ABC is the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save", and has sold up to 6 million copies worldwide.[4] Also present on the LP were several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only track with brother Jermaine on lead vocals), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes.
| ABC | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 8, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1970 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 38:45 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | ||||
| The Jackson 5 chronology | ||||
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| Singles from ABC | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
| Rolling Stone | favorable[3] |
The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in the United States. It was ranked No. 98 on VH1's All-Time Albums Top 100 list. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts. The title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971.
Re-release
editIn 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 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 I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Love You Save" | The Corporation | 3:01 |
| 2. | "One More Chance" | The Corporation | 2:56 |
| 3. | "ABC" | The Corporation | 2:56 |
| 4. | "2-4-6-8" | Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer | 2:55 |
| 5. | "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland | 2:46 |
| 6. | "Don't Know Why I Love You" | Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder | 3:47 |
| 7. | "Never Had a Dream Come True" | Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby | 2:58 |
| 8. | "True Love Can Be Beautiful" | Leonard Caston, Jr., Jeana Jackson, Bobby Taylor | 3:24 |
| 9. | "La-La (Means I Love You)" | Thom Bell and William Hart | 3:29 |
| 10. | "I'll Bet You" | George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Theresa Lindsey | 3:20 |
| 11. | "I Found That Girl" | The Corporation | 3:08 |
| 12. | "The Young Folks" | George Gordy, Allen Story | 2:50 |
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[5] | 14 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM)[6] | 25 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] | 85 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[8] | 22 |
| US Billboard 200[9] | 4 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1970) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Pop Albums[10] | 53 |
| US Billboard Top Soul Albums[11] | 9 |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK | AUS | ||
| "ABC" | 1970 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| "The Love You Save" | 1 | 1 | 7 | 59 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ABC at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ "Michael Jackson: list of his records". The Telegraph. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM: The Jackson 5 (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
- ^ "The Jackson 5 Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "The Jackson 5 US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.