Credits:

The Jackson 5

Description:

Although Dancing Machine contained a few more choice pre-disco leanings, such as “She’s a Rhythm Child” and “Life of the Party,” the emphasis began to shift to album (read: longer) tracks rather than singles. That certainly isn’t to imply that the hits had dried up. In fact, it was the persistent success of “Dancing Machine” from Get It Together that determined the direction of the album. The centerpiece of Dancing Machine is the opening track — a seven-plus minute epic titled “I Am Love.” The stunning use of counterpoint and a melange of pop music styles — ranging from soul ballad to album rock — are a tribute to the enormous flexibility of the Jackson 5. The album was so skewed toward a pop music audience that it failed to chart on the R&B charts, although it reached a most respectable number 16 on the Billboard album chart. Moving Violations is a more assured return to what was happening