Skywriter
Skywriter | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 29, 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1972–1973 | |||
Length | 29:25 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | ||||
The Jackson 5 chronology | ||||
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Singles from Skywriter | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Rolling Stone | (mixed)[3] |
Skywriter is the seventh
Background
Lead singer
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 because of only one Top 20 single. It was arranged by
"The Boogie Man"/Don't Let Your Baby Catch You was prepared for release as a single, but was cancelled.[6]
Track listing
Side one
- "Skywriter" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 3:08
- "Hallelujah Day" (Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian) – 2:46
- "The Boogie Man" (Deke Richards) – 2:56
- "Touch" (originally performed by the Supremes) (Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson) – 3:00
- "Corner of the Sky" (from the Stephen Schwartz) – 3:33
Side two
- "I Can't Quit Your Love" (originally performed by Kathy Wakefield) – 3:12
- "Uppermost" (Clifton Davis) – 2:26
- "World of Sunshine" (Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino) – 2:45
- "Ooh, I'd Love to Be with You" (Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell) – 2:49
- "You Made Me What I Am" (The Corporation) – 2:50
Re-release
In 2001, Motown Records 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 Get It Together. The bonus tracks were the outtakes "Pride and Joy", "Love's Gone Bad" and "Love Is the Thing You Need". Each of these tracks also appear on the compilation album Joyful Jukebox Music/Boogie.
Charts
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums ( Kent Music Report)[7]
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41 |
Canadian Albums (RPM)[8] | 60 |
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[9] | 44 |
US Billboard Top Soul Albums | 15 |
Notes
- ^ a b Soulsation! (1995), liner notes
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ "Michael Jackson: list of his records". The Telegraph. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ ISBN 0-7119-5303-1.
- ^ Album liner notes, Brian Chin (Billboard writer), 2001, page 6
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM: The Jackson 5 (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "The Jackson 5 US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
External links
- Skywriter Overview at www.jackson5abc.com (in French)