The Jacksons Live!
Released: November 11, 1981
Recorded: July 8, 1981 through August 18, 1981
Length: 66:33
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Album Details
Track Listing
Opening / Can You Feel It
Things I Do For You
Off The Wall
Ben
Heartbreak Hotel (This Place Hotel)
She's Out Of My Life
Movie & Rap with excepts from I Want You Back, Never Can Say Goodbye, and Got To Be There
Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save
I'll Be There
Rock With You
Lovely One
Working Day And Night
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Album Singles
Things I Do For You — November 1981 (UK)
Off The Wall — 1981 (Japan)
Workin' Day And Night — February 1982 (US)
Album Summary
The Jacksons Live! is a live album by The Jacksons. It was released on November 11, 1981 by Epic Records. The album was recorded during the band's North American concert tour in fall 1981, known as the Triumph Tour. The live double album was culled from recordings made on the tour's stops in Buffalo, Providence, Atlanta, and New York City. The album would go on to sell over two million copies worldwide.
The 1981 live show setlist featured songs from the group's 1980 album Triumph, two songs from Destiny (1978), a medley of their Motown hits, and five songs from lead singer Michael's 1979 solo album Off The Wall.
The Triumph Tour would be the group's last tour together for three years, while Michael recorded and released the phenomenally successful Thriller (1982) album and its singles. The group would later reunite for Victory Tour in 1984, sans an injured Jackie Jackson, who only participated in the second and final last leg of the tour after recovering from a knee injury. In 1988, Rolling Stone magazine described the Triumph Tour as one of the best 25 tours between 1967 and 1987.
Album Editions
Original
Released November 11, 1981
Music
Opening / Can You Feel It
Things I Do For You
Off The Wall
Ben
Heartbreak Hotel (This Place Hotel)
She's Out Of My Life
Movie & Rap with excepts from I Want You Back, Never Can Say Goodbye, and Got To Be There
Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save
I'll Be There
Rock With You
Lovely One
Working Day And Night
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Edition Notes: Available on LP, cassette, CD and digital.
40th Anniversary Edition
Released March 26 2021
Music
Opening / Can You Feel It
Things I Do For You
Off The Wall
Ben
Heartbreak Hotel (This Place Hotel)
She's Out Of My Life
Movie & Rap with excepts from I Want You Back, Never Can Say Goodbye, and Got To Be There
Medley: I Want You Back / ABC / The Love You Save
I'll Be There
Rock With You
Lovely One
Working Day And Night
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Edition Notes: This edition was released exclusively as a remastered double LP set in United States and Europe.
Related Videos
The Jacksons Triumph Tour — Most Of Concert
A live performance of their set list numbers 1 through 11. Unfortunately, set list numbers 12 through 14 (Workin' Day And Night, Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, and Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) is missing.