STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to the stack of wax, otherwise known as Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today marks 11 years since the untimely death of the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson. the singer-songwriter and dancer from Gary, Indiana passed away in 2009, age 50, from cardiac arrest. He is severely missed. Michael released his 7th solo studio album, Bad, on Epic Records on August 31, 1987. The soon to be Diamond LP was produced by Quincy Jones and peaked at #1 in Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, the Billboard 200, and Billboard's  Top R&B/Black Albums. A total of 9 singles were released from the 10 track album. 5 of those went to #1 on the Hot 100, making Bad the first album in history to achieve that. I'll mark the singles (*) down below :

 1. "Bad" 4:08 (*) (#1 Hot 100,  Dance Club, Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Rhythmic , Cash Box,  Radio & Records )

2. "The Way You Make Me Feel" 4:59 (*) (#1 Hot 100, Hot Black Singles, Hot Dance Club Play,  Hot Dance Club Play)

3. "Speed Demon" 4:03

4. "Liberian Girl" 3:55 (* UK only release) (#13 UK, #8 Finland, #4 Poland, #1 Ireland)

5. "Just Good Friends" (with Stevie Wonder; writers: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle) 4:09

Side two

6. "Another Part of Me" 3:55 (*) (#12 Cash Box, #11 Hot 100, #10 Radio and Records, #1  Hot Black Singles)

7. "Man in the Mirror" (writers: Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard) 5:21 (*) (#1 Canada, Hot 100,  Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, Radio and Records)

8. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" (with Siedah Garrett) 4:27 (*) (#1 Hot 100,  Hot Adult Contemporary,  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, Hot Singles Sales, Radio & Records)

9. "Dirty Diana" 4:42 (*) (#1 Hot 100, Cash Box)

10. "Smooth Criminal" 4:20 (*) (#7 Hot 100, #2 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, #1 the Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland)

Lead and backing vocals: Michael Jackson

Background vocals: Siedah Garrett (tracks 7–8), The Winans (7), and The Andraé Crouch Choir (7)

Bass guitar: Nathan East (track 8)

Hammond organ: Jimmy Smith (track 1)

Drums: John Robinson (tracks 1–4, 9–10), Miko Brando (3), Ollie E. Brown (3, 5), Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (8), Bill Bottrell (10), Bruce Swedien (5, 10), Humberto Gatica (5)

Programming: Douglas Getschal (tracks 1–4, 9), Cornelius Mims (5), Larry Williams (11)

Guitar: David Williams (tracks 1–3, 6, 9–10), Bill Bottrell (3), Eric Gale (2), Danny Hull, Steve Stevens (solo, 9), Dann Huff (7–8), Michael Landau (5), Paul Jackson Jr. (6, 9, 11)

Trumpet: Gary Grant, Jerry Hey (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10)

Sounds engineered: Ken Caillat, and Tom Jones

Percussion: Paulinho da Costa (tracks 1–5, 8), Ollie E. Brown (2, 7)

Keyboards: Stefan Stefanovic, Greg Phillinganes (track 7)

Saxophone: Kim Hutchcroft (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10), Larry Williams (1–2, 5–6, 10)

Synclavier (tracks 1–6, 8–10), digital guitar (1), finger snaps (2), sound effects (3): Christopher Currell

Synthesizer: John Barnes (tracks 1–4, 6, 9–10), Michael Boddicker (1–5, 9–10), Greg Phillinganes (1–3, 5, 8, 11, solo–1), Rhett Lawrence (5–6), David Paich (4, 8), Larry Williams (4–5, 11), Glen Ballard (7), Randy Kerber (7), Randy Waldman (9)

Piano: John Barnes (track 8), Kevin Maloney (10)

Rhythm arrangement: Michael Jackson (tracks 1–4, 6, 9–11), Quincy Jones (1, 3–5, 7–8), Christopher Currell (1), John Barnes (4, 6, 9–10), Graham Lyle (5), Terry Britten (5), Glen Ballard (7), Jerry Hey (9)

Horn arrangement: Jerry Hey (tracks 1–3, 5–6, 10)

Programming: Larry Williams (tracks 2), Eric Persing (3), Steve Porcaro (4, 8), Casey Young (11)

Midi saxophone: Larry Williams (track 3)

Our copy was purchased right her in Lakeland, at The Wax And The Needle.