Third Album [Red LP]

by The Jackson 5

Overview

During the fall of 1970, pop music lovers remained in the grip of Jackson 5 fever. The quintet's Third Album (1970) continued the trend with another huge crossover smash. Similarly, it followed its two predecessors into the upper echelons of the pop (number four) and R&B (number one) LP surveys. It further mirrored their first two collections by taking a pair of singles into the Top Five with the best-selling ballad "I'll Be There" (number one) and the loose and funky "Mama's Pearl." The latter was credited to "the Corporation," consisting of Bobby Taylor, instrumentalists Deke Richards (guitar), Freddie Perren (keyboard), Fonce Mizell (keyboards), and Motown founder Berry Gordy. Together, they had tailored the Jackson 5 to reflect the unmistakable Motown sound, expanding just enough to incorporate other significant influences as well. From the Thom Bell/William Hart Philly soul songbook comes the non-Motor City highlight "Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" -- a focus track for the Delfonics a year earlier. The update of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles' "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" and the midtempo closer, "Darling Dear" (which Robinson and company had concurrently included on their Pocket Full of Miracles LP from 1970), are likewise worthwhile spins. Perhaps not all that coincidentally, both releases also feature tastefully scored arrangements of Paul Simon's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," with the Jacksons' version getting the nod. In addition to being the name of their forthcoming ABC-TV prime time special, "Goin' Back to Indiana" makes its debut appearance here as an upbeat acknowledgment of the Jackson brothers' native stomping grounds. ~ Lindsay Planer

Product Details

Release Date:	10/18/2024
Label:	Motown
UPC:	8435395504321

Tracks

1. I'll Be There
2. Ready Or Not (Here I Come)
3. Oh How Happy
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. Can I See You In The Morning
6. Goin' Back To Indiana
7. How Funky Is Your Chicken
8. Mama's Pearl
9. Reach In
10. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
11. Darling Dear

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Jackson 5   Primary Artist
Jackie Jackson   Vocals,Lead Vocals
Marlon Jackson   Vocals
Jermaine Jackson   Vocals,Lead Vocals
Michael Jackson   Vocals,Lead Vocals
Tito Jackson   Vocals

Technical Credits

Allen Story   Composer
William Hart   Composer
Rosemary Gordy   Composer
Chuck Hatcher   Composer
The Corporation   Producer,Composer
Lester Carr   Composer
Richard Hutch   Composer
Willie Hutchison   Composer
George Gordy   Composer
Marvin Tarplin   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Deke Richards   Composer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Edwin Starr   Composer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Bob Dorough   Composer
Bob West   Arranger,Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Charles Hatcher   Composer
Thomas Bell   Composer
Robert Gordy   Composer
Horgay Gordy   Composer
Hal Davis   Composer,Producer
Willie Hutch   Composer
Thom Bell   Composer
William "Poogie" Hart   Composer
David Van De Pitte   Arranger
Beatrice Verdi   Composer