Released September 8, 1970 Length 37:23 Release date 8 September 1970 | Recorded April – July 1970 Artist The Jackson 5 Label Motown/Universal Records | |
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Producer The Corporation & Hal Davis Third Album
(1970) Jackson 5 Christmas Album
(1970) Genres Soul music, Bubblegum pop, Rock and roll Similar The Jackson 5 albums, Soul music albums | ||
Third album 1970 jackson 5
Third Album is the third studio album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970. Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive number-one single on the US pop charts, "I'll Be There", the Top 5 single, "Mama's Pearl", and album tracks such as the semi-autobiographical "Goin' Back to Indiana", and "Darling Dear". The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard album charts and #1 on the R&B album charts and also #1 on Cashbox. This is considered one of their best efforts and is their most successful album to date. It sold over 6 million copies worldwide.
Contents
The jackson 5 i ll be there third album track 1
Reception
Allmusic's Lindsay Planer rated Third Album four out of five stars. She stated that the album contains "the unmistakable Motown sound, expanding just enough to incorporate other significant influences as well." She also stated that a few of the tracks "are [...] worthwhile spins."
Track listing
Side One
- "I'll Be There" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch) – 3:59
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- "Ready or Not (Here I Come)" (Thom Bell, William Hart; originally performed by The Delfonics) – 2:34
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- "Oh How Happy" (Edwin Starr aka Charles Hatcher; originally performed by The Shades of Blue) – 2:16
- Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson
- Secondary vocals: Michael Jackson
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon; originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel) – 5:52
- Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson
- "Can I See You in the Morning" (Deke Richards) – 3:09
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
Side Two
- "Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation) – 3:32
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Spoken vocals by: The Jackson 5
- "How Funky Is Your Chicken" (Lester Lee Carr, Richard Hutch & Willie Hutch) – 2:41
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson
- "Mama's Pearl" (The Corporation) – 3:09
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Secondary vocals: Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson
- "Reach In" (Beatrice Verdi) – 3:28
- Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson
- "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage" (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin; originally performed by The Miracles) – 4:22
- Lead and spoken vocals: Michael Jackson
- "Darling Dear" (George Gordy, Robert Gordy, Allen Story) – 2:40
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
Re-release
In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Maybe Tomorrow. The bonus tracks were "Sugar Daddy", the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and "I'm So Happy", the B-side of that single.
Songs
1I'll Be There3:58
2Ready or Not (Here I Come)2:34
3Oh How Happy2:17