- The Jacksons Live!
Infobox Album | Name = The Jacksons Live!
Type =Live album
Artist = The Jacksons
Released =1981
Recorded =September 12 -September 13 ,1981
Genre =Funk /Soul/R&B
Length = 67:33
Label = CBS/Epic
Producer = The Jacksons
Reviews =
Last album = "Triumph"
(1980)
This album = "The Jacksons Live!"
(1981)
Next album = "Victory"
(1984) |"The Jacksons Live!" is a
live album by The Jacksons, recorded and released during their popular "Triumph" tour in 1981.The live show featured songs from the group's
Motown and CBS recordings, and also featured five songs from lead singer Michael's "Off the Wall" LP.At this point, Michael, age twenty-three, was among the most popular performers in
pop music , and The Jacksons had become legends in their own time and attained their own star on theHollywood Walk of Fame . The "Triumph" tour would be the group's last tour together for four years, while Michael released the highly successful "Thriller" album and its singles in 1982 and 1983. In 1988, "Rolling Stone " magazine described the "Triumph" tour as one of the best 25 tours from 1967 to 1987.Track listing
#"Opening/
Can You Feel It " (Jackson/Jackson) – 6:05
#"Things I Do For You" (Jackson/Jackson/Jackson/Jackson/Jackson) – 3:39
#"Off The Wall" (Temperton) – 3:59
#"Ben" (Scharf/Black) – 3:52
#"This Place Hotel " (Jackson) – 4:40
#"She's out of My Life " (Bahler) – 4:48
#"Movie and Rap, Including Excerpts of:I Want You Back /Never Can Say Goodbye /Got to Be There " (The Corporation/Davis/Willensky) – 3:05
#"Medley:I Want You Back /ABC/The Love You Save " (The Corporation) – 2:59
#"I'll Be There " (Hutch/West) – 3:11
#"Rock with You " (Temperton) – 3:58
#"Lovely One" (Jackson/Jackson) – 6:29
#"Working Day and Night" (Jackson) – 6:54
#"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough " (Jackson) – 5:24
#"Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) " (Jackson/Jackson) – 8:31
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