Two different glossy booklets focus on, respectively, the recording of “Bad” and a rundown of the outakes, and the Wembley Stadium performance of July 16, 1988. These are terrible commercial house tracks - especially Afrojack’s “Bad” remix featuring Pitbull - and are an insult to MJ’s memory not because they rework his music, but because they do it so ungracefully. The best of these is also the most revealing: a track tentatively titled “Song Groove” but also known as “Abortion Papers.” Somewhat understandably, Jackson struggled with the lyrics to this story about a teen pregnancy, and ultimately decided not to tackle the hot-button issue on “Bad.”Īlso featured on that disc are new remixes by current EDM hitmakers Afrojack and Nero intended, one would assume, to appeal to a young generation that wasn’t yet born when Jackson was a commercial force. ![]() The first features a remastered version of 10-song album (with the bonus track “Leave Me Alone”) and a selection of demos on the second disc that illustrate the musician at work. The sturdy box, which is kept shut with a nifty magnet, includes two double-disc collections with glossy cardboard gatefold sleeves.
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