ABC (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search
ABC
Studio album by The Jackson 5
Released May 8, 1970
Recorded 1969-1970
Genre Bubblegum pop/soul
Length 35:45
Label Motown
MS 709
Producer The Corporation
Professional reviews
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5
(1969)
ABC
(1970)
Third Album
(1970)
Alternate Cover
2 Classic Albums/1 CD 2001 Re-release
2 Classic Albums/1 CD 2001 Re-release

ABC was the second studio album by The Jackson 5, issued on May 8, 1970 on Motown Records. It featured the number-one 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 - Michael takes most of the leads on the album), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by the Diana Ross-led version of The Supremes. It peaked at number-four on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, and at number-one on the Billboard Black Albums chart. It was named number ninety-eight on the VH1 All Time Album Top 100. It remains of one of their most popular efforts selling over 5.7 million copies worldwide.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Length
1. "The Love You Save"   The Corporation 2:59
2. "One More Chance"   The Corporation 2:56
3. "ABC"   The Corporation 2:55
4. "2-4-6-8"   Jones/Sawyer 2:55
5. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (The Miracles cover) Holland/Dozier/Holland 2:46
6. "Don't Know Why I Love You" (Stevie Wonder cover) Hardaway/Hunter/Riser/Wonder 3:47
7. "Never Had a Dream Come True" (Stevie Wonder cover) Wonder/Moy/Cosby 2:58
8. "True Love Can Be Beautiful"   Caston/Jackson/Taylor 3:24
9. "La-La (Means I Love You)" (The Delfonics cover) Bell 2:52
10. "I'll Bet You" (Funkadelic cover) Clinton/Barnes/Lindsey 2:26
11. "I Found That Girl"   The Corporation 2:57
12. "The Young Folks" (The Supremes cover) Gordy/Story 2:50

[edit] Bonus tracks

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.

Singles: 1. ABC 2. The Love You Save 3. 2-4-6-8 (Cancelled)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Album

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

[edit] Single

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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 99. American Press.