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| type = [[Live album]]
| type = [[Live album]]
| artist = [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]]
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| released = November 11, 1981
| released = November 11, 1981
| recorded = July 8, 1981 at [[Mid-South Coliseum]] <small>([[Memphis, Tennessee]])</small><br>August 2, 1981 at [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium]] <small>([[Buffalo, New York]])</small><br>August 12, 1981 at [[Omni Coliseum]] <small>([[Atlanta, Georgia]])</small><br>August 13, 1981 at [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]] <small>([[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]])</small><br>August 16, 1981 at [[Dunkin' Donuts Center|Providence Civic Center]] <small>([[Providence, Rhode Island]])</small><br>August 18, 1981 at [[Madison Square Garden]] <small>([[New York City, New York]])</small>
| recorded = July 8, 1981 at [[Mid-South Coliseum]] <small>([[Memphis, Tennessee]])</small><br>August 2, 1981 at [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium]] <small>([[Buffalo, New York]])</small><br>August 12, 1981 at [[Omni Coliseum]] <small>([[Atlanta, Georgia]])</small><br>August 13, 1981 at [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]] <small>([[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]])</small><br>August 16, 1981 at [[Dunkin' Donuts Center|Providence Civic Center]] <small>([[Providence, Rhode Island]])</small><br>August 18, 1981 at [[Madison Square Garden]] <small>([[New York City, New York]])</small>
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| length = 66:33
| length = 66:33
| label = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Sony Music|CBS]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Sony Music|CBS]]}}
| producer = [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]]
| producer = [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]]
| prev_title = [[Triumph (The Jacksons album)|Triumph]]
| prev_title = [[Triumph (The Jacksons album)|Triumph]]
| prev_year = 1980
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = [[18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 album)|18 Greatest Hits]]
| next_title = [[18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5 album)|18 Greatest Hits]]
| next_year = 1983
| next_year = 1983
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Jacksons Live!
| name = The Jacksons Live!
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| single1date = November 1981
| single1date = November 1981
| single2 = [[Workin' Day and Night]]
| single2 = [[Workin' Day and Night]]
| single2date = November 1981 <ref>https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Jacksons/_F8RDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover/</ref>
| single2date = February 1982
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Revision as of 17:44, 28 April 2022

The Jacksons Live!
Live album by
The Jacksons
ReleasedNovember 11, 1981
RecordedJuly 8, 1981 at Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
August 2, 1981 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (Buffalo, New York)
August 12, 1981 at Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)
August 13, 1981 at Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
August 16, 1981 at Providence Civic Center (Providence, Rhode Island)
August 18, 1981 at Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York)
Length66:33
Label
ProducerThe Jacksons
The Jacksons chronology
Triumph
(1980) 		The Jacksons Live!
(1981) 		18 Greatest Hits
(1983)
Singles from The Jacksons Live!
  1. "Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save"
    Released: November 1981
  2. "Workin' Day and Night"
    Released: November 1981 [1]

The Jacksons Live! (a.k.a. Live) is a live album by The Jacksons. It was released on November 11, 1981 by Epic Records. The album was recorded during the band's North American concert tour in fall 1981, known as the Triumph Tour. The live double album was culled from recordings made on the tour's stops in Buffalo, Providence, Atlanta, and New York City. The live album would go on to sell over two million copies worldwide.[2]

The 1981 live show setlist featured songs from the group's 1980 album Triumph, two songs from Destiny (1978), a medley of their Motown hits, and five songs from lead singer Michael's 1979 solo album Off the Wall.

The Triumph Tour would be the group's last tour together for three years, while Michael recorded and released the phenomenally successful Thriller (1982) album and its singles in 1982 and 1983. The group would reunite for their final tour (sans an injured Jackie Jackson, who only participated in the second and final last leg of the tour after recovering from a knee injury) — Victory Tour — in 1984. In 1988, Rolling Stone magazine described the Triumph Tour as one of the best 25 tours between 1967 and 1987.

Reception

Bruce Eder, of AllMusic, wrote that the album "is a reminder of how great an act they (the Jacksons) were, and captures what was just about the end of Michael Jackson's work with the family group, all of it very much on a high-note. The album is worth tracking down as an artifact of a simpler, more unabashedly joyous time in music, as well as the family's history."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Opening/Can You Feel It"Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson6:04
2."Things I Do for You"Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson3:38
3."Off the Wall"Rod Temperton4:00
4."Ben"Walter Scharf, Don Black3:52
5."Heartbreak Hotel"Michael Jackson4:40
6."She's Out of My Life"Tom Bahler4:48
7."Movie and Rap, Including Excerpts of: I Want You Back/Never Can Say Goodbye/Got to Be There"Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards, Clifton Davis, Elliot Willensky3:04
8."Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save"Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Alphonzo Mizell, Deke Richards2:55
9."I'll Be There"Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch, Hal Davis3:12
10."Rock with You"Rod Temperton3:59
11."Lovely One"Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson6:28
12."Workin' Day and Night"Michael Jackson6:53
13."Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"Michael Jackson4:22
14."Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson8:34

Personnel

The Jacksons
Additional musicians
  • David Williams – guitar
  • Bill Wolfer[5] – keyboards
  • Mike McKinney – bass
  • Jonathan Moffett – drums
  • East Coast Horns: Alan "Funt" Prater, Broderick "Mac" McMorris, Cloris Grimes, Wesley Phillips – horns
Technical

Charts

Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top LPs & Tape[6] 30
U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums[7] 10

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Jacksons/_F8RDgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover/
  2. ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collector's Edition, page 100. American Press.
  3. ^ a b Eder, Bruce (November 1981). "The Jacksons Live: All Music Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (November 2, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside. p. 410. ISBN 978-0743201698.
  5. ^ "Bill Wolfer | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "The Jacksons Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  7. ^ "The Jacksons Chart History: Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  8. ^ "American album certifications – The Jacksons – The Jacksons Live". Recording Industry Association of America.


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