Lee: The greatest people, the greatest artists, whatever you want to call that category, they work at their craft for years and years and years. He was intent on topping himself and he put a lot of pressure on himself to do that. Songs by James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, and others.” He looked at me like I was from Mars. He was ready.īranca: I remember having a conversation with him, we were in Hong Kong, and I was kind of kidding, and I said, “Michael, maybe for the next album, instead of trying to top yourself and compete with yourself, maybe you should go a little left of center and think about something a little different, like making an album of the songs that inspired you to become an artist. By the time Bad came around it was just ready for him to step up and take a much larger role because it was his time. He had written four of the songs off the Thriller album, and those songs turned into hit songs. 5, 1987.įorger: After the experience of Thriller, I think that was something that really reinforced Michael’s confidence. The formal recording process began at Westlake on Jan. Bad was crafted at Westlake Studio in Los Angeles and at Michael Jackson’s personal studio, Hayvenhurst.
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