Destiny

Jackson 5

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 2009)
• Original Release Date: August 12, 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B001BKMC9A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #117 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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2008 digitally remastered and expanded Legacy Edition of this album from the R&B legends formerly known as The Jackson 5 (their defection to CBS left Jermaine and their old name behind with the Motown empire). Includes two bonus tracks. On this 1978 album, The Jacksons were turned loose to write and produce themselves, and the result is their best studio album ever. The dance tracks like 'Blame It On The Boogie' and the hit 'Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)' still sound fresh while the ballads are heartfelt and smooth. The album peaked at #3 on the Billboard albums chart in 1979. 10 tracks.

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5.0 out of 5 stars No Contest-One Of The Best (If Not THE Best) Album Of 1978, February 22, 2009

By	Andre S. Grindle "Andre' Grindle" (Brewer Maine) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Sometimes an groups artistic pinnacle arrives the same time as their commercial breakthrough.Or in this case,rebirth.The Jacksons and this album holds a very important place in my pop music education.When I was 13 and first saw the mini series The Jacksons - An American Dream (The Complete Miniseries) my mom presented me with her old vinyl copy of this album for me to hear. It was the first album I listned to all the way through and remember how strongly the music impacted on me at that point.A few years later I got the original CD of this and still listened to it but found that particular CD had exceptionally bad sound,even for an old style "Digitally Mastered Analog Recording". So.......here we are 15 years later and FINALLY a version with remastered sound has finally arrived! So has this album held up as well with me as it did when I first heard it?The answer is !@(#* RIGHT!!!!!!Despite Michael Jackson's completely tarnished reputation in the years since I first heard it this album stands out even more in fact to me now as a masterpiece.Especially since I understand more about music since that time and the musicians.AND WHAT INCREDIBLE SIDEMEN!!!!Greg Phillinganes,Roland Bautista (of EWF),Michael Sembllo (of Stevie Wonder's Wonderlove) as well as Laudir De Oliveira of Sergio Mendes Brasil 77 and jazz/R&B orchestrater Claire Fisher. These musicians not only shaped much of the greatest music of the era but also helped the Jacksons persue their new musical vision. Musically this album has roots in 70's funk,Northern Soul,pop jazz and some good ol' rock n' roll kick for good measure. The sound was so distinctive it became the basis for what the band and Michael would achive later on "Blame It On The Boogie","Things I Do For You" and "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground" still resonate with all the power they always had.What really gets me now are the albums surprises.The title track is actually a lot closer to being a contemporary 70's country tune then an R&B number,excerpting Tito's blistering rock guitar solo at the end.But it also brings to mind a recurring theme about this album-lyrically it has the feeling of a blacks mans version of Pet Sounds;the concept of teenagers confronting time and adulthood. And,despite the Jacksons' consistantly rose colored,utopian view of love and the world these songs themes of broken hearts,uncertain relationships and what the future holds shows a personal maturity to match the music backing it up."Push Me Away" is an absolutely incredible ballad.Not only does Tito offer up another amazing (and very jazzy) guitar solo but Fishers transendant strings make this very adult themed tune stand out all the more.Still impressive,but on a more epic level is "Bless His Soul",where the usually helium voiced Jackie duets with Michael in an unusually deep,gritty tone-one that he began introducing pretty much as soon as they band arrived at Epic from Motown. "All Night Dancin" is pretty much a straight rock n roll tune,very much in the Huey Lewis vein and Michael and his brothers pull it off with gusto to match,even if it's a forgotton song sometimes it's still a favorite.Michael's own signiture style of romantic anxiety pops up on "That's What You Get (For Being Polite)";it's pretty clear by the end the "Jack" he talks about in the song is really him,especially what we know of MJ today. Now if the fact the bonus cuts are just rehashed remixes of hits your really in for a surprise. These are actually high octance latin disco-funk remixes curtesy of John Luongo;with the resequencing of the song structure,added purcussion,vocal echoes and odd foghorn like sound effects they work both as headphone music and something to kick booty on the dancefloor as well. This is a fantastic revisit of a deserved classic and really brings out,to me at least how some things only get better and better the more times you hear them.