Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Got to Be There
2. Rockin' Robin
3. Ain't No Sunshine
4. Maria (You Were the Only One)
5. I Wanna Be Where You Are
6. Girl Don't Take Your Love from Me
7. Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
8. Ben
9. People Make the World Go Round
10. Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day
11. With a Child's Heart
12. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
13. Greatest Show on Earth
14. We've Got a Good Thing Going
15. In Our Small Way
16. All the Things You Are
17. You Can Cry on My Shoulder
18. Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5
19. I'll Be There - The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5
20. Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5
21. It's Too Late to Change the Time - The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5
22. Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5, The Jackson 5

Disc 2:

1. When I Come of Age
2. Dear Michael
3. Music and Me
4. You Are There
5. One Day in Your Life
6. Make Tonight All Mine [1973 Mix][#]
7. Love's Gone Bad [1972 Mix][#]
8. That's What Love Is Made Of
9. Who's Looking for a Lover
10. Lonely Teardrops
11. Cinderella Stay Awhile
12. We're Almost There
13. Take Me Back
14. Just a Little Bit of You
15. Melodie [1973 Mix][#]
16. I'll Come Home to You
17. If'n I Was God [1973 Mix][#]
18. Happy [From Lady Sings the Blues]
19. Don't Let It Get You Down [1973 Mix][#]
20. Call on Me [1973 Mix][#]
21. To Make My Father Proud [1973 Mix][#]
22. Farewell My Summer Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90318 in Music
• Released on: 1995-03-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .32 pounds

Amazon.com
Chock full of hits and nicely assembled, this two-CD collection focuses on Michael before he left the Motown cocoon, hooked up with Quincy Jones, and changed the sound of black pop with Off the Wall. Does the relatively safe vibe and the less-than-groundbreaking nature of the music make these songs any less enjoyable or memorable? No way--especially for boomers who grew up with MJ. All the hits are here, from the chirpy smash "Rockin' Robin" to the yearning "Got to Be There" (check those high notes!) and a handful of J5 tracks (chief among them the impassioned "I'll Be There"). For fans of R&B and for Michael-maniacs, this is a must. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews

MICHAEL JACKSON - THE KILLER EARLY STUFF
First things first, Michael Jackson is a killer soul singer. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. He's got soul commin' out of every orphus in his body.

This two CD set of incredible material focuses on that early time in his career when things seemed a little more simple. You can hear it in is voice, however, that things may not be as simple as they seem.

Every cut on this CD is full of emotion, of incredible feeling. That emotion and power is what drives his music today. And what drove his music back then.

Of the 44 songs on this CD (yes, 44, an amazing smount of songs for nay compilation), not one is bad. Yes his voice may have been pubecent and girly, but listen to it and you'll see why he is a pure soul and R&B singer, first and foremost.

There are classic hits with his brothers, The Jackson 5 on here that will delite anybody.

Watch out for 'Ain't No Sunshine', 'Music And Me' and 'It's Too Late To Change The Time'. They are killer songs, worthy of buying this album alone!

Great CD for any fan at any age...

Five out of Five

even as a kid the king of pop has always had it
the man was super bad as a kid.these songs are sung with pure soul and feeling.these songs are time-less and will sound even stronger a 100 years from now.this man has been around 3 decades and is still going strong and this is where it all started.

Micheal's Ant
Herein lies the essence of a young generation that dared to finally tell why we've "Got To Be There"--and if not today then, "Maybe Tomorrow." We remember matching our affections with songs that brought out the hidden romantic within. Subsequently, this poetry in song is molded and etched in our hearts and minds. So, with a very young Micheal singing--we had a good thing going. The songs in this Anthology restores lost moments, refocuses blurred images and brings back those places that slipped away over time. As I think about it, some of us Never Can Say Goodby. If we do, we say goodbye to times that contributed to our very beings. As a result, the appeal of Micheal's ANThology far exceeds historic. They connect us to a time of wonderment, learning, and self-exploration. These songs show our feelings, and echo the sentiments of a once young and innocent love. And as most of us can recall...where there is love--"I'll Be There." These are not just good, but great songs. So, when the world is on my shoulders, and age 40 irritates me (for a brief moment in time), I remember these songs. They make me smile as I recall the words of the hopeful youth saying, "...we may not change the world in one day, but we still can change something today in our small way."