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Not even six months after the Jackson 5 -- Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Tito -- issued their debut long-player, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (1969), the vocal quintet returned with ABC (1970), arguably the brothers' most solid effort of the early '70s. The Jacksons' collective (and respective) talents, coupled with exemplary material and the finest behind the scenes crew Motown had to offer, were directly responsible for the enormous success that placed the LP at the crest of the R&B chart and into the Top Five of the pop survey, while the title track and the double-sided hit single "The Love You Save" b/w "I Found That Girl" all went directly to the number one position across the board. Not too shabby for a group whose oldest member was barely in his teens. Granted, the familiar tunes are undeniably the focal point, making it easy to overlook some of the other stellar selections. As was customary, Motown's cache of house composers provide the lion's share of the songs, most notably the Holland-Dozier-Holland-penned "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" -- brought to prominence by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- and Stevie Wonder's "Never Had a Dream Come True," which Wonder himself had recently included on his own Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970). There are also a few contemporary nuggets from beyond the boundaries of Detroit, as "La-La (Means I Love You)" is derived from the up-and-coming Philly soul movement and "I'll Bet You" was gleaned from George Clinton's incipient incarnation of Funkadelic. However, the cuts credited to "the Corporation" -- with Bobby Taylor and instrumentalists Deke Richards (guitar), Freddie Perren (keyboard), and Fonce Mizell (keyboards), as well as Motown founder Berry Gordy -- were of primary significance not only on the ABC album, but within the entire Jackson 5 oeuvre.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tito Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Jermaine Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - Jackie Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tito Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Jermaine Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Gloria Jones, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - LaVerne Ware, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Riser, ComposerLyricist - Lula Mae Hardaway, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Don Powell Hunter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Leonard Caston, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Taylor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Jeana Jackson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Corporation, Producer - THOM BELL, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM HART, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sidney Barnes, ComposerLyricist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Theresa Lindsey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Not even six months after the Jackson 5 -- Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Tito -- issued their debut long-player, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (1969), the vocal quintet returned with ABC (1970), arguably the brothers' most solid effort of the early '70s. The Jacksons' collective (and respective) talents, coupled with exemplary material and the finest behind the scenes crew Motown had to offer, were directly responsible for the enormous success that placed the LP at the crest of the R&B chart and into the Top Five of the pop survey, while the title track and the double-sided hit single "The Love You Save" b/w "I Found That Girl" all went directly to the number one position across the board. Not too shabby for a group whose oldest member was barely in his teens. Granted, the familiar tunes are undeniably the focal point, making it easy to overlook some of the other stellar selections. As was customary, Motown's cache of house composers provide the lion's share of the songs, most notably the Holland-Dozier-Holland-penned "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" -- brought to prominence by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- and Stevie Wonder's "Never Had a Dream Come True," which Wonder himself had recently included on his own Signed, Sealed & Delivered (1970). There are also a few contemporary nuggets from beyond the boundaries of Detroit, as "La-La (Means I Love You)" is derived from the up-and-coming Philly soul movement and "I'll Bet You" was gleaned from George Clinton's incipient incarnation of Funkadelic. However, the cuts credited to "the Corporation" -- with Bobby Taylor and instrumentalists Deke Richards (guitar), Freddie Perren (keyboard), and Fonce Mizell (keyboards), as well as Motown founder Berry Gordy -- were of primary significance not only on the ABC album, but within the entire Jackson 5 oeuvre.
© Lindsay Planer /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:56
- Main artists: Jackson 5
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1998 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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