Dancing Machine (album)

Dancing Machine
Studio album by
the Jackson 5
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1974 (1974-09-05)
Recorded1973–1974
StudioMotown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, USA
Genre
Length32:32
LabelMotown
ProducerHal Davis, Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
The Jackson 5 chronology
The Jackson 5 in Japan
(1973) 		Dancing Machine
(1974) 		Moving Violation
(1975)
Singles from Dancing Machine
  1. "Dancing Machine"
    Released: February 19, 1974
  2. "Whatever You Got, I Want"
    Released: October 1, 1974[2]
  3. "The Life of the Party"
    Released: November 29, 1974 (UK only)
  4. "I Am Love"
    Released: December 23, 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Dancing Machine is the ninth studio album released by the Motown quintet the Jackson 5, on September 5, 1974. The album's title track was a No. 2 pop hit and a No. 1 R&B hit in the United States. The group released two additional singles from the album: the funky "Whatever You Got, I Want" and the group's last US Top 20 hit for Motown, "I Am Love".[6] To date, the Album "Dancing Machine" has sold approximately 2.6 million copies worldwide.[7]

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  2. ^ Soulsation! (1995), liner notes
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
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  6. ^ Brown, Geoff (1996). The Complete Guide To The Music of Michael Jackson & The Jackson Family. New York City, New York: Omnibus Press. pp. 29, 30. ISBN 0-7119-5303-1.[permanent dead link]
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