Album Summary

Skywriter is the seventh studio album by The Jackson 5, released by Motown on March 29, 1973.

Lead singer Michael's vocals were now showing the signs of his maturing tenor voice, while Jermaine's voice had become deeper in tone. Notably, one of Skywriter's songs, Touch, features Michael and Jermaine singing about satisfying a woman in bed. Due to the fact that Michael was only 14 years old at the time, Touch was one of the most controversial singles Michael had sung on until his solo career took off again in the late 1970s.

The group was also growing frustrated with the direction they were going in and complained to Motown's staff producers and writers about the kind of music they were doing. The brothers were openly discouraged by the style of music they had been receiving from Motown's writers. Also, by this point, all five brothers were writing their own material, but Motown prevented them from recording their own compositions. The frustration was showcased most openly by the album cover, where all five brothers solemnly look at the camera around an early 1900s era airplane. It was the band's least successful album to date. The Boogie Man / Don't Let Your Baby Catch You was prepared for release as a single, but was cancelled.

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 Corner Of The Sky, Hallelujah Day, and Skywriter.