“Dirty Diana” is a riveting song, but still feels like a manufactured move lusting for approval from metalheads. Artists like Prince show us that pop doesn’t have to feel so artificial as it occasionally does on Bad. Michael Jackson feels like a product at this point (he was a showman after all) and certain artistic moves feel slightly forced. Jackson and legendary producer Quincy Jones took a step away from disco and instead leaned towards hard dance, flirting with rock and metal, whilst allowing space for dainty ballads - standard pop procedure, but with a slight edge. It took Michael Jackson five years to follow up the greatest selling album of all time, and despite showing drastic signs of age, I’d say he gave it a damn good go with Bad. Following an album on the sheer scale of Thriller is no easy task, even for the King of Pop.
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