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When a teenage Michael Jackson was known primarily for his membership in the Jackson 5, rock critics tended to dismiss him as bubblegum. But even at his most waifish, the pre-Thriller, pre-Quincy Jones Jackson could be soulful. Spanning 1971-1975, this two-CD set shows how inviting some of Jackson's early solo recordings were. Major hits like "Ben" (his oddly poignant ode to a rat), "I Wanna Be Where You Are," and "Got to Be There" are included, along with noteworthy album tracks like Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and the standard "All the Things You Are." Anyone who doubted that he was a serious R&B/pop singer should have examined Jackson's moving version of the Philly soul classic "People Make the World Go Round" (which is heard with different lyrics than on the Stylistics' much better-known version). The package also contains a handful of Jackson 5 hits, including "Never Can Say Goodbye" and the infectious "Dancing Machine." To be sure, Jackson's solo albums of the early to mid-'70s had their share of filler, something this package isn't devoid of either. But thankfully, Anthology has a lot more pluses than minuses. For an introductory overview of Jackson's early accomplishments on his own, Anthology is the most logical choice.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Elliot Willensky, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Hutch, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer - Dave Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmie Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer - Mel Larson, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Deke Richards, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alphonso Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Withers, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Eddy Manson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
George Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Linda Glover, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Brown, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Hutch, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - ARTHUR ROSS, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Willie Hutch, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Holland, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Don Black, ComposerLyricist - Walter Scharf, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Corporation, Producer - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - THOM BELL, ComposerLyricist - LINDA CREED, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - John Bähler, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Corporation, Producer - Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Henry Cosby, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Moy, ComposerLyricist - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Vicky Basemore, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Gladys Hampton, ComposerLyricist - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - John Bähler, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer - Mel Larson, Producer - Regina Adams, ComposerLyricist - Ace Adams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Melvin Larson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fonce Mizell, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Deke Richards, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Alphonso Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Christine Yarian, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Beatrice Verdi, ComposerLyricist - Eddy Manson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Oscar Hammerstein II , ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer - Mel Larson, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Willie Hutch, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1972 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Deke Richards, ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Jackie Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tito Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Bob West, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Hutch, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jermaine Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jackie Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tito Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Clifton Davis, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Jermaine Jackson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1971 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, Executive Producer - Pamela Sawyer, ComposerLyricist - Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - James Anthony Carmichael, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Arthur Wright, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jackie Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tito Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Marlon Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jermaine Jackson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Donald Fletcher, ComposerLyricist - Weldon Parks, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Wright, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Weldon Dean Parks, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donald Fletcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Elliot Willensky, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Davis, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Donald Fenceton, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Cannon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christine Yarian, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Rand Meitzenheimer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Brown III, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Jackson, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Samuel F. Brown lll, ComposerLyricist - Renee Armand, ComposerLyricist - Sam Brown III, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Fonce Mizell, Producer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Christine Yarian Perren, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Warren Moore, ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Leon Ware, ComposerLyricist - Hal Davis, Producer - Jacqueline Dalya Hilliard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Tyran Carlo, ComposerLyricist - Gwen Gordy Fuqua, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer - Mel Larson, Producer
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mack David, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Michael B. Sutton, ComposerLyricist - David Blumberg, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Edward Holland Jr., ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Anthony Carmichael, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christine Yarian, ComposerLyricist - Fonce Mizell, Producer - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Eddy Manson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Crewe, Producer - Robert B. Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Richard M. Sherman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Legrand, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Deke Richards, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - JERRY MARCELLINO, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mel Larson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gene Page, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist - Freddie Perren, Producer - Laurence Mizell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Laurence Weiss, ComposerLyricist - Bob Crewe, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, MainArtist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Lovesmith, Producer - Fonce Mizell, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Michael Jackson, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Barri, Producer - Freddie Perren, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Peluso, Producer
℗ 1984 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
When a teenage Michael Jackson was known primarily for his membership in the Jackson 5, rock critics tended to dismiss him as bubblegum. But even at his most waifish, the pre-Thriller, pre-Quincy Jones Jackson could be soulful. Spanning 1971-1975, this two-CD set shows how inviting some of Jackson's early solo recordings were. Major hits like "Ben" (his oddly poignant ode to a rat), "I Wanna Be Where You Are," and "Got to Be There" are included, along with noteworthy album tracks like Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and the standard "All the Things You Are." Anyone who doubted that he was a serious R&B/pop singer should have examined Jackson's moving version of the Philly soul classic "People Make the World Go Round" (which is heard with different lyrics than on the Stylistics' much better-known version). The package also contains a handful of Jackson 5 hits, including "Never Can Say Goodbye" and the infectious "Dancing Machine." To be sure, Jackson's solo albums of the early to mid-'70s had their share of filler, something this package isn't devoid of either. But thankfully, Anthology has a lot more pluses than minuses. For an introductory overview of Jackson's early accomplishments on his own, Anthology is the most logical choice.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 02:25:19
- Main artists: Michael Jackson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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