ABC (The Jackson 5 album)

ABC is the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown Records. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save". Also present on the LP are several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl" (the only lead song by brother Jermaine), and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes.

ABC
Studio album by the Jackson 5
Released	May 8, 1970 (1970-05-08)
Recorded	1969–1970
Genre	Bubblegum rock R&B
Length	38:45
Label	Motown
Producer	The Corporation Hal Davis Bobby Taylor
The Jackson 5 chronology
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (1969) ABC (1970) Third Album (1970)
Singles from ABC
"ABC" Released: February 24, 1970 "The Love You Save" Released: May 13, 1970

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]
Rolling Stone	favorable^[3]

The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart and at No. 1 on the Billboard Black Albums chart in the United States. It was ranked No. 98 on VH1's All-Time Albums Top 100 list. It remains one of the Jackson 5's most popular efforts. The title track was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1971.

Re-release

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all J5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie.

An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD Jackson 5 – I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Love You Save"	The Corporation	3:01
2.	"One More Chance"	The Corporation	2:59
3.	"ABC"	The Corporation	2:56
4.	"2-4-6-8"	Leon Ware, Pam Sawyer	2:55
5.	"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need"	Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland	2:46
6.	"Don't Know Why I Love You"	Lula Mae Hardaway, Don Hunter, Paul Riser, Stevie Wonder	3:47
7.	"Never Had a Dream Come True"	Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby	2:58
8.	"True Love Can Be Beautiful"	Leonard Caston, Jr., Jeana Jackson, Bobby Taylor	3:24
9.	"La-La (Means I Love You)"	Thom Bell, William Hart	3:26
10.	"I'll Bet You"	George Clinton, Sidney Barnes, Theresa Lindsey	3:20
11.	"I Found That Girl"	The Corporation	3:08
12.	"The Young Folks"	George Gordy, Allen Story	2:50

Charts

Album

Weekly charts

Chart (1970)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[4]	14
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[5]	25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[6]	85
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	22
US Billboard 200^[8]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1970)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Pop Albums^[9]	53
U.S. Billboard Top Soul Albums^[10]	9

Singles

Year	Single	US	US R&B	UK	AUS
1970	"ABC"	1	1	8	14
	"The Love You Save"	1	1	7	59

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)

References

1. ABC at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. . RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
6. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
7. "The Jackson 5 Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
8. "The Jackson 5 US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
9. "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
10. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-06-01.