A Jackson 5 Lover!!!

Yes I have this album.I bought it for like $[...]something dollars.Listening to the album it didn't seem like it was worth $[...]dollars.I was a bit disappointed that I spent $[...]on this Jackson 5 cd.The reason why is because,disc 2 bores me...alot!I didn't enjoy it one bit.I really regreted spending $[...]something dollars on it.Now the first disc is COOL!I enjoy that one.The only song I don't like on there is "Young Folks",that song annoys me.But everything else is cool.Everytime I get one of these best of Jackson 5 compilations,I always find a new song I begin to like,that wasn't on there original albums.For example,like "Darling Dear",that's like my favorite song on the album itself.To me it wasn't worth $[...],but if you want to hear some never before released songs,and there voices change as they got mature,get it.

Dance music for hyperactive monkeys on speed.

I'm torn between the desire to smack this kid for his shrill voice and jangly music, and the desire to shake his hand for being a phenomenal success. I'll compromise by giving this collection 5 stars but making some wisecracks. I bought this collection because I wanted a good sampling of early '70s music, and the competing CD collection "The Ultimate Collection" was missing a few charted J5 songs like "Hallelujah Day" that I wanted from that era. Therefore, short of buying an expensive box set, this was the only collection for me. Technically you can't fault anything by the Jackson 5: it's all slick production with studio musicians handling the background instruments with extreme competence. Their songwriting team was also excellent. It's just that a kid with a shrill voice and hyperactive demeanor singing songs for adults failed to do anything for me; I liked the music but not the squealing voice. Kudos to Isaac Hayes for also recognizing fundamentally good songs, and for producing an adult version of "Never Can Say Goodbye" in 1971 whose slower pace and lower voice fit the lyrics much better, although the J5 version that year was also good, and was the first J5 song I could honestly say I liked. Ditto to Mariah Carey in 1992 for doing a superior version of "I'll Be There." Conversely, I have to admit I like this Jackson 5 version of "Doctor My Eyes" better than Jackson Browne's excessively mournful version, and the J5 version also has some nice strings and chords at the end that remind me of ABC's appealing song "15 Storey Halo." Unlike in their first few years, I no longer consider the Jackson 5 a joke. It's also interesting to hear their later music become more progressive on the 2nd CD of this collection: much longer songs, hotter guitar solos, use of synthesizers and electric sitars, and so on.

The Essential Album from a Very Legendary Family Soul Group

These brothas were something else back in the day! Nobody ran the '70s better than the Jackson 5 (Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon & Michael)! These guys are true legends. ALL the joints on both CD's are the essential jams. You will understand on this set why the brothers were considered the younger Temptations of their time and how they blaze the trail for groups from New Edition to the Boys to New Kids on the Block to N Sync to B2K. Deserving of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? YOU BET YOUR SILVER DIME THEY ARE! Long live the PRINCES OF SOUL MUSIC!