Boogie (album)
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| Released | January 16, 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1969-1973 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop, soul | |||
| Label | Natural Resources and Motown | |||
| Producer | Hal Davis and The Corporation | |||
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Boogie is a compilation album of both previously released and unreleased tracks by American band The Jackson 5. It was released on January 16, 1979, after the release of the Jacksons studio album Destiny a month earlier. Boogie is considered the rarest of all Jackson 5/Jacksons releases, as not many albums were pressed and fewer were sold at the time.
Background and composition
In 1979, the Jacksons moved up in the Top 10 with the album Destiny, released by Epic, and the hit "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)". Michael Jackson began recording Off the Wall that year, and Motown wanted to cash in on the newfound success with Boogie on the Natural Resources label.
Five of the seven songs are unpublished productions by Hal Davis; some are in the line of "Pride and Joy" on Joyful Jukebox Music as "I Was Made To Love Her" and "Love's Gone Bad". The sweetness of "One Day I'll Marry You", following the sessions for "Never Can Say Goodbye", might have its place in albums like Maybe Tomorrow and Got to Be There. "Oh, I've Been Blessed" is produced by Bobby Taylor, recorded in the early beginnings of Motown group. "Penny Arcade" is the vein of Lookin' Through the Windows.
Boogie, along with Joyful Jukebox Music, was distributed for a very short period, and the album remains the rarest of the Jackson 5. In 2004, it was available for a limited time from Hip-O Select, to complement Motown's 2001 "2 Albums on 1 CD" re-issue set of the Jackson 5's albums, on which some of these songs were issued as bonus tracks. Although only 5,000 copies were pressed, the album contains the previously unreleased full 15+ minute take of the song "Hum Along and Dance".[1] It was available for purchase on iTunes in 2014, but was since removed.[2]
Two of the tracks on Boogie, "Love's Gone Bad" and "I Was Made to Love Her", were later featured on Michael Jackson's 1986 compilation album, Looking Back to Yesterday.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love's Gone Bad" (Originally by Chris Clark) | Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Edward Holland, Jr. | 3:19 |
| 2. | "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" (Maybe Tomorrow sessions) | Laura Burton, Pam Sawyer | 3:00 |
| 3. | "ABC" (Released on the ABC album) | Berry Gordy, Jr., Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards | 2:58 |
| 4. | "I Was Made to Love Her" (Originally by "Stevie Wonder" , ABC sessions) | Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder | 4:16 |
| 5. | "One Day I'll Marry You" (Third Album sessions) | Pam Sawyer, LaVerne Ware | 2:58 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Released on the Maybe Tomorrow album) | Clifton Davis | 2:57 |
| 7. | "Oh, I've Been Bless'd" (Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 Sessions) | Lena Manns, Frank Wilson | 2:50 |
| 8. | "Penny Arcade" (Lookin' Through the Windows Sessions) | Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Deke Richards | 2:41 |
| 9. | "Just Because I Love You" (Maybe Tomorrow Sessions) | James W. Alexander, Willie Hutch | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Dancing Machine" (Released on the Get It Together and Dancing Machine albums) | Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Dean Parks | 2:36 |
Personnel
Side A
on "Love's Gone Bad"
- Written and Composed: Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr.
- Arrangement: David Blumberg
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
on "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore"
- Written and Composed: Laurie Burton and Pam Sawyer
- Arrangement: James Anthony Carmichael
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
on "ABC"
- Written and Composed: The Corporation
- Arrangement: The Corporation
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and Jackie Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: The Corporation
on "I Was Made To Love Her"
- Written and Composed: Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy and Stevie Wonder
- Arrangement: David Blumberg
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
on "One Day I'll Marry You"
- Written and Composed: Pam Sawyer and LaVerne Ware
- Arrangement: Gene Page
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
Side B
on "Never Can Say Goodbye"
- Written and Composed: Clifton Davis
- Arrangement: The Corporation, Gene Page and James Carmichael
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
on "Oh, I've Been Blessed"
- Written and Composed: Lena Manns and Frank Wilson
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Bobby Taylor
on "Penny Arcade"
- Written and composed: Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino and Deke Richards
- Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producers: Mel Larson and Jerry Marcellino
on "Just Because I Love You"
- Written and composed: James W. Alexander and Willie Hutch
- Arrangement: James Carmichael
- Lead vocals: Jermaine Jackson and Michael Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
on "Dancing Machine"
- Written and composed: Hal Davis, Don Fletcher and Dean Parks
- Arrangement: Arthur Wright
- Bass: William Salter
- Keyboards: Joe Sample
- Drums: James Gadson
- Lead vocals: Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson
- Background vocals: The Jackson 5
- Producer: Hal Davis
References
- ^ "Jackson 5 - Joyful Jukebox Music / Boogie". HipOSelect.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ Joyful Jukebox Music / Boogie - iTunes Archived September 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Boogie Overview at www.jackson5abc.com (in French)
