ABC (The Jackson 5 album)

ABC
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 1970 (1970-05-08)
Recorded1969–1970
Genre
Length38:45
LabelMotown
Producer
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
(1969)
ABC
(1970)
Third Album
(1970)
Singles from ABC
  1. "ABC"
    Released: February 24, 1970
  2. "The Love You Save"
    Released: May 13, 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB+
Rolling Stonefavorable

ABC is the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown Records. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save". Also present on the LP are several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only lead song by brother Jermaine), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes.

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in the United States. It was ranked No. 98 on VH1's All-Time Albums Top 100 list. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts. The title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971.

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie.

An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD Jackson 5 – I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Love You Save"The Corporation3:01
2."One More Chance"The Corporation2:59
3."ABC"The Corporation2:56
4."2-4-6-8"Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer2:55
5."(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland2:46
6."Don't Know Why I Love You"Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder3:47
7."Never Had a Dream Come True"Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby2:58
8."True Love Can Be Beautiful"Leonard Caston, Jr., Jeana Jackson, Bobby Taylor3:24
9."La-La (Means I Love You)"Thom Bell, William Hart3:26
10."I'll Bet You"George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Theresa Lindsey3:20
11."I Found That Girl"The Corporation3:08
12."The Young Folks"George Gordy, Allen Story2:50

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) 14
Canadian Albums (RPM) 25
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 85
UK Albums (OCC) 22
US Billboard 200 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1970) Rank
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums 53
U.S. Billboard Top Soul Albums 9

Singles

Year Single US US

R&B

UK AUS
1970 "ABC" 1 1 8 14
"The Love You Save" 1 1 7 59

See also


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