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Third Album is the third studio album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970. Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive number-one single on the US pop charts, "I'll Be There", the Top 5 single, "Mama's Pearl", and album tracks such as the semi-autobiographical "Goin' Back to Indiana", and "Darling Dear". The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard album charts and #1 on the R&B album charts and also #1 on Cashbox.[1] This is considered one of their best efforts and is their most successful album to date. It sold over 6 million copies worldwide.[2][3] The album is known in some countries as I'll Be There (アイル・ビー・ゼア).

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Professional ratings
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Allmusic[4]

Allmusic's Lindsay Planer rated Third Album four out of five stars. She stated that the album contains "the unmistakable Motown sound, expanding just enough to incorporate other significant influences as well." She also stated that a few of the tracks "are [...] worthwhile spins."[4]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be There" (recorded June – July 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Berry Gordy, Jr., Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch) – 3:59
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
    • Background vocals: The Jackson 5
  2. "Ready or Not (Here I Come)" (The Delfonics cover) (recorded June 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Thom Bell, William Hart; originally performed by The Delfonics) – 2:34
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
  3. "Oh How Happy" (The Shades Of Blue cover) (recorded May 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Charles Hatcher; originally performed by The Shades of Blue) – 2:16
    • Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson
    • Secondary vocals: Michael Jackson
  4. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel cover) (recorded June 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Paul Simon; originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel) – 5:52
    • Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson
  5. "Can I See You in the Morning" (recorded June 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Deke Richards) – 3:09
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
  6. "Goin' Back to Indiana" (recorded April – May 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (The Corporation) – 3:32
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
    • Spoken vocals by: The Jackson 5
  7. "How Funky Is Your Chicken" (recorded April – May 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Lester Lee Carr, Richard Hutch & Willie Hutch) – 2:41
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson
  8. "Mama's Pearl" (recorded July – September 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (The Corporation) – 3:09
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
    • Secondary vocals: Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson
  9. "Reach In" (recorded July 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Beatrice Verdi) – 3:28
    • Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson
  10. "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage" (The Miracles cover) (recorded May 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California) (Smokey Robinson; originally performed by The Miracles) – 4:22
    • Lead and spoken vocals: Michael Jackson
  11. "Darling Dear" (recorded May 24 & 25, 1970, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California & The Motown’s Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan) (George Gordy, Robert Gordy, Allen Story) – 2:40
    • Lead vocals: Michael Jackson

Recording sessions

The songs on the album were recorded from April to September 1970.[citation needed] Other tracks from the Third Album recording sessions are:

  • "Ask The Lonely"
  • "Everybody Is A Star"
  • "Love Comes In Different Flavors"
  • "One Day I'll Mary You"
  • "Never Can Say Goodbye"
  • "Give Me Half A Chance"
  • "Mama Told Me Not To Come"
  • "Guess Who’s Making Whoopee (With Your Girlfriend) (Mama’s Pearl Demo)"
  • "After The Storm (The Sun Will Shine)"
  • "Iddinit"
  • "Mama’s Pearl (Alternate Version)"
  • "Jamie"
  • "Petals"
  • "If The Shoe Don’t Fit"
  • "Just A Little Misunderstanding"
  • "The Wall"

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Maybe Tomorrow. The bonus tracks were "Sugar Daddy", the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and "I'm So Happy", the B-side of that single.

See also

References

  1. ^ "楽天が運営するポータルサイト ： 【インフォシーク】Infoseek". Msdb.hp.infoseek.co.jp. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  2. ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 99.
  3. ^ Bestselling Motown
  4. ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. Third Album - The Jackson 5 at AllMusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.


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