Soulsation! Explained
Soulsation! |
Type: | compilation |
Artist: | the Jackson 5 |
Cover: | Soulsation.jpg |
Released: | June 27, 1995[1] |
Recorded: | 1969–1975[2] |
Length: | 4:34:10 |
Label: | Motown |
Prev Title: | The Jacksons: An American Dream |
Prev Year: | 1992 |
Next Year: | 1995 |
Soulsation! is a 4-CD box set of music recorded by the Jackson 5 during their tenure at Motown Records from 1969 to 1975, before leaving Motown for CBS Records. The box set was released in 1995 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Jackson 5 becoming the first group to have its first four singles go straight to number 1 on the US Billboard charts. Soulsation! included an introduction from the group's sister Janet, liner notes from David Ritz, and an essay from the brothers' first producer, Bobby Taylor. The fourth disc features 17 previously unreleased songs, most recorded from mid-1969 to early 1972. The set also includes solo numbers from brothers Michael, Jermaine, and Jackie.
Songs from all of the Jackson 5's studio albums from 1969 to 1975 are included here, as well as half of the 1976 album of unreleased material Joyful Jukebox Music.
Track listing
Soulsation! – disc three
No. | Title | Length | First appeared on |
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1. | "The Life of the Party" | 2:35 | Dancing Machine |
2. | "I Am Love" | 7:29 | Dancing Machine |
3. | "If I Don't Love You This Way" | 3:28 | Dancing Machine |
4. | "Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)" | 7:11 | G.I.T.: Get It Together |
5. | "Forever Came Today" | 6:23 | Moving Violation (1975) |
6. | "Body Language (Do the Love Dance)" | 4:07 | Moving Violation |
7. | "All I Do Is Think of You" | 3:17 | Moving Violation |
8. | "Moving Violation" (listed as "It's a Moving Violation") | 3:37 | Moving Violation |
9. | "(You Were Made) Especially for Me" | 3:28 | Moving Violation |
10. | "Honey Love" | 4:40 | Moving Violation |
11. | "That's How Love Goes" (Jermaine Jackson) | 3:27 | Jermaine (1972) |
12. | "Daddy's Home" (Jermaine Jackson) | 3:03 | Jermaine |
13. | "Just a Little Bit of You" (Michael Jackson) | 3:14 | Forever, Michael (1975) |
14. | "Love is the Thing You Need" | 3:05 | Joyful Jukebox Music (1976) |
15. | "The Eternal Light" | 3:13 | Joyful Jukebox Music |
16. | "Pride & Joy" | 3:13 | Joyful Jukebox Music |
17. | "You're My Best Friend, My Love" | 3:24 | Joyful Jukebox Music |
18. | "Joyful Jukebox Music" | 3:15 | Joyful Jukebox Music |
19. | "Love Don't Want to Leave" (Jackie Jackson) | 3:10 | Jackie Jackson (1973) | |
Soulsation! – disc four (Rare & unreleased)
- "Can't Get Ready for Losing You" (originally performed by Willie Hutch and also recorded by the Miracles) – 3:48
- "You Ain't Giving Me What I Want (So I'm Taking It All Back)" – 4:23
- "Reach Out I'll Be There" (originally performed by the Four Tops) – 3:44
- "I'm Glad It Rained" – 4:02
- "A Fool for You" (originally performed by Ray Charles) – 4:33
- "It's Your Thing" (originally performed by the Isley Brothers) – 3:40
- "Everybody Is a Star" (originally performed by Sly and the Family Stone) – 3:01
- "I Need You" (Jermaine Jackson) – 3:25
- "Ooh, I'd Love to Be with You" (*) (from the album Skywriter) – 2:46
- "Just a Little Misunderstanding" (originally performed by the Contours) – 2:40
- "Jamie" – 3:30
- "Ask the Lonely" (originally performed by the Four Tops) – 3:24
- "We Can Have Fun" – 3:21
- "I Hear a Symphony" (originally performed by the Supremes) – 2:32
- "Let's Have a Party" – 3:10
- "Love Scenes" – 2:40
- "LuLu" – 2:39
- "Money Honey" (originally performed by the Drifters) – 2:55
- "Coming Home" – 3:04
- "Ooh, I'd Love to Be with You" originally appeared on the album Skywriter, and a longer, alternate version of "I Hear a Symphony" was previously included on the Michael Jackson compilation album Looking Back to Yesterday in 1986.
- A remix of "It's Your Thing" called "The J5 in '95 Extended Remix" (5:57) was included on the one-disc condensed version of this box set called (1995).
- A different remix of "It's Your Thing" called "The J5 in '95 House Remix" (4:47) appears only on the original 1995 UK version of The Ultimate Collection, where it was titled The Very Best of Michael Jackson with the Jackson Five. When the UK collection was reissued in 2001, this was the only track removed from the compilation.
Notes and References
- Book: Where HISTORY Begins. 1995-06-03. 2023-03-27.
- Web site: Thomas. Fred. Soulsation! – The Jackson 5. AllMusic. 2019-11-10.