Anthology (The Jackson 5 album)

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"The only one of Motown's triple-LP retrospectives to concentrate on (or even include much) '70s music documents an institution in decline. Initially, the company marshalls everything it's got for one final push—not for nothing was the group's songwriting-production combine called The Corporation, and it's a measure of their seriousness that they asked the Crusaders to help with the tracks. But within two years they'd run out of gas—all the mini-comebacks after that, even the dancing-machine coup, were flukes. The proof is that the old-formula filler often surpasses the desperate imitations that became minor hits—better 'E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ne-Moe' than 'Skywriter' or 'A Little Bit of You.' The selection includes Michael's hits, Jermaine's hit, the works, and as the other albums disappear it will become essential in its way. But not to listen to, much." [2]

Track listings

Anthology
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1976 [1]
Recorded1969–1975
Genre
Label Motown
Producer
The Jackson 5 chronology
Moving Violation
(1975)
Anthology
(1976)
Joyful Jukebox Music
(1976)

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Jackson 5
(1999)

Gold
(2005)

The Motown Years
(2008)
1976 Triple
LP (US)
1977 Double
LP (Int'l)
1986 double
CD
2000 double
CD
SongLength
1.11.11.011.01"I Want You Back"2:58
1.21.21.021.03"ABC"2:58
1.31.03"Don't Know Why I Love You"3:50
1.411.41.041.08"I'll Be There"3:59
1.51.31.051.05"The Love You Save"2:58
1.61.061.06"I Found That Girl"2:56
2.14.41.202.12"I Am Love"7:30
2.22.07"Body Language (Do The Love Dance)"4:05
2.34.52.082.14"Forever Came Today"6:25
3.11.51.071.10"Mama's Pearl"3:01
3.21.72.09"Got to Be There" (MJ)3:23
3.31.091.09"Goin' Back to Indiana"3:30
3.41.61.101.12"Never Can Say Goodbye"2:56
3.51.81.111.15"Sugar Daddy"2:34
3.61.121.13"Maybe Tomorrow"4:46
4.13.52.022.05"Get It Together"2:47
4.2(*)4.1(*)2.03(*)2.09"Dancing Machine"2:39*/3:24
4.34.22.042.10"Whatever You Got, I Want"2:55
4.44.32.13"We're Almost There" (MJ)3:41
4.54.62.14"Just a Little Bit of You" (MJ)3:14
4.62.062.13"All I Do Is Think of You"3:11
5.12.12.10"Rockin' Robin" (MJ)2:30
5.22.32.11"I Wanna Be Where You Are" (MJ)2:59
5.32.62.12"Ben" (MJ)2:42
5.42.72.15"That's How Love Goes" (JJ)3:25
5.52.16"Love Don't Want to Leave" (JaJ)3:05
5.63.12.172.04 (L)"Daddy's Home" (JJ)3:07/5:27*
6.12.51.131.20"Lookin' Through the Windows"3:44
6.22.21.141.19"Little Bitty Pretty One"2:48
6.31.162.01"Corner of the Sky"3:30
6.43.41.17"Skywriter"3:10
6.53.21.182.03"Hallelujah Day"2:43
6.63.61.19"The Boogie Man"2:58
2.4"Ain't No Sunshine" (MJ)4:14
2.81.18"Doctor My Eyes"3:13
3.3"Morning Glow" (MJ)3:39
3.7"Music and Me" (MJ)2:43
3.82.11"The Life of the Party"2:33
1.081.02"Who's Lovin' You"3:59
1.15"Teenage Symphony"2:55
2.01"I Hear a Symphony"3:01
2.05"I Was Made to Love Her"3:20
2.18"Let's Get Serious" (JJ)3:34
2.19"You're Supposed to Keep Your Love for Me" (JJ)3:41
2.20"Let Me Tickle Your Fancy" (JJ)3:51
1.04"The Young Folks"2:54
1.07"I'll Bet You"3:16
1.11"Darling Dear"2:37
1.14"It's Great to Be Here"3:11
1.16"I'm So Happy" (Recorded October 1971) 2:46
1.17"Medley: Sing a Simple Song/Can You Remember (Live from Hollywood Palace)"2:07
1.21"Love Song" (Recorded March 1972) 3:26
2.02"Touch"3:00
2.06"Hum Along and Dance"8:36
2.07"Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)"7:11
2.08"It's Too Late to Change the Time"3:57
2.15"We're Here to Entertain You"3:02

Key

Notes

Charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape [4] 84

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [5] Silver60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Anthology [1976]". AllMusic . Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. "Rolling Stone 5 Star Album Lists - 1983". Archived from the original on 2006-02-11.
  4. "The Jackson 5 US Chart History". Billboard . Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000002F-QINU`"' "British album certifications – Jackson 5 – Anthology". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved April 30, 2022.