Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991. The album was co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and Bruce Swedien. "Dangerous" was Jackson's first album since "Forever, Michael" (1975) not produced by longtime collaborator Quincy Jones. The album incorporates R&B, pop and rock, plus a newer genre, new jack swing; Riley, credited as the creator of new jack swing, was involved to present Jackson to a younger urban audience. Jackson wrote twelve of the album's fourteen songs, whose themes include racism, poverty,
Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) paranoid, cryptic, sensual, vulnerable, idealistic, bleak, transcendent, and fearful?" In 2007, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) ranked "Dangerous" number 115 on its list of the "Definitive 200 albums of all time developed by the NARM". Chuck Eddy named it the eighth most essential new jack swing album in a list published by "Spin". Notes Personnel as listed in the album's liner notes. Dangerous (Michael Jackson album) Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991. The album was co-produced by Jackson, Bill Bottrell, Teddy Riley, and