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Post by kcdawg13 on Sept 29, 2021 12:37:46 GMT -5
MJ has the two best-selling album's of all time with Thriller and Bad, both are highly regarded as some of the best albums of all time. However, the real question is which one is better? Which one has the best songs, which one has the best music videos, the best look, etc.
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Post by Mirago on Sept 29, 2021 12:52:04 GMT -5
Thriller has some fantastic and unprecedented videos. He sent a clear signal to the future with that album.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Sept 29, 2021 14:00:29 GMT -5
Thriller! Definitely more consistent of the two.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 29, 2021 14:28:29 GMT -5
Bad actually works better as an album. Thriller has always been a hodge podge collection of singles to me. That being said, the highlights from Thriller are stronger, so I went with that one.
Off The Wall and Dangerous are better than both of these IMO.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2021 14:44:43 GMT -5
A lot of Bad has aged... well, badly (although there are a lot of highlights and bangers on the album). Thriller, on the other hand, is one bop after another (aside from the middle of the road The Girl Is Mine).
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Post by kalmanta on Sept 29, 2021 15:11:41 GMT -5
That’s a tough one, but while Bad has one of MJ‘s best songs on it with Liberian Girl, well, Speed Demon exists.
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Post by degen on Sept 29, 2021 16:10:42 GMT -5
It’s funny to me that “Bad” is the one with 5 #1s, yet all the singles off “Thriller” aged better and still feel bigger today. I really think “Bad” suffers a bit from the formula that MJ and Quincy mastered on “Thriller.”
Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal and The Way You Make Me Feel are popular songs in the MJ universe, but I can certainly say they rank lower than Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, and Wanna Be Startin Somethin as far as what is regarded classic.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2021 17:40:03 GMT -5
It’s funny to me that “Bad” is the one with 5 #1s, yet all the singles off “Thriller” aged better and still feel bigger today. I really think “Bad” suffers a bit from the formula that MJ and Quincy mastered on “Thriller.” Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal and The Way You Make Me Feel are popular songs in the MJ universe, but I can certainly say they rank lower than Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It, and Wanna Be Startin Somethin as far as what is regarded classic. A lot of music from the second half of the 80s has aged quite poorly. Too overproduced, artificial and cluttered. Don't get me wrong, there were still a lot of bops released between '85 and '89, and the lows aren't that low (at least when compared with the 2000s and 2010s), but a good proportion of later 80s pop music is disposable and mediocre. |
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Post by back2blk on Sept 29, 2021 17:48:44 GMT -5
Thriller is a bit more well put together due to its length; but I prefer the "edgier" approach on Bad.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Sept 29, 2021 21:44:35 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion but c'mon: Bad has Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, and Smooth Criminal. It's the winner
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Post by Au$tin on Sept 29, 2021 21:51:30 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion but c'mon: Bad has Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, and Man in the Mirror. It's the winner My two favorites tbh. |
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on Sept 30, 2021 0:06:24 GMT -5
Unpopular opinion but c'mon: Bad has Man in the Mirror, Dirty Diana, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, and Man in the Mirror. It's the winner My two favorites tbh. Whoops, meant to put Smooth Criminal, although Man in the Mirror probably still beats everything on Thriller with the exception of Billie Jean |
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Post by Choco on Oct 3, 2021 23:28:48 GMT -5
Thriller, but you can't deny Bad has some iconic timeless songs as well.
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Post by chanman on Oct 6, 2021 20:55:25 GMT -5
Thriller the winner for me by a mile....That duet with Paul McCartney was massive!!!
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Post by divasummer on Oct 11, 2021 16:13:04 GMT -5
Up until around his death I probably would have said “Bad”.
However for the last 11-13 years I think I may like “Thriller” better.
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Post by Gary on Oct 11, 2021 21:36:58 GMT -5
Man In The Mirror was the big song people were drawn too at his death
since then because of Halloween it is Thriller
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Post by kcdawg13 on Oct 11, 2021 21:54:21 GMT -5
The most interesting part about Bad is that the most popular song from that record, and one of MJ's most popular songs period (currently his third most streamed song on Spotify behind Beat It and Billie Jean) is Smooth Criminal. Despite Bad having 5 number-one singles, Smooth Criminal wasn't one of them, it only reached #7.
Lowkey Smooth Criminal is MJ's best video, even above Thriller. The art direction and choreography is unmatched.
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