The impossible follow-up, met with total confidence: Bad sharpens Thriller's pop science into something leaner and stranger — "Smooth Criminal"'s coiled paranoia, "Man in the Mirror"'s gospel swell, "Dirty Diana"'s arena sleaze. Five number ones from one album, and the title's defensive crouch tells the real story: imperial pop with cracks showing.
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