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Third Album

Jackson 5

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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 /TiVo

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1
I'll Be There
00:03:59

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.

2
Ready Or Not (Here I Come) (Album Version)
00:02:36

The Corporation, Producer - Bob West, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Bristol, Producer - Willie Hutch, Producer - Thomas Bell, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM HART, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Taylor, Producer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
Oh How Happy (Album Version)
00:02:16

Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Charles Hatcher, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Album Version)
00:05:53

The Corporation, Producer - Paul Simon, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

5
Can I See You In The Morning (Album Version)
00:03:15

Deke Richards, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

6
Goin' Back To Indiana (Album Version)
00:03:33

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.

7
How Funky Is Your Chicken
00:02:43

The Corporation, Producer - Willie Hutch, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Hal Davis, Producer - Richard Hutch, ComposerLyricist - Lester Lee Carr, ComposerLyricist - Lester Carr, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

8
Mama's Pearl
00:03:14

Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Alphonso Mizell, ComposerLyricist - The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dennis Lussier, ComposerLyricist - Freddie Perren, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist

℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.

9
Reach In (Album Version)
00:03:33

The Corporation, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Beatrice Verdi, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

10
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage (Album Version)
00:04:23

The Corporation, Producer - Marvin Tarplin, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Jackson 5, MainArtist

℗ 1970 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

11
Darling Dear
00:02:38

George Gordy, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Allen Story, ComposerLyricist - Lawrence Brown, Producer, Associate Producer - Jackson 5, MainArtist - Rosemary Gordy, ComposerLyricist - David Van dePitte, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 1970 UMG Recordings, Inc.

Album review

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 /TiVo

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