Side A:
1. Forever Came Today (Dozier/Holland/Holland) - 6:24
2. Moving Violation (Beatty/Shaw) - 3:37
3. (You Were Made) Especially For Me (Holland/Smith) - 3:28
4. Honey Love (Holland/Holland/Smith) - 4:40

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Tjhmtl4tCY
http://www.youtube.com/wa...UhWGX53X5A
http://www.youtube.com/wa...6Y4sbiVE1w


Great first side to the J5's last record at Motown from '75. Forever Came Today, thre last single starts if off. When I was younger, I never cared for this track as I always skipped it on Motown Legends. Now, I love it, great production. The title track is great also, that guitar is awesome and the background vocals are superb. (You Were Made) Especially For Me [no youtube] is a killer. I would have been a hit if released as a single. Honey Love is a nice end to Side A.

MV is one of their most consistent albums

bboy87 said:

The only thing that doesn't make this J5's most consistent LP is the track known as TIME EXPLOSION.

This is a very nice album. It's terrible underrated. Michael's singing was on point.

This is one J5 album that I don't have.What year is it from...1975?

SoulAlive said:

slaps SoulAlive

What you mean you don't have it? You better get down to Rasputin or Amoeba or something and go pick it up!

SoulAlive said:

Yes, it was released and recorded in 1975. It's the J5's last Motown album

bboy87 said:

Ajizzle said:

thanks for the info.

SoulAlive said:

Get out of that damn box before I get my belt

bboy87 said:

I preferred Get It Together and Dancing Machine over this, sorry!

I still feel like all the J5/MJ stuff from 73-75 is underrated. It's always been my favorite period from them. Maybe because I was born during this period and it was literally the first music I was exposed to, having 2 older sisters infected with Jacksonmania. I have this running joke that I came out of the womb sing "Dancing Machine" .

Adisa said:

Hehe, that's cute.

I too feel like this period of MJ/J5 career is highly underrated though. The songs from this period were top notch-just as good as any of their previous work or better. I also really loved how Michael's voice evolved during this period. His voice still wasn't at it's peak yet, but it was still great.
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Cinnamon234 said:

Yep. Amazing songs on Skywriter and great production on G.I.T.. "Get It Together" has always been my favorite song by them, Mike doing his best David Ruffin impersonation.

Best thing about the album was the cover. Sorry guys, but I dont like this sort of pop/rnb. It may not be as contrived as their earlier stuff, but its still pretty medicore to me. .

But, like most j5 albums, theres often 1 or 2 good song buried in the filler. "you were made especially for me" is the only one worthwhile for me. Not great, but OK.