Michael Jackson – Dangerous

Aww man this is a jewel. What’s interesting at that time was MJ’s demand was still so great that he wasn’t pushed to CD only. My college radio station was issued album copies because the new Jack cuts were available to use before labels issued future singles (Jam comes to mind). The levels on the full album carry the same warmth as a 12 inch single (this allowed to mixers to play Can’t Let Her heavily even though it was never released as a single). This is one of the best mastered vinyls I’ve ever heard.

OMG! I really want this album SOOO much on vinyl (BUT the Original Version not some junk the Estate have made) and i hope to get it one day and get 3 copies of it, ESP. the US copy from 1991 as well. I already have Off The Wall, Thriller and Bad, and now Dangerous is what I need. Good thing Christmas IS coming up.

Anyone else have a pressing with the big circle label grooves? Can't find a listing that matches mine but it sounds amazing.

See that some Brazil have BB, BD, AR written in the format section what does this stand for

I just picked up this issue for only $32 at my local record store, and wow... listening to this was like hearing the album for the first time. The difference between this and the remaster / version on streaming is night and day. Incredibly deep, spacious sound throughout. The entire soundscape is crystal clear and free from any semblance of muddiness. Having heard this album a few times in the past, I noticed several things that I hadn't heard before, and as it always is with new sound discoveries, it was a delight.

As another commented, there is some light vocal sibilance on a couple of tracks, but for me, it was no biggie at all and did not detract from the listening experience in the slightest. I'm running an AT-VMN95ML needle on my player, which massively reduces (or in some cases, basically removes!) inner-groove distortion and sibilance, but if you're going to be listening to records, you can't get mad at some inner-groove shenanigans every once in a while... wink wink...

Overall, I definitely got a steal here and I'm super happy I picked this up. I'm a bit shocked and saddened to see copies in worse condition than mine being sold for over triple the price on here, but that's baseball.

There really is no substitute for the original Bernie Grundman cuts of the first four MJ albums. This is no exception. It doesn't get any better then this press.

This is indeed a nice pressing, though I won't be quite as rapturous as some previous reviewers - there's some noticeable sibilance on several tunes (worst offender seems to be "In The Closet"), and some sloppily rendered high end information (mostly shredding around 12k). Overall, though, I'm impressed - the dynamic range is excellent, and the low end is remarkably deep and detailed.

EDIT: I think I just needed to replace my stylus. This pressing is nuts. One of the hardest hitting records I've ever heard.

Let's talk about this musically as MJ did not have so many albums and they are all dense: in this one he grabbed to New Jack Swing as if it were going to go out of fashion the next day (it kind of did). At the time, as a kid, I thinking "Prince, Terrence Trent Darby and Michael Jackson have the best beats" and now I see the similarities in the production done by, er, the producers. I love the urban sound of these songs, and some of the hits were proper hits deserving to be hits like " the time" (I love so much when performers do some kind of gospel call and response with their own voices). It sounds very clear, with everything so separated in the stereo (it was one of the first best selling CDs I and it sounded so right). More highlights? The very Stevie Wonder "Will you be there" is a delight , and the beatbox led "Why you wanna trip on me" which is the more Prince, the funkiest this sound can give.

Negatives, with the risk of MJ fans jumping on my neck? That it is still too similar to Bad and that the songs that should on paper sound sexy sound really really angry, and I leave the interpretation to the audience.

Hi
I have a question
Is the US vinyl green?
It seems so from the pics above
Thanks a lot!

Album Revolution # 4:

There are times that when an artist has been around for quite some time, hears a new sound and gravitates to it....'Michael Jackson" did this with the "New Jack Swing", brought on by Super Producer "Teddy Riley", just around the time when groups like "Guy" and "Heavy D. & the Boyz" were benefiting from it....Now it was "Mike's" turn on "Dangerous"....

The first single wasn't from "Teddy" though...."Black Or White" had that job...It was a hummungest #1 hit, but to me it wasn't all that...It wasn't terrible, I just wasn't feeling it personally...

Now, "Jam" is the one that jumped off the "Teddy Riley" experience,,,,With the hype beats, Guitars, and "Heavy D." doing his thing....

"Why You Wanna Trip On Me" followed the same vain.....

"In The Closet" was a straight up jam, before they changed the meaning of it...

"She Drives Me Wild" was also pretty cool....

There are 4 Crown Jewels on here...

" The Time" is the obvious first one....The beat with that fantastic melody, makes this one another "Michael Jackson" favorite (it also had a fantastic video, with "Eddie Murphy", "Iman" and "Magic Johnson"!!!!!)......

"Can't Let Her Get Away" is the 2nd Crown Jewel, and Man!!!!!, I can listen to this song multiple times!!!!

The 3rd in "Who Is It", is an emotional plea, with a thumping beat and fantastic melody!!!!!

Then there's the "Title Track", the 4th Crown Jewel.....In it's 7 minute splendor, it was the perfect album closer!!!

Now the fillers....

"Heal The World"...Now I know I am going to get butchered for this one, but I'm sorry, I'm not feeling it....The message is perfect, the melody and music, Yuck!!!!! I'm sorry guys, it's just not my cup of tea....

"Will You Be There", "Give In To Me", and "Keep The Faith" are not terrible, but are sleepers to me....

I will it that "Gone Too Soon" is hard to hear, because of "Mike" being gone and all of my loved ones that ed away....It always get to me every time!!!!

This one was hard to do, and it will get harder, because the classic stuff was so good that you will always base "Mike's" stuff on it (at least that's how I'm wired)......