Album battle: Bad vs. Faith

[dmbrocker]

Okay, you've got two albums from 1987 that were huge at the time of their release and spawned multiple Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles: Jacko was trying to follow up the iconic Thriller with another multi-platinum chart-topping album, while George Michael was trying to shed his boy band duo past and come out with a more mature sounding album of hits. Both succeeded in those two respects, but which of these two releases do you think is better? Vote!

[Bono Nettencourt]

I see ya voted for Faith, ya homo.

[dmbrocker]

I see ya voted for Faith, ya homo.

Wasn't me, but someone did. Someone voted for Bad as well.

[VinnieStJohn]

Ranking songs

1. Father Figure
2. Faith
3. Dirty Diana
4, i Just Can't Stop Loving You
5. One More Try
6. Man in the Mirror
7. Bad
8. The Way You Make Me Feel
9. I want your sex
Everything else

I voted Faith, but after working through it Bad is probably a better overall album - the best Faith songs are better

[DangerZone]

thought it would be George for father figure & one more try…
But forgot Dirty Diana was on there.

Mike wins

[pieceofme]

Bad

[Rocker4Real]

I still haven't listened to the entire Faith album. My dad bought me Bad when I was 10. I didn't ask for it. Ended up giving it away.

[StateOfShock]

Ranking songs

1. Father Figure
2. Faith
3. Dirty Diana
4, i Just Can't Stop Loving You
5. One More Try
6. Man in the Mirror
7. Bad
8. The Way You Make Me Feel
9. I want your sex
Everything else

I voted Faith, but after working through it Bad is probably a better overall album - the best Faith songs are better

Smooth Criminal is better than all those songs.

[StateOfShock]

Love both of these albums, but Bad edges out Faith for me.

[Brainy Lane]

Ranking songs

1. Father Figure
2. Faith
3. Dirty Diana
4, i Just Can't Stop Loving You
5. One More Try
6. Man in the Mirror
7. Bad
8. The Way You Make Me Feel
9. I want your sex
Everything else

I voted Faith, but after working through it Bad is probably a better overall album - the best Faith songs are better

Smooth Criminal is better than all those songs.

Yep

[Ryan81]

Father Figure is one of the best ballads of all time! One More Try is excellent as well.

Side note: I like women

[Asshole_Rose]

Faith

[tooth]

George Michael, by far, as he wrote & produced Faith himself & it was his first record out of Wham.

[GoodJudge]

George Michael, by far, as he wrote & produced Faith himself & it was his first record out of Wham.

And also because he wasn't a kiddy fiddler.

[sirthx2]

Bad is a desert island disc for me, assuming I have a kick-ass stereo on the island and a power source. Absolute demo-material top to bottom. One of the greatest produced/engineered records of all-time. Steely Dan Aja? Child please.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

Faith

As good as Bad was, Thriller was better. You just can’t beat Beat It and Billie Jean.

And as mentioned Father Figure is one of the best ballads ever. So is Careless Whisper for bonus points.

[EuroJR]

Faith

BAD was a laughable follow up to Thriller

[Wild Obsession]

Don't own/never owned either album, but George Michaels "Monkey" is "my jam"! (And he was sexy as hell).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHb2XYeXcJI