HAPPYPERSON said:

un·sung

adjective \ˌən-ˈsəŋ\ : not given attention and praise that is deserved for doing good things








The Jacksons' best output. It's crazy that these two albums are not celebrated similar to the likes of Stevie Wonder's Innervisions & Songs in the Key of Life, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On & Let's Get It On, MJ's Off The Wall & Thriller, and Janet's Control & Rhythm Nation 1814 in the music world. They are only known for the Motown hit singles and a couple of singles on Epic.

Your post is 100% on point because those 2 Jacksons albums are as every bit as great as all the other albums you've mentioned and it features some of MJ's best vocal performances ever. Musically, those albums I think are even right up there with Off The Wall and Thrillers in regards to MJ lettin' loose to really do his thing how he wants to do it and especially how Randy's songwrting with MJ really showcased his range and musicality in a way that superseded anything he's done with the original J5 incarnation. Those two albums are near and dear to my heart and I love the fact that there's someone else out there who really gets it. Listen to "Push My Away" and "Lonely" back-to-back and you'll see the connection between MJ and JJ. Thanks for sharing this. Made my birthday that much sweeter..

I think the 2 Gamble & Huff albums are more ignored and less known than Destiny & Triumph. They weren't really big hits when they were originally released, especially Goin' Places. The self-titled one did have a couple of hit singles on the R&B chart, one of which was a Top 10 pop hit.

MickyDolenz said:

I think the 2 Gamble & Huff albums are more ignored and less known than Destiny & Triumph. They weren't really big hits when they were originally released, especially Goin' Places. The self-titled one did have a couple of hit singles on the R&B chart, one of which was a Top 10 pop hit.

Their first on CBS was a pretty big seller for a soul album. I don't think soul albums were doing big pop numbers unless you were Diana Ross, Marvin, Stevie or Aretha or P-Funk or EWF back then. Albums in the top 20 pop side

The Jacksons were doing about as good as the O'Jays, Spinners, Barry White, Johnnie Taylor in 1976. Albums between 21-40 on the pop charts.

were these 2 albums really "unsung"? I seem to remember that these albums were HUGE back in the day.Destiny especially.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

MickyDolenz said:

I think the 2 Gamble & Huff albums are more ignored and less known than Destiny & Triumph. They weren't really big hits when they were originally released, especially Goin' Places. The self-titled one did have a couple of hit singles on the R&B chart, one of which was a Top 10 pop hit.

Their first on CBS was a pretty big seller for a soul album. I don't think soul albums were doing big pop numbers unless you were Diana Ross, Marvin, Stevie or Aretha or P-Funk or EWF back then. Albums in the top 20 pop side

The Jacksons were doing about as good as the O'Jays, Spinners, Barry White, Johnnie Taylor in 1976. Albums between 21-40 on the pop charts.

You forgot about these guys too!

This song is such a gem!

HAPPYPERSON said:

This song is such a gem!

I loveeeeee this song!!! Gem indeed!