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DESTINY ALBUM THE JACKSONS What are you thoughts about this wonderful and so criminally underrated album? It's a wonderful piece of music, very mature with a very folky and thoughtful lyrics. The very uptempo songs and the very personal ones like the folky Destiny, the beautiful kind of prophecy Bless His Soul and the sad tellling about loneliness That's What You Get of course the love ballad Push Me Away and the uptempo Shake Your Body, the wonderful Blame It On The Boogie and Things I Do for You.
Great album, the album where the Jacksons came togheter at last. Unfortunately so underrated. | |
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awesome album, and every brother made great contributions of importance to the album......
that peacock symbol on the back of all of the Jacksons' album, I really took it to heart | |
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Been listening to "Destiny" many times over the past week as well as bumping "That's What You Get For Being Polite" for the first time in a while. I can say I appreciate them much more than I originally did.
The Jacksons catalog in itself is overlooked (not so much underrated as overlooked) but Destiny is the one album in their discography that receives the most praise. Personally, as an album I prefer the even more overlooked and upbeat Triumph. Destiny is very well produced but the production isn't as slick nor does the vibe of the album and most of its songs stick to your bones like those of its successor, a criminally overlooked (even at the time) album. And even as someone who likes Victory, I think the album would have been much better had it combined the strengths of Destiny (songwriting) and Triumph (production) to create a project that lived up to the hype surrounding it. [Edited 9/17/15 20:28pm] | |
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In my opinion,this is the Jacksons best album.One superb song after another | |
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and it contains their funkiest jam ever,"Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)".
and rightfully so | |
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This really is their finest album.I know alot of people on this site rave over Triumph,but I think Destiny is a stronger album.Bleh. | |
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I prefer Triumph as well, due to the slicker production and more uptempo material. Destiny sounds a bit too much like it was built around Shake Your Body, although it's still an excellent album. |
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I'm pretty sure Jermaine had nothing to do with it. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Unless you count thisI love it, especially the big hit singles and Push me away. But still feel that The Jacksons is more under rated and of course Triumph, which is my favourite Jacksons album (Besides all of Michael Jackson's solo music!!!!) Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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I think Destiny has better songs.There's not a weak song anywhere on that album.
On Triumph,my favorite song is "Walk Right Now",but I don't think the other tunes are as good.One of the tracks is a rip-off of MJ's "Get On The Floor" | |
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"Heartbreak Hotel" is OK,but the lyrics are silly.SoulAlive said:
I think Destiny has better songs.There's not a weak song anywhere on that album.
On Triumph,my favorite song is "Walk Right Now",but I don't think the other tunes are as good.One of the tracks is a rip-off of MJ's "Get On The Floor" I must be crazy (you'd be right if you think so) but I'm not hearing the similarities between "Everybody" and "Get on the Floor". | |
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AND THAT MEANS??? | |
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^^^^^ This Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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One of my fave albums from anyone. There is not a bad track on it. I like this one more that Triumph, but that one is awesome too. |
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I wish Michael later on in his career had made this kind o0f music, like the one on this album, like title track. | |
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Love this album but I love Triumph more! | |
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This album and Off The Wall are the two best albums to come from this family,imo | |
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SoulAlive said: This album and Off The Wall are the two best albums to come from this family,imo I agree destiny is one of the best, at one point I loved it better than off the wall | |
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My favorite album by the Jacksons. My cousin found the cassette underneath the blechers after school and sold it to me for 50 cents. | |
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Yes, me too | |
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The underrated jam on this one is All Night Dancin'. That one always gets me moving. Especially that buildup toward the end and the finish. Yes, Lawd. Dyes Got the Answers 2 Ur ?s
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Oh the whole piece is underrated, especially the ballads (did i use in proper way the word or instead i should use specially?) | |
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SoulAlive said:
I think Destiny has better songs.There's not a weak song anywhere on that album.
On Triumph,my favorite song is "Walk Right Now",but I don't think the other tunes are as good.One of the tracks is a rip-off of MJ's "Get On The Floor" As I say, they're both excellent albums. Triumph has more of my personal favourite Jacksons tracks, though. Can You Feel It can't help but get me pumped up (especially after seeing the brothers in their post-Michael iteration in 2013/14), Your Ways really takes me places, Lovely One and Walk Right Now are great post-disco uptempo numbers, Heartbreak Hotel is one of MJ's finest 'solo' songs outside his solo albums, and I even love Jackie's funky solo turn on Wondering Who. :-D Giving it another spin now. |
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Funny how,on this site,we're always comparing those two albums | |
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I think their self-titled 1976 album is very good,too.Working with Gamble and Huff was a smart move for them.
Yes, Blues Away is a good song so is Strenght of a Man and Enojy Yourself is a masterpiece | |
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and Good Times | |
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The Jacksons is both underrated and overlooked. Very good album. If it weren't for the success of this release, I'd hate to think what would have become of the brothers. | |
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The whole album is great.Gamble and Huff gave them a very mature,invigorating sound. | |
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I love the song "Show You The Way To Go"....that song is heavenly
I bet Motown was pissed,though | |
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They leave that label,sign with Epic,and release one of their greatest albums there.214 said:
Yes, Blues Away is a good song so is Strenght of a Man and Enojy Yourself is a masterpiece All these, plus Dreamer and Style of Life. No love for the Going Places album, though? While definitely not as good as the other three albums mentioned, I think it has some standout tracks: Find Me a Girl, Different Kind of Lady and Even Though You're Gone. [Edited 9/24/15 22:33pm] Dyes Got the Answers 2 Ur ?s
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