Bad is the seventh studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was released on August 31, 1987, by Epic Records. Highly anticipated, the album took two years to produce between 1985 and 1987, and was Jackson's third and final collaboration with producer Quincy Jones. A dance-pop and R&B album, it captures Jackson with greater artistic freedom, as he composed and co-produced all but two of its tracks, discussing celebrity, romance, world peace, and self-improvement. The album features appearances from Siedah Garrett and Stevie Wonder. Following the enormous success of his previous album, Thriller, Jackson faced greater expectations than ever before. He adopted an edgier sound, incorporating new digital synthesizer technology and elements of hard rock and funk, among other styles. He reinvented his look to evoke a tougher image, but his lighter complexion and plastic surgery sparked controversy in the US. The Bad tour, Jackson's first solo world tour, grossed $125 million to become one of the highest-grossing concert tours at the time. Nine commercial singles were released along with a promotional single. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_(al...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)