The Best of Michael Jackson - Motown

Michael Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Motown
• ASIN: B000001ADQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,767 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Got to Be There

2. Ben

3. With a Child's Heart

4. Happy [Love Theme from Lady Sings the Blues]

5. One Day in Your Life

6. I Wanna Be Where You Are

7. Rockin' Robin

8. We're Almost There

9. Morning Glow

10. Music and Me

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The title of 1975's Best of Michael Jackson seems something like an unfunny joke in the wake of the global success that the star found with Off the Wall and Thriller just a few years later. Best offers a handful of charted singles ranging from the incandescent "I Wanna Be Where You Are" and "Got to Be There" to the ephemeral "Rockin' Robin" and the tedious rat-love flick-theme "Ben." The rest is a mishmash of workaday sentiment ("With a Child's Heart," "Music and Me") and a few tracks of the proverbial pleasant-but-unexceptional work that the solo Jackson would soon transcend. –-Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE GUY I FELL IN LOVE WITH!!!, August 10, 2003

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Aisha Abdullah (DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Michael Jackson - Motown (Audio CD)

This had to be my favorite album!I really fell in love with Michael's voice at the tender age of 12(now I'm 16).The first song on the album "Got to be there" had to be my favorite,favorite song then.It made me feel magic,it had me mesmorized.I would just have this feeling come over me every time I would listen to it,like you wouldn't believe.The other songs I liked were "Ben","With a child's heart","I wanna be where you are","We're almost there" and "Music and me".I remember listening to that cassette alot when I was younger.I really enjoyed it.It brings back so many memories for me.If you want to listen to some nice (young) Michael Jackson songs (along with his brothers),get this album.It's nice!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Young Michael, April 23, 2001

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Thomas Magnum (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Michael Jackson - Motown (Audio CD)

This is a collection of songs from Michael Jackson's solo work for Motown. The early hits like "Got To Be There", the brilliant "I Wanna Be Where You Are", "Rocking Robin" and his first solo number one "Ben" are variations of his work with The Jackson Five. They were produced by The Corporation and they are tremendous singles. Some of the later work like "Happy", "Just A Little Bit Of You" and "One Day In Your Life" are not up to high standards of the early work, but are still quite good. If you want to get an idea of what a young Michael Jackson sounded like, then this is a great place to start.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars He sings really well, January 9, 2000

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imelda susanto (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best of Michael Jackson - Motown (Audio CD)

I really love this album and I'm sure everyone who listens to this will like it too. His voice is so clear and pure. I love all the songs in this album, especially Ben, With a Child's heart, Happy, One Day in Your Life, Music and Me, Morning Glow He really can sing any high notes and I think, nobody at his age can sing that good. When I hear Music and Me, it made me cry. It's really worth it! GBU Michael Jackson