Album: Ben

Artist: Michael Jackson

Release: 4 August 1972

Format: Album

Version: Standard Edition
Label: Motown
Archive: .MP3 / 320kpbs / 73MB

Ben is the second studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown Records on August 4, 1972, while Jackson was still a member of The Jackson 5. The album received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics. Ben was more successful on the music charts than Jackson's previous studio album, having charted within the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Internationally, the album was less successful, peaking at number 12 in Canada, while charting within the top 200 positions in Australia and France. Worldwide, Ben has sold a reported 5 million units. The album released one single, the title track "Ben", which was a commercial success on the music charts, topping both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the Australian ARIA charts, giving Jackson his first number 1 single, domestically and internationally. "Ben" also charted within the top 10 in other territories worldwide. "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" was planned to be released as the second single from the album, but was cancelled for unspecified reasons. Two of the album's songs were "stripped" in 2009 as part of the three-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.

HIT SINGLE:

TRACKLIST:

1. Ben
2. Greatest Show On Earth
3. People Make The World Go Round
4. We've Got A Good Thing Going
5. Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6. My Girl
7. What Goes Around Comes Around
8. In Our Small Way
9. Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day
10. You Can Cry On My Shoulder

Album: Got to Be There

Artist: Michael Jackson

Release: 24 January 1972

Format: Album

Version: Standard Edition
Label: Motown
Archive: .MP3 / 320kpbs / 109MB

Got to Be There is the debut solo studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown on January 24, 1972. It includes the song of the same name, which was released on October 7, 1971, as Jackson's debut solo single. It sold 900,000 copies in the United States and over 3.2 million copies worldwide. The album was later remastered and reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection. The title track and "Rockin' Robin" were released as singles and were commercially successful. Those two hits were back-to-back on the Hot 100 at Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, on April 8, 1972. Jackson's "I Wanna Be Where You Are" reached No. 27 on the U.S. chart on June 24, 1972.

HIT SINGLE:

TRACKLIST:

1. Ain't No Sunshine
2. I Wanna Be Where You Are
3. Girl Don't Take Your Love From Me
4. In Our Small Way
5. Got To Be There
6. Rockin' Robin
7. Wings Of My Love
8. Maria (You Were The Only One)
9. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone
10. You've Got A Friend