Bad: 25th Anniversary Edition (3CD & DVD Deluxe Edition)

When I saw this was coming I ordered it hoping bad would be restored to it's orginal cd and LP issue in one word it has not. The album is the same as the remastered version, so you again do not get the orginal version. When you are shelling out a masive thity pounds you do expect to get the correct issue.. So you get "I just can't stop loving you" omiting Michael's spoken intro, "Dirty Diana" is the single version, the breathing has been taken off "smooth criminal" and "The way you make me feel" is slightly remixed with the vocal being more up front. So I was then hoping that these original versions would find there way onto the second disc of bonus material, "wroing" they don't" The bonus disc contains the three bonus tracks that were tagged onto the end of the orginal remastered issue and a few other demos and tracks from the period and remixes including a remix of Bad. Bad for me was Jackson at his peak and is a great album with almost no filler. Why oh why will sony not give the fans the orginal version, this was a chance to correct things. The Wembley concert is a great DVD to have having never seen it, it show's what Jackson gave to his fans a great show, you also get a CD of the concert which i also very nice. The package is good two fat booklets one for the DVD and one for the CD which have loads of information pictures and lyrics. So my only gripe although it is a very big one is how dissapointed I am that the album has not been restored to its orginal glory. I would state this is a five star album I have given three as this was a missed oppotunity to correct the album back to its fantastic original glory, and I am a fan but not everything is worthy of five stars. Bad is a five star album however as this is not .

With this 25th anniversary deluxe set of BAD,you do indeed get your money's worth. I understand that there are some strange edits to the album,edits that would mostly bother big MJ fans,but it's still a brilliant album even with these odd cuts,surely that can't be denied.
The packaging is fantastic,it looks beautiful with the cool box and nice booklets,the mini poster is great to look at and it all opens up nicely with the discs in slip cases that are nicely done.
The bonus cd of mixes and rarities is certainly worth any fan's money and the live cd will no doubt please,the dvd may well be of disappointing quality picture wise,but at least it's a brilliant concert and very watchable picture,also for those interested it's in 5.1 surround sound,nice.

I am very happy with this,it's just a pity it's not perfect because of the cuts to the album,but surely if those cuts bother so much,anyone with the original can just play that one. I would say as a big fan,it's stupid to give a cut version of the album the box set is celebrating,but as the cuts don't really stop it being a brilliant album,i am happy to play this one.

So,to wrap it up,i'd say it's a set worth getting,but you do have to forgive the edit of the album,if you can do that,you're in for a treat.