Track Listing

1. Rockin' Robin
2. Johnny Raven
3. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
4. Happy
5. Too Young
6. Up Again
7. With A Child's Heart
8. Ain't No Sunshine
9. Euphoria
10. Morning Glow
11. Music And Me
12. All The Things You Are
13. Cinderella Stay A While
14. We've Got Forever

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48970 in Music
• Released on: 2000-10-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 46 minutes

Customer Reviews

a fairy tale for our times
Once upon a time there was this little black kid who was given a gift by his god: the gift of song. The little kid, Michael was his name couldnt stop singing. He sang all day and wherever he was. His family thought he was cool as a lot of them were singers too especially his older brothers. Michael wanted to show the world that he was a singer and so with these brothers, together they numbered 5, they went off for an audition with a famous record label. Michael loved soul ballads and chose one called "Who's Lovin' You" written by Smokey Robinson to sing for the audition. He and his brothers blew the record producers away.... the rest, as they say, is history but like all history it can be too easily mythologised and the hero of his own myth took a few wrong turns and though he made a lot of money for a lot people doors began to close to him as his story, written up by the tabloids, became increasingly vicious until eventually the vultures got what they wanted and brought the young man down and picked over his bones, endlessly...
it is so good that these archive recordings are still available so any new kid on the block can listen and hear what it was all about before the darkness fell.
Just listen to the tender vocals of "Happy", "Up Again" the soul of "Aint No Sunshine" and "Morning Glow", the classics like "Music and Me" and wonder whether there will ever be a happy ever after for Michael Jackson

King in the making!
Michael even back in those days was the king in the making. Songs such as music and me truly prove that any song sang by him are fantastic! Fasters songs such as: rockin' robin help get the innocent and sweet side of michael infront of the audience!
Great album for MJ fans! i would advise anyone to buy this! its a fantastic album!
KING OF POP!

PRINCE OF POP?
First of all, it is interesting to note that Motown seemed to be exploring Michael's ballad territory with this album, with mixed results. With The Jackson 5ive, Michael always seemed to sing the faster tracks, using his trademark exuberance to full effect. Jermaine was the band member who sung ballads, with his more mature vocals suited to slower work.

Here, maybe because Michael's piping, youthful voice has changed ever so slightly since he made songs such as Got To Be There, Motown try Jackson on a new menu of ballads, inculing cover versions of songs by artists such as Nat King Cole and Jackie Wilson. One of the songs is from the soundtack of Lady Sings the Blues (a Diana Ross film), and another is from the Broadway Show, Pippin. One of the songs, Jackie Wilson's 'Doggin' Around', is an even greater step away from the typical material Jackson was recording at the time - it's a bluesy track, which Jackson sings surpisingly well. Michael's cover of Nat King Cole's Too Young is spolied by the fact that Jackson was at the time, actually tooo young for the subject of the song.

On the whole not a bad album, but Motown were fast losing thier touch with Jackson's ever-growing talent. Not as good as Ben or Got To Be There - both these albums were far more 'solid'.