Victory

Very enjoyable Jackson 5 music. It is a pleasure to listen to!!!

As a big time Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 fan, I must say this album in many ways gets underrated. What makes this album more special is this is the only Jacksons album that has all six brothers and it comes as the follow-up to that mega album in M.J.'s Thriller. With the fall out of the overprice in ticket sales and then M.J. and Jermaine not participating in the Torture video, I believe really hurt the album sales. Cause again Epic Records were expecting to sale at least 5 million by the end of October when it was released in July. But this record out of stars, I give it a 4 and here's why. The opener "Torture" is just great. That good base hook that throbs just gives me chills.. I call it Thriller 2. and the fact that song stalled at #17 proves to me that if Michael had done the video with his brothers it would at least been a top 5 hit. Cause again, let's face it as great as Thriller was if Mike didn't do that Thriller video.. Thriller wouldn't have sold over 40 million copies.. Cause I went back and look at the charts at that time before the Thriller video was released Thriller was slipping in sales a little.. but once that video dropped it skyrocked back to number 1 and stayed there for months.. Now back to the Victory album. Track 2 "Wait" sung by Jackie is another jam. Too bad it didn't make it as a single cause it is top ten worthy. The other great song is "One More Chance" by Randy. Such a beautiful song. The only song on this album I say is a throw away is Tito trying to sing "We Can Change the World". Other than that "State of Shock", "Be Not Always", "Body" and "Hurt" are good songs.. Don't miss out get this album. I also read that there were 9 other outtakes that were made during those Victory sessions.. Hopefully Epic will do an update of this album and release it with those outtakes.. I would love to hear them.

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This was a good album except that it sounded too disjointed. There only seemed a few songs in which all 6 brothers (yes, all 6 are together) participate. As a result, one gets the feeling that some of them (probably Michael and Jermaine) were reluctant participants and the album comes off as a Various Artists album. However, with that being said there are still some awesome tracks here. Torture with lead vocals being shared by Michael and Jermaine is an awesome R&B song and one of my all-time favorites. State of Shock is the song that did the best on the pop charts as Mick Jagger gives a good and funny performance on this one. However, my favorite song besides Torture has become the 2nd track, Wait. Produced by and featuring lead vocals by Jackie, I just love the overall feel to this song. Several members of the band, Toto, play on this song and they do a good job. All in all, pick this album up if you love R&B or if you like anything done by Michael Jackson. It's not a bad buy.

Wonderful addition to my private library.

Terrific album with all six brothers Torture with it's Pop sound and State of Shock with it's Rock sound and with a lifetime of memories. The Jackson's were without a doubt the best group of the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Whether it was Motown or CBS/Epic The Jackson's would always pull it off and make an instant classic like I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save and I'll Be There. Although there lives took different turns their music and sound will always be remembered not only by children of the 1950's and 60's but by the generation of children after that.

The Jacksons-Victory is one of the Best CDS I've Heard. Track List 1.Tourture-Catchy Song that will be stuck in your head all day! 2.Wait-Amazing song!You'll want to Moonwalk on the floor! 3.One More Chance-Great song that's catchy also! 4.Be Not Always-Awesome song from Michael! 5.State of Shock (w/Mick Jagger)-You will be jumping on your bed when you hear this song! 6.We Can Change The World-One of My Fav. Songs! 7.The Hurt-Awesome Song! 8.Body-This Song is a Great way to end this CD! You Should Get This CD!

All the Jackson Brothers shine on this one. This album was a big deal in the mid eighties and you can still play today. Michael was riding high after the success of Thriller which spawned the Victory Tour. This is the record for that tour. One of the highlights is the song "One More Chance" which Janet Jackson covered in the early nineties, pretty cool!

