Get It Together
Released: September 12, 1973
Recorded: November 1972 through July 1973
Length: 36:07
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Album Details
Track Listing
Get It Together
Don't Say Goodbye Again
Reflections
Hum Along And Dance
Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)
It's Too Late To Change The Time
You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
Dancing Machine
Album Singles
Get It Together — August 3, 1973
Dancing Machine — February 19, 1974
Album Summary
Get It Together is the eighth studio album by The Jackson 5, released on September 12, 1973 for the Motown label. The album featured the minor hit Get It Together and the original version of the subsequent major hit Dancing Machine, which was later reissued in edited form on a tie-in album of the same name.
The album represented a reinvention for The Jackson 5, who were struggling to move past their earlier teenybopper image as their popularity waned. By this point, most of The Jackson 5 members, and their manager/father Joseph, were vocally complaining about the group's direction, with lead singer Michael becoming the most outspoken. The material on Get It Together produced by Hal Davis, leans into a funk-oriented progressive soul style, contrasting with the group's bubblegum origins, as well as elements of the emergent disco genre.
In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a Two Classic Albums / One CD series. Skywriter was paired up with Get It Together.
Singles released from the album are Get It Together, and Dancing Machine.
Album Editions
Original
Released September 12, 1973
Music
Get It Together
Don't Say Goodbye Again
Reflections
Hum Along And Dance
Mama, I Got A Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)
It's Too Late To Change The Time
You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
Dancing Machine
Edition Notes: Available on LP, 8-Track, cassette, CD and digital.
Related Videos
The Jackson 5 on The Mike Douglas Show
The Jackson 5 perform It's Too Late To Change The Time and Dancing Machine, and interviewed on The Mike Douglas Show on April 3, 1974.
The Jackson 5 on Johnny Carson
The Jackson 5 make their first appearance on The Tonight Show and perform Never Can Say Goodbye and Dancing Machine on April 9, 1974.