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Moving Violation (1975)

Where the lyrics of Moving Violation take you, and where it was really made.

This was the Jackson 5's last album for Motown, and after leaving the label the group had to take a new name, The Jacksons.

Key places

Recorded at Motown Recording Studios (1975)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded at Motown Recording Studios in Los Angeles. The point uses the city centre, so the exact building is not marked. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Moving Violation: tenth studio album by the Jackson 5
• Final studio album under the Jackson 5 name on Motown Records
• Released May 15, 1975
• Has sold 1.6 million copies worldwide
• Credited as the group's final album on Motown before moving to Epic Records

Background

• Aimed at the developing disco market
• Funk-based version of Forever Came Today became a club hit
• The B-side ballad All I Do Is Think of You became popular and frequently covered in its own right
• After release the brothers left Motown, because the label refused to let them write their own music and the group earned little album royalties
• Jermaine was the only brother to stay with Motown, judging that Motown was more capable of promoting Black music than Epic Records
• The group left Motown after its contract ended in early 1976
• The Jackson 5 name was owned by Motown, so the group changed its name to The Jacksons

Recording

• Arranged by Michael Lovesmith, Arthur G. Wright, Dave Blumberg and James Anthony Carmichael
• Vocal arrangements by Lovesmith and John Bahler
• Brian Holland produced five tracks

Cover

• Cover designed by John Kosh
• Photography credited to Jim Britt

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Gary, Indiana, in 1964 as the Jackson Brothers, managed by father Joe Jackson.
• Original lineup: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael.
• Among the first African American performers to build a following across multiple genres.

Members

• Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael Jackson; Randy joined in 1975 when the group became the Jacksons.
• Michael Jackson's solo career became the most successful of the brothers.

Career

• Signed with Motown in 1968 and became the first group to debut with four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits: "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save", and "I'll Be There".
• Achieved seventeen Top 40 singles on the Hot 100 within five years.
• Left Motown for Epic Records in 1975–1976 and renamed themselves the Jacksons, releasing albums including Destiny and Triumph.
• Reunited in 1983 for Motown 25 and released Victory in 1984; Michael and Marlon left the group afterward.
• Sold over 150 million records worldwide.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999.
• Continued to tour as the Jacksons, including the Unity Tour (2012–2013).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Aimed at the developing disco market
• Funk-based version of Forever Came Today was a club hit
• The single reached No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 6 on the R&B singles chart
• B-side ballad All I Do Is Think of You reached No. 50 on the R&B singles chart

Reappraisal

• All I Do Is Think of You became a popular and frequently covered song in its own right

Records

• Billboard 200 peak: No. 36
• Billboard R&B albums chart peak: No. 6
• Worldwide sales: 1.6 million copies

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Aiming at the developing disco market, the group's funk-based version of Forever Came Today, a 1968 Supremes single, became a club hit.
• The B-side ballad All I Do Is Think of You grew into a popular song that many artists covered.
• The brothers left Motown after the label refused to let them write their own music.
• Jermaine stayed with Motown, believing it was more capable of promoting Black music than Epic Records.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

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