The Jacksons Live!

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The Jacksons Live!
Live album by
the Jacksons
ReleasedNovember 11, 1981
Recorded
Length66:33
Label
ProducerThe Jacksons
The Jacksons chronology
Triumph
(1980) 		The Jacksons Live!
(1981) 		18 Greatest Hits
(1983)
Singles from The Jacksons Live!
  1. "
    Things I Do for You"
    Released: November 1981 (UK)[1]
  2. "Off the Wall"
    Released: 1981 (Japan)
  3. "
    Workin' Day and Night"
    Released: February 1982 (US)[2]

The Jacksons Live! (also known as simply Live) is a

Atlanta, and New York City. The live album would go on to sell over two million copies worldwide.[3]

The 1981 live show setlist featured songs from the group's 1980 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 in 1982 and 1983. The group would reunite for their final tour (sans an injured Jackie Jackson, who only participated in the second and final last leg of the tour after recovering from a knee injury)—Victory Tour—in 1984. In 1988, Rolling Stone
magazine described the Triumph Tour as one of the best 25 tours between 1967 and 1987.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Bruce Eder, of AllMusic, wrote that the album "is a reminder of how great an act they [the Jacksons] were, and captures what was just about the end of Michael Jackson's work with the family group, all of it very much on a high-note. The album is worth tracking down as an artifact of a simpler, more unabashedly joyous time in music, as well as the family's history."[4]

Track listing

The Jacksons Live! track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Opening/
Workin' Day and Night"
Michael Jackson6:53
13."Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"Michael Jackson4:22
14."Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"Michael Jackson, Randy Jackson8:34

Personnel

The Jacksons

Additional musicians

  • David Williams – guitar
  • Bill Wolfer[6] – keyboards
  • Mike McKinney – bass
  • Jonathan Moffett – drums
  • East Coast Horns: Alan "Funt" Prater, Broderick "Mac" McMorris, Cloris Grimes, Wesley Phillips – horns

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for The Jacksons Live!
Chart (1981–1982) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[7] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 43
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape[9] 30
US Billboard Top Black Albums[10] 10

Certifications

Certifications for The Jacksons Live!
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Jacksons singles".
  2. ^ "Jacksons singles".
  3. ^ Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collector's Edition, page 100. American Press.
  4. ^ a b Eder, Bruce (November 1981). "The Jacksons Live: All Music Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  5. ISBN 978-0743201698
    .
  6. ^ "Bill Wolfer | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  7. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Jacksons – Live" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Jacksons Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "The Jacksons Chart History: Top R&B Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – The Jacksons – The Jacksons Live". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

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