Greatest Hits (The Jackson 5 album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by the Jackson 5
Released	December 27, 1971
Recorded	July 1969 – October 1971
Genre	Bubblegum pop; soul;
Length	36:55
Label	Motown
Producer	The Corporation; Bobby Taylor; Hal Davis;
The Jackson 5 chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A–^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation for the Jackson 5 released by Motown Records in late 1971, and selling over 5.6 million copies worldwide.^[4] The top 10 single "Sugar Daddy" is included as a new track alongside J5 hits such as "I Want You Back" and "I'll Be There".

A quadraphonic mix was released in Japan in 1975, marking the first and only release of the band's material in surround sound.^[5]^[6]

Track listing[]

Side one

"I Want You Back"
"ABC"
"Never Can Say Goodbye"
"Sugar Daddy" (recorded April – October 1971, during Maybe Tomorrow & Lookin’ Through the Windows sessions, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California)
"I'll Be There"
"Maybe Tomorrow"

Side two

"The Love You Save"
"Who's Lovin' You"
"Mama's Pearl"
"Goin' Back to Indiana"
"I Found That Girl"

Track 1, 8 from Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. Tracks 2, 7, 11 from ABC. Tracks 5, 9, 10 from Third Album. Tracks 3, 6 from Maybe Tomorrow.

References[]

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r10000
^ 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.
^ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs5star_ed1.htm/
^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 99. American Press.
^ https://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/greatest-hits-quadrophonic-mix
^ Motown CD4W-7090

External links[]

Greatest Hits 1971 Overview at http://www.jackson5abc.com (in French)

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[1] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r10000

[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] ttp://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rs5star_ed1.htm/

[4] Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 99. American Press.

[5] ttps://store.hmv.com/store/music/vinyl/greatest-hits-quadrophonic-mix

[6] Motown CD4W-7090

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show v t The Jackson 5/The Jacksons singles
Singles on Steeltown Records	"Big Boy"
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969)	"I Want You Back"
ABC (1970)	"ABC" "The Love You Save" "Never Had a Dream Come True" "Don't Know Why I Love You" " La La (Means I Love You)"
Third Album (1970)	"I'll Be There" "Mama's Pearl" "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"
Jackson 5 Christmas Album (1970)	"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "Give Love on Christmas Day"
Maybe Tomorrow (1971)	"Never Can Say Goodbye" "Maybe Tomorrow" "16 Candles"
Greatest Hits (1971)	"Sugar Daddy"
Lookin' Through the Windows (1972)	"Little Bitty Pretty One" "Lookin' Through the Windows" "Doctor, My Eyes"
Skywriter (1973)	"Skywriter"
G.I.T.: Get It Together (1973)	"Get It Together" "Dancing Machine"
Dancing Machine (1974)	"Dancing Machine" "I Am Love"
Moving Violation (1975)	"Forever Came Today" "All I Do Is Think of You"
The Jacksons (1976)	"Enjoy Yourself" "Show You the Way to Go"
Destiny (1978)	"Blame It on the Boogie" "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"
Triumph (1980)	"Lovely One" "This Place Hotel" "Can You Feel It" "Walk Right Now"
Victory (1984)	"State of Shock" "Torture"
2300 Jackson Street (1989)	"Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)" "2300 Jackson Street"
Notable collaborations and album tracks	"Who's Lovin' You" "Hum Along and Dance" "Feelin' Alright" "This Is It"
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