Anthology / Gold / The Jackson 5 Story

Released: June 15, 1976

Recorded: 1969 through 1975

Length: Varies

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Album Details

Song Listing (Alphabetized)

Note: Song selections and specific song versions vary depending on the album edition. Please see Album Edition section on this page for list of songs and song versions on each edition of this album.

Album Summary

Anthology was originally released as a triple-album greatest hits set by legendary Motown family unit, The Jackson 5, in 1976. It was the group's second greatest hits compilation, after Greatest Hits (1971). It was at this point that most of the Jackson brothers (with the glaring exception of Jermaine Jackson) had left the Motown label to join CBS Records. Motown president Berry Gordy once said that The Jackson 5 were the last superstars to come off the Motown assembly line; after the group left the label, Motown would not have another act to equal its success until Boyz II Men in the 1990s.

Later repackagings of Anthology have compiled it as a double compact disc set. The most recent re-release, issued by Motown in 2000 (the first time the release doesn't contain any hits from Michael or Jermaine), was repackaged in 2005 in North America as part of its Gold series, and in 2006 internationally as The Jackson 5 Story.

Album Editions

Original - US

Released June 15, 1976

Music - LP1

A1. I Want You Back

A2. ABC

A3. Don't Know Why I Love You

A4. I'll Be There

A5. The Love You Save

A6. I Found That Girl

B1. I Am Love

B2. Body Language (Do The Love Dance)

B3. Forever Came Today

Music - LP2

A1. Mama's Pearl

A2. Got To Be There

A3. Goin' Back To Indiana

A4. Never Can Say Goodbye

A5. Sugar Daddy

A6. Maybe Tomorrow

B1. Get It Together

B2. Dancing Machine

B3. Whatever You Want, I Got

B4. We're Almost There

B5. Just A Little Bit Of You

B6. All I Do Is Think Of You

Music - LP3

A1. Rockin' Robin

A2. I Wanna Be Where You Are

A3. Ben

A4. That's How Love Goes

A5. Love Don't Want To Leave

A6. Daddy's Home

B1. Lookin' Through The Windows

B2. Little Bitty Pretty One

B3. Corner Of The Sky

B4. Skywriter

B5. Hallelujah Day

B6. The Boogie Man

Edition Notes: Available on LP and cassette.

Original - International

Released 1977

Music - LP1

A1. I Want You Back

A2. ABC

A3. The Love You Save

A4. I'll Be There

A5. Mama's Pearl

A6. Never Can Say Goodbye

A7. Got To Be There

A8. Sugar Daddy

B1. Rockin' Robin

B2. Little Bitty Pretty One

B3. I Wanna Be Where You Are

B4. Ain't No Sunshine

B5. Lookin' Through The Windows

B6. Ben

B7. That's How Love Goes

B8. Doctor, My Eyes

Music - LP2

A1. Daddy's Home

A2. Hallelujah Day

A3. Morning Glow

A4. Skywriter

A5. Get It Together

A6. The Boogie Man

A7. Music And Me

A8. The Life Of The Party

B1. Dancing Machine

B2. Whatever You Got, I Want

B3. We're Almost There

B4. I Am Love

B5. Forever Came Today

B6. Just A Little Bit Of You

Edition Notes: Available on LP and cassette. This is the only edition of the album to feature Ain't No Sunshine and Music And Me.

Reissue

Released 1986

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Edition Notes: Available exclusively on CD. This is the only edition of the album to feature Teenage Symphony, I Hear A Symphony, I Was Made To Love Her, Let's Get Serious, You're Supposed To Keep Your Love For Me, and Let Me Tickle Your Fancy.

Reissue

Released 2000

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Edition Notes: Available on CD and digital. This is the only edition of the album to feature The Young Folks, I'll Bet You, Darling Dear, It's Great To Be Here, I'm So Happy, Medley: Sing A Simple Song / Can You Remember (Live), Love Song, Touch, Hum Along And Dance, It's Too Late To Change The Time, We're Here To Entertain You, and Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No). The reissues that followed in 2005 and 2006 also contain these songs, as those reissues is a repackaged version of this edition.

Gold

Released 2005

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Edition Notes: Available on CD and digital. Gold has the same track listing as the 2000 reissue of Anthology.

The Jackon 5 Story

Released 2006

Music - CD1

Music - CD2

Edition Notes: Available exclusively on CD. The Jackson 5 Story has the same track listing as the 2000 reissue of Anthology and 2005 Gold.

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