April 1970 - September 1970 Other tracks from the Third Album recording sessions Autres titres issus des sessions d'enregistrements de Third Album Ask The Lonely Everybody Is A Star Darling Dear Never Can Say Goodbye One Day I'll Mary You Give Me Half A Chance After The Storm Petals Jamie Just A Little Misunderstanding All Christmas album's tracks

 

I'll Be There B/ One More Chance M 1171, 08/1970, #1 R&B, #1 Pop Mama's Pearl B/ It's Too Late To Change The Time M 1177, 01/1971, #2 R&B, #2 Pop

 

# 1 R&B, # 4 Pop

Third Album

MS 718, USA 08/09/1970

Produced by The Corporation & Hall Davis

Executive Producer : Berry Gordy

Recorded at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California.

 

Side 1
1. I'll Be There 3:35 (Berry Gordy / Bob West / Willie Hutch / Hal Davis) Produced by Bob West
2. Ready Or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide From Love) 2:30 (Thom Bell / William Hart) Produced by Hal Davis
3. Oh How Happy 2:13 (Charles Hatcher) Produced by Hal Davis
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water 5:45 (Paul Simon) Produced by The Corporation
5. Can I See You In The Morning 2:59 (Deke Richards) Produced by The Corporation
Side 2
1. Goin' Back To Indiana 3:30 (The Corporation) Produced by The Corporation
2. How Funky Is Your Chicken 2:40 (Willie Hutch / Lester Carr / Richard Hutch) Produced by Hal Davis
3. Mama's Pearl 3:01 (The Corporation) Produced by The Corporation
4. Reach In 3:20 (Beatrice Verdi) Produced by The Corporation
5. The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage 4:20 (William Smokey Robinson) Produced by The Corporation
6. Darling Dear 2:38 (Horgay Gordy / Robert Gordy / Allen Story) Produced by George Gordy & Lawrence Brown

Third Album sort en septembre 1970 alors que les Jackson 5 connaissent leurs heures de gloire. Le groupe enchaîne les shows télévisés, les concerts, et les couvertures de magazines pour ados. Le premier titre à être extrait est I'll Be There, sorti quelques semaines avant l'album, en août. Le titre deviendra la troisième plus grosse vente de Motown, derriere "I've Heard It Through the Grapewine" de Marvin Gaye, et "Endless Love" de Diana Ross et Lionel Richie.

I'll Be There sera suivi de Mama's Pearl en début d'année 1971. Deux autres singles seront exploités en dehors des USA: How Funky Is Your Chicken et Goin' Back To Indiana. L'album est truffé de reprise de chansons, on pourrra citer : une reprise de Simon & Garfunkel (Bridge Over Troubled Water), une de Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage) et une adaptation du titre gospel Oh How Happy... A noter: la présence du titre Ready Or Not, qui a inspiré la chanson du même nom des Fugees en 1996. I'll Be There sera quant à lui le premier tube de Mariah Carey en 1992.
Third Album est l'album le plus vendu du groupe, avec plus de 6 millions de copies.

Collection

Third Album Original LP, 1970, MS 718 USA	Third Album Ampex 4-track Reel to reel, 1970 M 7018 USA	Third Album EP, 6 songs, 1970 60718 USA	Third Album Ampex 8-track Tape, 1970 M 8718 USA
Third Album Original LP, 1970 STML 11174 UK	Third Album Original LP, 1970 5 C 062 91 851 Netherlands	Third Album Original LP, 1970 1 C 062 91 851 Germany	Third Album Original LP, 1970, TSM ST 60001 Italy
Estare Alli LP, 1970 TML 10019 Argentina	Third Album Original LP, 1970 SJET 8292 Japan	Third Album Reissue LP, 1975 Original series  535019 France	Third Album LP Reissue, 1981, M 5 157 V 1 USA
Third Album LP Reissue, 1982 STMS  5037 UK	Third Album CD Album, 1986 MOTD 5157 USA	Third Album CD Album, 1991 3746351572 USA	Third Album CD Album, 1993 530 160 2 Europe
Third Album Remasters CD Album, 1998 530 947 2 Europe	Third Album / Maybe Tomorrow 2 albums on 1 CD, 1986 MCD 08011 MD USA	Third Album / Maybe Tomorrow 2 albums on 1 CD, 2001 159 513 2 UK	Third Album / Maybe Tomorrow 2 albums on 1 CD, 2001 440 014381 2 USA