had not been released before. The structure of Al Capone is so solid it could have been a single. The best of this album are I'm So Blue and Messin' Around.
Vibe:
In the summer of 1986, the Thriller-like trailer was chasing Michael like a huge mammoth—and now we know that the biggest pop star to ever set foot on this planet tried to bury the trailer, which is the most culturally and commercially successful album of all time. And for that, he released Bad—more daring, more creatively musical, and more epic in terms of songwriting than Thriller.
Bad didn’t outsell Thriller, but it had a better achievement. The album showed a number-one genius who was increasingly growing in the roles of composer, producer, and performer. Unlike the magnificent Off The Wall album and the monster that was Thriller, this time Jackson took the reins and pushed Quincy Jones back into the rear seat.
Let historians and industry insiders argue by saying that Bad didn’t reach Thriller’s sales—also set aside the album’s award-winning videos; stick to the songs, because that’s where the real greatness is.
(All the songs on Bad were written by Michael except Just Good Friends and Man In The Mirror. He co-produced the entire album alongside Quincy Jones.)
Seattle:
Bad 25 is a tribute to an album that was always given less attention than it deserved. The songs on this album—including Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Leave Me Alone, and The Way You Make Me Feel—were crafted masterfully and artistically. These are the songs that shaped pop music in the late eighties and are considered today as the standard benchmark of music. Even lesser-known tracks like Speed Demon and Liberian Girl are signs of the top-tier things that Jackson was capable of doing.
The Wembley concert DVD is extraordinary from start to finish. He ends She's Out of My Life with real tears and leaves the 72,000-strong audience stunned.
There are also three mix tracks on this album that weren’t necessary to exist, and maybe weren’t even desirable.
The main prize is the six songs that were all written by Jackson during the Bad era and had not been released before. The most interesting of them is Song Groove, which has already sparked controversy and debate among fans. Whether the song supports abortion or opposes it, its lyrics and rhythm are blazing. From the accompanying notes, it seems this song doesn’t have a straightforward, one-sided message, but rather a dual theme.
Houston Chronicle:
Michael Jackson has influenced many artists. You can see and hear him in the works of people like Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Usher, Britney Spears, Madonna, and Adam Lambert.
Bad 25 has managed to highlight the artistic genius that Jackson always wanted to be known for. Bad was his gift to us, and Bad 25 is our gift to him.
Source: eMJey.com / Michael Jackson Official
Music critics have opened their mouths to praise and admiration for Bad 25...
BBC:
This album is an enormous, timeless, and vital masterpiece in music. BAD is just as important today as it was in the eighties. This album simply found its way into the collections of pop and rock fans. In 2012, thanks to the internet, every kind of music can be released, but in 1987 that opportunity was only available to the very best—and Bad was one of them.
Fame doesn’t necessarily mean approval from critics, but Bad has pleased critics just as much as it has pleased fans—and that is a very rare phenomenon.
Entertainment Weekly gave this album an A:
The main treasure of Bad 25 is those six tracks that had not been released before. The structure of Al Capone is so solid it could have been a single. The best of this album are I'm So Blue and Messin' Around.
Vibe:
In the summer of 1986, the Thriller-like trailer was chasing Michael like a huge mammoth—and now we know that the biggest pop star to ever set foot on this planet tried to bury the trailer, which is the most culturally and commercially successful album of all time. And for that, he released Bad—more daring, more creatively musical, and more epic in terms of songwriting than Thriller.
Bad didn’t outsell Thriller, but it had a better achievement. The album showed a number-one genius who was increasingly growing in the roles of composer, producer, and performer. Unlike the magnificent Off The Wall album and the monster that was Thriller, this time Jackson took the reins and pushed Quincy Jones back into the rear seat.
Let historians and industry insiders argue by saying that Bad didn’t reach Thriller’s sales—also set aside the album’s award-winning videos; stick to the songs, because that’s where the real greatness is.
(All the songs on Bad were written by Michael except Just Good Friends and Man In The Mirror. He co-produced the entire album alongside Quincy Jones.)
Seattle:
Bad 25 is a tribute to an album that was always given less attention than it deserved. The songs on this album—including Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Leave Me Alone, and The Way You Make Me Feel—were crafted masterfully and artistically. These are the songs that shaped pop music in the late eighties and are considered today as the standard benchmark of music. Even lesser-known tracks like Speed Demon and Liberian Girl are signs of the top-tier things that Jackson was capable of doing.
The Wembley concert DVD is extraordinary from start to finish. He ends She's Out of My Life with real tears and leaves the 72,000-strong audience stunned.
There are also three mix tracks on this album that weren’t necessary to exist, and maybe weren’t even desirable.
The main prize is the six songs that were all written by Jackson during the Bad era and had not been released before. The most interesting of them is Song Groove, which has already sparked controversy and debate among fans. Whether the song supports abortion or opposes it, its lyrics and rhythm are blazing. From the accompanying notes, it seems this song doesn’t have a straightforward, one-sided message, but rather a dual theme.
Houston Chronicle:
Michael Jackson has influenced many artists. You can see and hear him in the works of people like Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Usher, Britney Spears, Madonna, and Adam Lambert.
Bad 25 has managed to highlight the artistic genius that Jackson always wanted to be known for. Bad was his gift to us, and Bad 25 is our gift to him.
Source: eMJey.com / Michael Jackson Official