Lookin' Through the Windows

Infobox Album
Name = Lookin' Through the Windows
Type = Album
Artist = The Jackson 5


Released = May 1972
Recorded = 1970–1972
Genre = Bubblegum pop/soul
Length = 33:04
Label = Motown
M 750L
Producer = The Corporation & Hal Davis
Reviews =
* Allmusic (3.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tlq8b5b4tsq4~T00 link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits"
(1971)
This album = "Lookin' Through the Windows"
(1972)
Next album = "Skywriter"
(1973)

"Lookin' Through the Windows" was a 1972 soul album released by The Jackson 5 on the Motown label. At this point, the group members, including thirteen-year-old lead singer Michael Jackson, were growing up, and no longer felt comfortable singing the same bubblegum pop records that had made them teen idols. "Lookin' Through the Windows" in fact marks the beginning of lead singer Michael's vocal change, from the boy soprano who fronted the Jackson 5's early hits, to the tenor who would later become a success as a solo artist.

The sessions for this album also marked the beginning of the bad vibes between the Jacksons and Motown, as they found it difficult to deal with both the maturing Michael, who had an independent mind of how he wanted to sound, and his father Joseph Jackson, who managed the Jackson 5 and became dissatisfied with Motown's handling of the group. Most of the album tracks were recorded in late 1971 intended to be on an album for their hit single at the time "Sugar Daddy". "Lookin' Through the Windows" was the second-to-last Jackson 5 album to include any songs written by The Corporation (Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards, and Fonce Mizell). The album spawned two hit singles "Little Bitty Pretty One" and "Lookin' Through The Windows". The album peaked at number 8 on Billboard 200 album chart. In Europe the album cut "Doctor My Eyes" was a top ten hit.

Track listing

#"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (originally by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell) (Ashford/Simpson)
#"Lookin' Through the Windows" (Davis)
#"Don't Let Your Baby Catch You" (Corporation)
#"To Know" (Corporation)
#"Doctor My Eyes" (Browne)
#"Little Bitty Pretty One" (Byrd)
#"E-Ne-Me-Ne-Mi-Ni-Moe (The Choice is Yours to Pull)" (Bristol/Brown/Jones)
#"If I Have to Move a Mountain" (Corporation)
#"Don't Want to See Tomorrow" (Bowden/Chambers/Davis/McFaddin)
#"Children of the Light" (Randall)
#"I Can Only Give You Love" (Hutch/Hutch)

External links

* [http://www.jackson5abc.com/albums/lookin-through-the-windows"Lookin' Through The Windows" Overview at www.jackson5abc.com (page is in French)]