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Got to Be There was the solo debut album by then-adolescent Michael Jackson, released on Motown Records, released on January 24, 1972[2]. It includes the song of the same name, which was released in the fall of 1971 as Jackson's debut solo single.
[edit] Album information
Motown released Jackson's solo album around the same time that another famous brother from a famous family was doing the same: Donny Osmond, who was hitting with songs like "Sweet & Innocent" and "Puppy Love". Jackson's debut and Osmond's almost paralleled between each other as Jackson scored a hit with the title track and "Rockin' Robin", which like Osmond's "Puppy Love", was a remake of an old '50s rock song. The album also included covers of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and James Taylor & Carole King's "You've Got a Friend".
[edit] Reception
The album peaked at number fourteen on the US pop albums chart and number three on the US R&B album chart when it was released.
Rolling Stone (12/7/72, p.68) - "..slick, artful and every bit as good as the regular Jackson 5 product...a sweetly touching voice...innocence and utter professionalism...fascinating and finally irresistable.."
[edit] Track listing
- "Ain't No Sunshine" (Withers) (originally performed by Bill Withers)
- "I Wanna Be Where You Are" (Ware/Ross)
- "Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me" (Hutch)
- "In Our Small Way" (Verdi/Yarian)
- "Got to Be There" (Willensky)
- "Rockin' Robin" (Thomas) (originally performed by Bobby Day)
- "Wings of My Love" (Corporation)
- "Maria (You Were the Only One)" (Brown/Glover/Gordy/Story)
- "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" (Holland-Dozier-Holland) (originally performed by The Supremes)
- "You've Got a Friend" (King) (originally performed by Carole King)
[edit] References
- ^ Don't Forget the Motor City
- ^ Don't Forget the Motor City
