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Third Album

Released: September 8, 1970

Recorded: April 1970 through July 1970

Length: 37:23

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Album Details

Track Listing

I'll Be There
Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
Oh How Happy
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Can I See You In The Morning
Goin' Back To Indiana
How Funky Is Your Chicken
Mama's Pearl
Reach In
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
Darling Dear

Album Singles

I'll Be There — August 28, 1970
Mama's Pearl — January 7, 1971

Album Summary

Third Album is the third studio album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970, on September 18.

Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive No. 1 single on the US pop charts, I'll Be There, the Top 5 single Mama's Pearl, and album tracks such as the semi-autobiographical Goin' Back To Indiana and Darling Dear. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and No. 1 on both the US R&B Albums chart and on Cashbox. The release is considered one of the group's best efforts. It sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

In 2001, Motown Records remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a Two Classic Albums / One CD series. Third Album was paired up with Maybe Tomorrow.

Album Editions

Original

Released September 8, 1970

Music

I'll Be There
Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love)
Oh How Happy
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Can I See You In The Morning
Goin' Back To Indiana
How Funky Is Your Chicken
Mama's Pearl
Reach In
The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage
Darling Dear

Edition Notes: Available on LP, 8-Track, cassette, CD and digital.