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Music & Me was the third solo album by American singer Michael Jackson, released in 1973 on the Motown label, selling four million copies worldwide. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation .
Album information
The album was released during a difficult period for Jackson, who was 14 years old at the time, as he was experiencing vocal changes and facing a changing music landscape. Having been influenced by fellow Motown label mates
Marvin Gaye and
Stevie Wonder, Jackson wanted to include his own compositions on the album, but Motown refused to allow this.
Despite featuring a photo of Jackson strumming an acoustic guitar on the album cover, he does not actually play an instrument on the album. Jackson would later express his frustrations about this to his father, Joe Jackson, who would later work to terminate Michael and his brother's contract with Motown, and negotiate lucrative contracts for them with Epic Records.
Since Jackson was on a world tour with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, promotion on this album was limited. The Stevie Wonder cover, "With a Child's Heart", was released as a single in the United States, where it reached #14 on the Billboard R&B; Singles chart and #50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Two additional songs ("Music and Me" and "Morning Glow") were released as singles in the UK, but they failed to chart. Another track, "Too Young", was released as a single in Italy, while the track "Happy" was a single in Australia and "Doggin' Around" was a limited-release single in Holland. Ten years after this album's release, "Happy" was released as a single in the UK to promote Motown's 18 Greatest Hits compilation album. For the compact disc issues of the album, the text on the album was changed and the shade of green was darker.
After this release, Jackson took two years to work on a follow-up album that focused on his maturing voice which became, Forever, Michael.
Track listing
Compilation album
Music & Me is sometimes confused with a Michael Jackson compilation album of the same name that
Motown Records released in 1993. The compilation contained all the songs from the album (with the exception of "Doggin' Around"), with a few more from Jackson's other albums.
Tracklisting
#
Rockin' Robin (from
Got to Be There)
#Johnny Raven
#
Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day (from
Ben)
#Happy
#Too Young
#Up Again
#With a Child's Heart
#
Ain't No Sunshine (from
Got To Be There)
#Euphoria
#Morning Glow
#Music and Me
#All The Things You Are (Listed as "All The Things You Are, Are Mine")
#Cinderella Stay Awhile (from
Forever, Michael)
#We've Got Forever (from
Forever, Michael)
References
Category:1973 albums
Category:Albums produced by Hal Davis
Category:English-language albums
Category:Michael Jackson albums
Category:Motown albums
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