Jermaine (1980 album)

Jermaine
Studio album by Jermaine Jackson
Released	October 10, 1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	42:32
Label	Motown Records
Producer	Jermaine Jackson Berry Gordy Suzee Ikeda
Jermaine Jackson chronology
Let's Get Serious (1980) Jermaine (1980) I Like Your Style (1981)

Jermaine is the seventh studio album by Jermaine Jackson, his second album in 1980. Fresh off the success of Let's Get Serious, Motown released this album in Fall 1980. Charting on the R&B albums chart at 17 with two singles ("You Like Me Don't You" and "Little Girl (Don't You Worry)") charting top 20 on the R&B singles chart, respectively. Also included is a cover of Tyrone Davis's "Can I Change My Mind". Also included as a musician on this album is family friend John McClain, who would later become one of the executives of the estate of Jermaine's brother, Michael Jackson.

Track listing[]

Side A

1. "The Pieces Fit" (Jermaine Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr., Angelo Bond) 5:22
2. "You Like Me Don't You (Jackson) 5:00
3. "Little Girl Don't You Worry" (Jackson, Jackson, Jr.) 4:48
4. "All Because of You" (Jackson, Bond) 4:43
5. "You've Changed-interlude" (Jackson) 1:52

Side B

1. "First You Laugh, Then You Cry" (Jackson, Chris Clark) 4:52
2. "I Miss You So" (Jimmy Henderson, Bertha Scott, Sid Robin) 2:46
3. "Can I Change My Mind" (Barry Despenza, Carl Wofolk) 3:30
4. "Beautiful Morning" (Jackson, Hazel Jackson, Eddie Fluellen) 5:14

Personnel[]

• Jermaine Jackson: vocals, bass, piano, Fender Rhodes, percussion, guitars, synthesizers
• Herbie Hancock, David Benoit, Clarence McDonald, Eddie Fluellen, Michael Lang, Reginald Burke: keyboards
• Paul Jackson, Jr., Charles Fearing: guitars
• David Williams, Nathan East: bass
• John McClain: sitar
• Gregory Williams: flugelhorn
• Ollie E. Brown: drums
• Stevie Wonder: harmonica on "You Like Me Don't You" and "I Miss You So" (uncredited)

Technical

• Johnny Lee - art direction
• Ginny Livingston - cover design
• Matthew Rolston - photography

Charts[]

Singles[]

References[]

External links[]

• Jermaine Jackson-Jermaine at Discogs