Very Best of the Jacksons

The entire 2nd disc is all "The Jacksons" (CBS generation) totalling 16 tracks. That's actually more than the "Essential Jacksons" or any other compilation has. I did a lot of research and from what I found there's no compilation of the CBS recordings with more tracks than this one. All 7 albums by "The Jacksons" are represented. My favorite is 'Torture.' The first disc has 10 "Jackson 5" songs representing 7 albums as well as 6 Michael Jacksons solo tracks representing 4 albums. Please beware when importing into iTunes, the default has "Ain't No Sunshine" as by "Jackson 5." This is incorrect, it's actually Michael Jackson solo so be sure to modify that. Excellent compilation!

'The Very Best Of The Jacksons' (2004) is the BEST 'sampler' anthology (featuring 32 Tracks) for fans of the Jackson 5 / Jacksons. I was impressed with the fact that BOTH Universal & Sony allowed many of the hits from the Brother's Motown (Disc 1) & Epic (Disc 2) eras to be featured in this 2 CD set. Since this set was so affordable (less than $5!), I'm willing to look past the few glaring omissions and failure to present songs in chronological order. It would've bee nice to have a few rarities here, but I appreciate the nice booklet which features photos, track info and a nice essay by Geoff Brown. 'The Very Best Of The Jacksons' design & color scheme mirror Michael Jackson's 'Number Ones' CD, and make it a great companion set for those who purchased that CD the previous year (2003). Enjoy

Fantastic album it truly is their best album no doubt about it the jacksons never disappoint

Really enjoying all their songs and how Micheal Jackson singing voice is amazing from a kid and up ! Loving it

I didn't even know there was a 'Best Of' CD available for the masses! I thank my lucky stars for stumbling upon it. You won't miss a beat since the album covers quite a lot with the group before during and after The King Of Pop's meteoric rise. So ... 'Enjoy Yourself' and 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' ... sorry, I couldn't resist!

Love cd

This is all you will need from the Jackson 5 or the Jacksons. All the hits are here and some interesting guests on a few singles. Best compilation out there at this time, so give it a shot.

I culled my faves from this and gave it away. It's worth it though to get all my favorite childhood songs, including the Best Love Song Ever (about a RAT!!!) "Ben", when Micheal was still semi-normal. A haunting ballad by a pint-sized James Brown. Brilliant. But there is a lotta crap on here too. You have been warned.

nice songs love it

Ich wollte eine "best of" und die habe ich bekommen.

Le Best of est génial

Michel Jackson è un mito e le sue canzoni pure...gran CD

Only a couple of months ago, Sony issued "The Essential Jacksons" as part of its erratic tribute/greatest hits series. That was the first time the group's Epic (the label, though the adjective applies as well) output was ever anthologized on CD. This 2-disc set appears to be a major upgrade. Not only does it correct "Essential"'s glaring omission of "Torture" but includes most of not only the J5's, but also Michael's Motown solo hits. (I assume any further repackaging's of Jacko's solo hits at CBS--and you know eventually there will be several--will need to be a separate marketing event.) I believe a few of the boys' Motown mid-level hits have been left off; also, Jermaine's early hit on the label ("Daddy's Home") has not been permitted to rub elbows with Michael's hits. But Motown has already put those tunes out about fifty times already; having the highlights of Jacksons' CBS years in one place is big news. P.S.: (I'll never get to mention this anywhere else.) The third single from 1984's "Victory" was "Body." Maybe by this time this was released there was finally burnout over all things Jackson, because even though Michael did not sing lead on this, the song missed our Top 40 (yep, I'm a colonist). However, Jacksonmania was so out of control back then that the tune was programmed into a plastic wrist watch for children. So I'm in a store one day in '84, and this innocent little beeping melody, the words to which are roughly, "Girl I want your body, you know I need your body..." emanates from a six-year-old kid's watch. (I forgot how I knew he was six.) The effect was creepy, so I'm kind of glad "Body" is missing from the above track listing. P.P.S.: I suspect the watch is now going for fifty bucks on e-Bay.