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Jacksons: Live [Epic]
Release Date: 1981
Running Time: 67:34
Label: Epic
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It's easy to forget, in the wake of a decade of bizarre behavior, rumors, and innuendo surrounding Michael Jackson that the Jacksons were once known solely for being a major music franchise. This live album, which was pretty obscure in its original double-LP vinyl version, is a reminder of how great an act they were, and captures what was just about the end of Michael Jackson's work with the family group, all of it very much on a high-note. Live opens with a pounding, powerful rendition of "Can You Feel It" and, with one exception, never lets up, pushing on through a high-velocity and high-articulation version of "Things I Do for You," and a soaring "Off the Wall." There's an unfortunate lag where Michael Jackson slows things down for "Ben" (arguably the nadir of his Motown career), but "This Place Hotel" and the far more effective ballad "She's Out of My Life" make up for that lapse. The last section of the album, commencing with Off the Wall's "Rock With You," is practically a live rendition of that album, and so bracing as to almost exhaust the listener; and the preceding medley of their early Motown hits is just about worth the asking price of the disc by itself. On the down side, there are no notes and barely any credits, and the volume is set a bit low, but it pumps up beautifully with virtually no excess noise. The album is worth tracking down as an artifact of a simpler, more unabashedly joyous time in music, as well as the family's history. Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Opening/Can You Feel ItJackson, Jackson6:05
2Things I Do for YouJackson, Jackson, Jackson, Jackson3:38
3Off the WallTemperton3:59
4BenScharf, Black, Black3:52
5This Place HotelJackson4:39
6She's Out of My LifeBahler4:48
7Movie and Rap (Including Excerpts of: I Want You Back/Never Can Say G)Davis, Corporation [2], Willensky3:04
8Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You SaveCorporation [2]2:57
9I'll Be ThereDavis, West, Hutch, Gordy, Gordy3:10
10Rock With YouTemperton3:59
11Lovely OneBrooks, Jackson, Jackson6:28
12Working Day and NightJackson6:53
13Don't Stop 'Til You Get EnoughJackson4:23
14Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)Jackson, Jackson, Jackson8:31







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