History Music / DangerousAlbum

The album spawned ''nine'' singles: "Black or White", "Remember the Time", "In the Closet", "Jam", "Who Is It", "Heal the World", "Give In to Me", "Will You Be There", and "Gone Too Soon". Four would reach the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100, though only "Black or White" would hit #1. Seven would be Top Ten in the United Kingdom.

* AncientEgypt: The setting of the "Remember the Time" video.

* UpToEleven: The dials on Macaulay Culkin's speaker cabinets in the "Black Or White" video have levels that read "Loud", "Louder", and "Are you nuts!?!"

''The girl was [[ContinuityNod bad]], '''the girl was [[AlbumTitleDrop dangerous!]]''''']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''The girl was persuasive, the girl I could not trust''\\

* TitleTrack: Closes with the title song "Dangerous". permanent

** Averted with "In the Closet," which was written by Jackson for a prospective duet with Music/{{Madonna}}. Her reaction? "I'm not singing that piece of shit."
*** In the finished song, Princess Stephanie of Monaco provides the voice of the "Mystery Girl," while fashion model Naomi Campbell appeared in the video.

** The "Remember The Time" music video includes Creator/EddieMurphy, Magic Johnson, Music/ThePharcyde, wrestler Creator/TinyLister, and Iman.

** Princess Stephanie of Monaco provides the voice of the "Mystery Girl" in "In The Closet", while fashion model Naomi Campbell appeared in the video.

** The album cover shows a nude couple in a bubble near the right. This is a shout-out to Creator/HieronymusBosch's middle panel of ''The Garden of Earthly Delights''. The white middle-aged man is Creator/PTBarnum. The dog on an imperial throne is a shout-out to Jean-Dominique Ingres' painting ''Napoleon on His Throne''.

** UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, Music/HeavyD, Naughty By Nature, and Music/KrisKross appear in "Jam".

* SureLetsGoWithThat: The rap on "Black or White"––the ''Dangerous'' album's '''lead single''' and most heavily-promoted song––was performed by Jackson's recording engineer.

* TitleTrack: Closes with the title song "Dangerous".

It turned out to be Jackson's last blockbuster. Early in 1992, ''Dangerous'' was unexpectedly and symbolically knocked off the #1 position on the ''Billboard'' 200 album sales chart by Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'', suggesting that TheEighties' focus on internationally famous mega-acts was at an end. And for Michael, that fall would end up being complicated further, even expedited, by growing personal troubles.

For the first time since the 1975 album ''Forever, Michael'', Music/QuincyJones was not the producer; instead that function was jointly held by [[Music/Guy Teddy Riley]], Bill Bottrell, Bruce Swedien, and Jackson himself. Riley's involvement came at the recommendation of both Quincy and Music/HeavyD, both of whom had worked with Teddy prior to ''Dangerous''. This, of course, meant the album would have Michael jump head-first into Riley's NewJackSwing genre. Several of its songs, including "Remember the Time", "Jam", and "In the Closet", would be rich with its influence.

* EmasculatedCuckold: "Who Is It?" on it's own leans on this trope heavily, but its made overt in the music video. But the twist in the video is that his girlfriend is not only sleeping around, but is actually working as a high-class prostitute behind his back.

** The "Remember The Time" music video includes Creator/EddieMurphy, Magic Johnson, The Pharcyde, wrestler Tom Lister Jr and Iman.

For the first time since the 1975 album ''Forever, Michael'', Quincy Jones was not the producer; instead that function was jointly held by Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell and Bruce Swedien.

Given Teddy's involvement, this meant the album would have Michael jump head-first into the NewJackSwing genre. Several of its songs, including "Black or White", "Jam", and "In the Closet", would be rich with its influence.

* HotterAndSexier: "In the Closet", both song and video. ''Supposedly'' this was intended as a duet with Madonna, who challenged him to write a song that fit this trope, but she thought the result was too poor for her to waste time with; other accounts allege that Madonna herself brought forward a set of lyrics for the song that were more overtly raunchy, only for Jackson to turn them down out of personal discomfort.

* RecordProducer: Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell, and Bruce Swedien.

---> ''"They say I'm different, they don't understand,''\\

It turned out to be Jackson's last blockbuster. Early in 1992, ''Dangerous'' was unexpectedly and symbolically knocked off the #1 position on the ''Billboard'' 200 album sales chart by Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'', suggesting that TheEighties' focus on internationally famous mega-acts was at an end.

->''The girl was persuasive, the girl I could not trust''\\
''The girl was [[ContinuityNod bad]]''\\
'''''The girl was''''' '''''[[AlbumTitleDrop dangerous!]]'''''

''Dangerous'' is the eighth studio album by Music/MichaelJackson, released in 1991. For the first time since the 1975 album ''Forever, Michael'', Quincy Jones was not the producer; instead that function was jointly held by Teddy Riley, Bill Bottrell and Bruce Swedien.

This album actually outsold ''Music/{{Bad}}'' once international sales were factored in, and turned out to be Jackson's last blockbuster as well as the most successful album of the NewJackSwing genre. Early in 1992, ''Dangerous'' was unexpectedly and symbolically knocked off the #1 position on the ''Billboard'' 200 album sales chart by Music/{{Nirvana}}'s ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'', suggesting that TheEighties' focus on internationally famous mega-acts was at an end.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The music video for "Who Is It" is the most adult video Jackson ever released, in terms of subject matter.[[note]] In the video, Jackson finds a silver card with the name "Alex", thinking his lover was [[YourCheatingHeart two-timing him]], when the card actually was one of many fake names that she used in her job as a high-class prostitute. Jackson's assistant eventually tells him where the card actually came from, and Jackson quickly moves out their house in grief, leaving her behind.[[/note]] Since Jackson still had a heavy kid fanbase at the time, the music video did not get a USA release for several years, and was replaced by a video package showing clips from past performances and videos.

* YourCheatingHeart: "Who Is It"'s music video does an interesting twist on this: While Michael's girlfriend/wife ''is'' sleeping around, because she's working as a prostitute behind his back, she still loved him, and was still loyal enough to him to be willing to leave her job behind to be with him full-time. [[YankTheDogsChain Unfortunately for her]], Michael's assistant told him about her double life, and he leaves town without her, just as she returns to their (former) home. Left with no other options, she's forced to go back to her old job.

** UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, Music/HeavyD, and Music/KrisKross appear in "Jam".

''You got many doctors that aren't so sure, so tell me!"''\\

--> ''"They say I'm different, they don't understand''
--> ''But there's a bigger problem, there's much more in demand''
--> ''You got world hunger, not enough to eat''
--> ''So there's really no time to be trippin' on me''
--> ''You got school teachers who don't wanna teach''
--> ''You got grown people who can't write or read''
--> ''You got strange diseases, ah but there's no cure''
--> ''You got many doctors that aren't so sure, so tell me"''

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Dangerous'' was Jackson's first foray into the NewJackSwing fusion genre.

* ConceptVideo: Most of the singles received one of these.

* CoverVersion: "Gone Too Soon" is a cover of a 1983 Dionne Warwick song.

* CoverVersion: "Gone Too Soon" is a cover of a 1983 Music/DionneWarwick song.