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The Jackson 5 Album: “Third Album”
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Release Date:1970-08-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:R&B, Disco, Lil' Kidz Tunes
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:037463515741
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Review - :
During the fall of 1970, {\pop} music lovers remained in the grip of {$Jackson 5} fever. The quintet's {^Third Album} (1970) continued the trend with another huge crossover smash. Similarly, it followed its two predecessors into the upper echelons of the {\pop} (number four) and {\R&B} (number one) LP surveys. It further mirrored their first two collections by taking a pair of singles into the Top Five with the best-selling {\ballad} {&"I'll Be There"} (number one) and the loose and funky {&"Mama's Pearl."} The latter was credited to "{$the Corporation}," consisting of {$Bobby Taylor}, instrumentalists {$Deke Richards} (guitar), {$Freddie Perren} (keyboard), {$Fonce Mizell} (keyboards), and {@Motown} founder {$Berry Gordy}. Together, they had tailored {$the Jackson 5} to reflect the unmistakable {@Motown} sound, expanding just enough to incorporate other significant influences as well. From the {$Thom Bell}/{$William Hart} {\Philly soul} songbook comes the non-Motor City highlight {&"Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)"} -- a focus track for {$the Delfonics} a year earlier. The update of {$Smokey Robinson & the Miracles}' {&"The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"} and the midtempo closer, {&"Darling Dear"} (which {$Robinson} and company had concurrently included on their {^Pocket Full of Miracles} LP from 1970), are likewise worthwhile spins. Perhaps not all that coincidentally, both releases also feature tastefully scored arrangements of {$Paul Simon}'s {&"Bridge Over Troubled Water,"} with {$the Jacksons}' version getting the nod. In addition to being the name of their forthcoming {@ABC-TV} prime time special, {&"Goin' Back to Indiana"} makes its debut appearance here as an upbeat acknowledgment of the {$Jackson} brothers' native stomping grounds. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide
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