Third Album

by Jackson 5

Third Album cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 September 1970
  • Label: Motown
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:22
  • Community rating: 3.2/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: The Corporation, Hal Davis

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released at the absolute peak of 'Jacksonmania', the remarkably prolific group's third LP within a year successfully expanded their stylistic breadth. While still dominated by highly energetic, impeccably produced dance tracks, it famously introduced the staggering vocal maturity of an eleven-year-old Michael Jackson on the monumental ballad 'I'll Be There'. The record cemented their status as the undisputed global ambassadors of the Motown sound.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, vocal-group

Tracklist

  1. I'll Be There (3:57)
  2. Ready Or Not (Here I Come) (2:32)
  3. Oh How Happy (2:13)
  4. Bridge Over Troubled Water (5:49)
  5. Can I See You In The Morning (3:07)
  6. Goin' Back To Indiana (3:30)
  7. How Funky Is Your Chicken (2:40)
  8. Mama's Pearl (3:07)
  9. Reach In (3:27)
  10. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage (4:19)
  11. Darling Dear (2:36)

Credits

  • Jackson 5 - primary artist
  • Berry Gordy - written by
  • Bob West - written by
  • Willie Hutch - written by
  • Thom Bell - written by
  • William Hart - written by
  • Charles Hatcher - written by
  • Simon & Garfunkel - written by

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