Personnel includes: Michael Jackson, Heavy D, Christa Larson (vocals); Teddy Riley (guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, drums); Paul Jackson, Jr., Tim Pierce, David Williams, Slash (guitar); Larry Corbett (cello); Jai Winding (piano, keyboards, programming, bass); David Paich (keyboards, synthesizers, programming); Steve Porcaro (keyboards, synthesizers, programming); Rene Moore, Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Bryan Loren (Moog synthesizer, drums, percussion); Abraham Laboriel (bass); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Wayne Cobham (sequencing, programming); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Siedah Garrett, Shanice Wilson, The John Bahler Singers, The Andrae Crouch Singers (background vocals).

Producers: Michael Jackson, Teddy Riley, Bruce Swedien, Bill Bottrell.

Engineers include: Bruce Swedien, Teddy Riley, Matt Forger.

Principally recorded at Record One Studios & Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles, California. Originally released on Epic/Sony (45400).

Digitally remastered by Bernie Grundman (Bernie Grundman Mastering, Los Angeles, California).

After a lengthy gap of nearly five years, Jackson had to pull something out of the bag. BAD was, after all, a difficult act to follow, and the press were trying to prove he was bonkers. This was a pretty decent attempt and fell in with the hard dance beat of the early 90s. "Heal The World" was much like the old melodic Jackson, and it became a major hit. "Black Or White" was the best of the rest, a well-constructed song in which he attempted to repeat "Ebony And Ivory" in the context of 90s dance music.

Rolling Stone (1/9/92, p.50) - 4.5 Stars - Excellent Plus - "...DANGEROUS rises to the impossible challenge set by THRILLER..."

Q (1/93, p.69) - Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992.

Q (Magazine) (p.127) - "[The production] spurred him to his breathless best on urban dance numbers 'Jam' and 'Remember The Time.'"