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Maybe Tomorrow
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 12, 1971 (1971-04-12)
RecordedJune 1970 – February 1971
Genre
Length33:59
Label Motown
Producer
The Jackson 5 chronology
Jackson 5 Christmas Album
(1970)
Maybe Tomorrow
(1971)
Goin' Back to Indiana
(1971)
Singles from Maybe Tomorrow
  1. " Never Can Say Goodbye"
    Released: March 16, 1971
  2. " Maybe Tomorrow"
    Released: June 22, 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+ [2]
Rolling Stone(mixed) [3]

Maybe Tomorrow is the fifth studio album by the Jackson 5, released on April 12, 1971 by Motown. Released after the success of the hit ballad " I'll Be There", most of the tracks on the album are ballads, with few dance numbers. The album includes the hit singles " Never Can Say Goodbye" and " Maybe Tomorrow". While not as financially successful as the Jackson 5's first three outings, Maybe Tomorrow contains some of the most often- sampled and covered material in the group's catalogue. The album also spent six weeks at No. 1 on the US Soul Albums chart and has sold 3.5 million copies worldwide. [4]

Maybe Tomorrow was arranged by noteworthy record producers Gene Page and James Anthony Carmichael.

Track listing

  1. " Maybe Tomorrow" ( The Corporation) – 4:41
  2. "She's Good" (The Corporation) – 2:59
  3. " Never Can Say Goodbye" ( Clifton Davis) – 2:57
  4. "The Wall" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino, Pam Sawyer) – 3:03
  5. "Petals" (The Corporation) – 2:34
  6. " Sixteen Candles" (originally performed by The Crests as "16 Candles") ( Luther Dixon, Allyson R. Khent) – 2:45
  7. "(We've Got) Blue Skies" (Thomas Bee, Chris Clark, Fuller Gordy, Patrick Stephenson, Delores Wilkinson) – 3:21
  8. "My Little Baby" (The Corporation) – 2:58
  9. "It's Great to Be Here" (The Corporation) – 2:59
  10. " Honey Chile" (originally performed by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas) ( Richard Morris, Sylvia Moy) – 2:45
  11. "I Will Find a Way" (The Corporation) – 2:57

Re-release

In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Third Album. The bonus tracks were " Sugar Daddy", the only new track on their 1971 greatest hits set, and "I'm So Happy", the B-side of that single.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Canadian Albums ( RPM) [5] 16
US Billboard Top LPs [6] 11
US Billboard Top Soul Albums [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Position
US Billboard Top LPs [8] 43
US Billboard Top Soul Albums [9] 6

See also

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN  089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ Classic Pop Presents Michael Jackson 2016.
  5. ^ "RPM: The Jackson 5 (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Jackson 5 US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  7. ^ "Jackson 5 Albums". US charts. Jackson5abc. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  8. ^ "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

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