DANGEROUS
The Dangerous album was released on November 26, 1991, and became the
fastest selling number one album, breaking the records by entering the
charts at #1 only 3 days after it's release! It was also the first album
released by Sony music that had a Thursday release date, rather than
the traditional Monday release.
This was the first solo album by Michael Jackson that was not produced
by Quincy Jones.
The 'Dangerous' album produced 9 singles from it's 14 tracks; "Black
Or White", "Remember The Time", "Jam", "In The Closet", "Heal The World",
"Who Is It", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon". The "Black Or
White" single made a 32-spot jump on the Pop singles charts, breaking
the Beatles' record set by their song "Let It Be" in 1970.
The album has sold over 21 million copies worldwide to date.
Guest appearances on this album were made by rapper L.T.B, Princess
Stephanie of Monacco (credited as the "Mystery Girl"), and Slash.
The track listing of the Dangerous album is as follows:
- Jam (written by Michael Jackson)
- Why You Wanna Trip On Me (written by Teddy Riley & Bernard Bell)
- In The Closet (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
- She Drives Me Wild (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
- Remember The Time (written by Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley & Bernard
Bell)
- Can't Let Her Get Away (written by Michael Jackson & Teddy Riley)
- Heal The World (written by Michael Jackson)
- Black Or White (written by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell)
- Who Is It (written by Michael Jackson)
- Give In To Me (written by Michael Jackson & Bill Bottrell)
- Will You Be There (written by Michael Jackson)
- Keep The Faith (written by Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett, & Michael
Jackson)
- Gone Too Soon (written by Larry Grossman & Buz Kohan)
- Dangerous (written by Michael Jackson, Bill Bottrell & Teddy Riley)
- Invincible
- Blood On The Dance Floor
- HIStory
- Dangerous
- Bad
- Thriller
- Off The Wall
In this section we have only listed albums that Michael Jackson has released as an adult solo artist.
These are all albums he has released since taking over toal control of his career and own decisions.
On previous albums with the Jacksons or as a solo artist with Motown, Michael was under the influence of others
and not always able to make all the decisions that he felt were right. The above links give various insights into
each album.