The Ultimate Collection

Released: August 15, 1995 as The Very Best Of Michael Jackson With The Jackson Five

Recorded: 1969 through 1975

Length: 74:17

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Album Details

Song Listing (Alphabetized)

Note: Song selections 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

The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released in the US by Motown Records in 1996. The collection features selections from the group's Motown discography recorded between 1969 and 1975, as well as a selection from group members Michael and Jermaine's solo output recorded during that same time period. This album is meant to serve as a condensed single-disc version of the 4-disc box set Soulsation! released in 1995.

The Ultimate Collection is a variant of a compilation released internationally in 1995 entitled The Very Best Of Michael Jackson With The Jackson Five, which itself was reissued in 1997 as The Best Of Michael Jackson And The Jackson 5ive - The Motown Years, with a slightly different track listing.

Album Editions

Original - US

Released May 2, 1996

Music

Edition Notes: Available on LP, cassette, CD and digital. This is the only edition of the album to feature It's Your Thing, Who's Lovin' You, Maybe Tomorrow, Sugar Daddy, Daddy's Home, I Wanna Be Where You Are, Get It Together, Dancing Machine, The Life Of The Party, I Am Love, Just A Little Bit Of You, and It's Your Thing (The J5 In '95 Extended Remix). This edition, including the cover art, was later reissued internationally.

Original - International

The Very Best Of Michael Jackson With The Jackson Five

Released August 15, 1995

Music

Edition Notes: Available on LP, cassette, CD and digital. This is the only edition of the album to feature It's Your Thing (The J5 In '95 House Remix), a shortened version of the same song on the US release.

Reissue - International

The Best Of Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5ive: The Motown Years

Released June 1997

Music

Edition Notes: Available on cassette and CD.

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