State of Shockマイケルジャクソンとミック・ジャガーのコラボは話題になった。 当時はミック・ジャガーとデビット・ボウイのコラボも話題になった。 ８０年代のファンクミュージックはやはりいいですね。 リズム感が神レベルのジャクソン兄弟。 ダンスミュージックは８０年代が最高ですね。

Victory è il sesto album del gruppo musicale statunitense The Jacksons pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica Epic Records il 6 luglio 1984. Quest'album segna il ritorno nella formazione del fratello maggiore Jermaine (avvenuto comunque l'anno precedente), uscito dalla band nel 1975, e quindi anche il mutare della formazione da 5 a 6 membri. Si tratta inoltre dell'ultimo album dei Jacksons a cui Michael Jackson abbia partecipato attivamente e non come guest star. L'album venne dedicato alla madre Katherine Jackson, al cantante Marvin Gaye (assassinato due mesi prima per mano del padre), a Teddy Pendergrass e ad un giovane amico, David Smithy. Dopo il successo della reunion dei Jacksons sul palco dello speciale televisivo Motown 25 nel 1983, Jermaine Jackson decise di tornare nel gruppo, lasciando la Motown dopo nove anni come solista a tutti gli effetti. I suoi fratelli avevano abbandonato la Motown per firmare per la Epic nel 1975 ma, nonostante la riunione, i fratelli raramente lavorarono insieme per l'album; fu composto principalmente da canzoni da solista a cui ciascuno dei fratelli aveva lavorato in quel periodo. Ogni fratello aveva una canzone da solista per l'album: Michael mise "Be Not Always", Randy "One More Chance" e "The Hurt", Tito "We Can Change the World", Jackie "Wait" e Marlon "Body". Jermaine, che raggiunse i fratelli solo alla fine della lavorazione dell'album, cantò solo alternando la voce con Michael su "Torture" e nei cori finali nel pezzo "Wait" ed è inoltre nominato come corista in "One More Chance" e "The Hurt". "Torture" era stato originariamente pensato per essere un duetto tra Michael e Jackie (che scrisse la canzone) ma quando Jermaine fece ufficialmente ritorno nel gruppo prese le parti destinate a Jackie (che può essere ancora sentito durante i cori e gli ad-libs della canzone). Michael registrò una demo del duetto "State of Shock" originariamente col cantante dei Queen, Freddie Mercury. Dati gli impegni di Mercury però, i due non riuscirono mai a finire le registrazioni, così Michael finì per registrare una seconda versione del pezzo col cantante Mick Jagger dei Rolling Stones. Michael Jackson registrò altre due demo con Mercury per il brano: "There Must Be More To Life Than This" (pubblicata solo nel 2014 nella raccolta Queen Forever) e la title-track "Victory" che inspiegabilmente non verrà inserita nell'album, nonostante gli diede il nome, e resterà inedita. L'album ha venduto oltre sette milioni di copie in tutto il mondo, debuttando alla posizione numero quattro della Billboard 200 e vendendo 185.000 copie nella prima settimana di vendita. Raggiunse la numero uno nella Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums di Billboard. Il 17 luglio del 1984 l'album venne certificato disco d'oro dalla BPI per le vendite di oltre 100.000 copie nel Regno Unito. Il 30 ottobre 1984 l'album venne certificato 2x platino dalla RIAA per le vendite di oltre 2 milioni di copie negli Stati Uniti. In Italia l'album raggiunse la posizione numero 12 e si piazzò al 58º posto nella classifica degli album più venduti della stagione 1984/85. Per quanto riguarda la spedizione nulla da dire, mentre delllo stato fisico dell’album non sono tanto convinto; infatti anche se la custodia non presenta segni di usura, il disco sembra usato e infatti anche il cellofan era strappato e sopratutto messo a mano.

Me encanta. Soy fan desde hace 24 años, sobre todo de michael jackson. Este CD significa mucho para mi. Vino rápido y bien empaquetado.

Estaba nuevo.

Received this cd quickly and promptly from amazon! Brought back a lot of memories from 1984....with some great tracks. State Of Shock, Torture, Wait, to name but a few. Enjoyable listen! Thanks.