Third Album

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Third Album
Third Album cover
Studio album by The Jackson 5
Released September 1970
Recorded 1970
Genre Bubblegum pop/Soul
Length 37:23
Label Motown
MS 718
Producer The Corporation & Hal Davis
Professional reviews
The Jackson 5 chronology
ABC
(1970)		 Third Album
(1970)		 The Jackson 5 Christmas Album
(1970)

Third Album was an album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970. Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive number-one single on the US pop charts, "I'll Be There", the Top 5 single, "Mama's Pearl", and album tracks such as the semi-autobiographical "Goin' Back to Indiana", and "Darling Dear". The album peaked at number-four on the pop album charts and number-one on the R&B album charts. This is considered one of their best efforts and is their most successful album to date. It sold over 6 million copies worldwide.[1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'll Be There" (Gordy/West/Davis/Hutch)
  2. "Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)" (originally by The Delfonics)
  3. "Oh How Happy"
  4. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (originally by Simon and Garfunkel) (Simon)
  5. "Can I See You in the Morning"
  6. "Goin' Back to Indiana" (The Corporation)
  7. "How Funky Is Your Chicken"
  8. "Mama's Pearl" (The Corporation)
  9. "Reach In"
  10. "The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage" (originally by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) (Robinson)
  11. "Darling Dear" (Gordy/Gordy/Story)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bestselling Motown

[edit] External links


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