ABC (The Jackson 5 album)

ABC
Studio album by The Jackson 5
Released May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08)
Genre Bubblegum pop, R&B, rock
Length 35:45
Label Motown (MS 709)
Producer The Corporation, Hal Davis, Bobby Taylor
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
(1969)		 ABC
(1970)		 Third Album
(1970)
Singles from ABC
  1. "ABC"
    Released: February 24, 1970
  2. "The Love You Save"/"I Found That Girl"
    Released: May 16, 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stonefavorable[2]

ABC is the second studio album by The Jackson 5 and was issued on May 8, 1970 by Motown Records. It featured the No. 1 singles, "ABC" and "The Love You Save". Also present on the LP are several notable album tracks including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only lead song from brother Jermaine), and "The Young Folks" originally recorded by the Diana Ross-led version of The Supremes.

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart. It was named No. 98 on the VH1 All-Time Albums Top 100. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts selling over 5.7 million copies worldwide.[3]

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 Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie.

An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD Jackson 5 – I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Love You Save"   3:01
2. "One More Chance"   2:59
3. "ABC"   2:56
4. "2-4-6-8"   2:55
5. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"   2:46
6. "Don't Know Why I Love You"   3:47
7. "Never Had a Dream Come True"   2:58
8. "True Love Can Be Beautiful"   3:24
9. "La-La (Means I Love You)"   2:52
10. "I'll Bet You"   2:26
11. "I Found That Girl"   2:57
12. "The Young Folks"   2:50

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1970 Top R&B Albums 1 (12 weeks)
1970 Billboard 200 4

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "ABC" Billboard Pop Singles 1
"The Love You Save"

See also

References

  1. ↑ ABC (The Jackson 5 album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  3. ↑ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collectors Edition, page 99. American Press.
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