413 of 1001 Albums: Michael Jackson's Bad

It's true. I had been awaiting the day that Michael Jackson arrived on the list, and he finally did. I've thought Thriller sounded good and it's a tune that gets stuck in my head when the Halloween time of year happens. This isn't the album that contains that hit, but it has other enjoyable tunes like "Smooth Criminal", which I did give a couple of listens.

History: Michael Jackson didn't have everyone so welcoming to the follow up to Thriller, but that isn't very shocking considering how huge of an album that went on to be. Bad showed a bit more a serious side of Michael Jackson with tunes like "Man in the Mirror". This album would be one of the first albums in music history to produce five hit singles as well. Jackson did intend for this album to have more duets to it, but the duets actually fell through. Recently, a 25th anniversary of this album was released falling Jackson's death.