Recording sessions : April–July 1970
Studios : Motown studios, Los Angeles.
Label : Motown
Release date : September 8, 1970
Peak on Billboard 200 : 4
Original track listing
“I’ll Be There” (Berry Gordy, Jr., Bob West, Hal Davis, Willie Hutch) – 3:59
“Ready or Not (Here I Come)” (Thom Bell, William Hart; originally performed by The Delfonics) – 2:34
“Oh How Happy” (Edwin Starr aka Charles Hatcher; originally performed by the Shades of Blue) – 2:16
“Bridge Over Troubled Water” (Paul Simon; originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel) – 5:52
“Can I See You in the Morning” (Deke Richards) – 3:09
“Goin’ Back to Indiana” (The Corporation) – 3:32
“How Funky Is Your Chicken” (Lester Lee Carr, Richard Hutch, Willie Hutch) – 2:41
“Mama’s Pearl” (The Corporation) – 3:09on
“Reach In” (Beatrice Verdi) – 3:28
“The Love I Saw In You Was Just a Mirage” (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin; originally performed by the Miracles) – 4:22
“Darling Dear” (George Horgay Gordy, Robert Gordy, Allen Story) – 2:40
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 Maybe Tomorrow. The bonus tracks were “Sugar Daddy”, the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and “I’m So Happy”, the B-side of that single.
Demos/Alternate Versions
Outtakes/unreleased tracks from the album’ sessions
Others songs from this era
Songs known to exist but never released/leaked
Singles and charts
1st single : “I’ll Be There (released on August 28, 1970)
Peak on Hot 100 Billboard : 1
2nd single : “Mama’s Pearl” (released on January 7, 1971)
Peak on Hot 100 Billboard : 2
The Jackson 5 Second US Tour 1971
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