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Forever, Michael is the fourth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown Records on January 16, 1975. The album is credited as having songs with funk and soul material. Eddie Holland, Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Freddie Perren, and Sam Brown III served as producers on Forever, Michael. It is the final album before Jackson's solo breakthrough with his next album, Off the Wall (1979).

Forever, Michael
Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released	January 16, 1975
Recorded	October–December 1974
Genre	Soul[1] Philadelphia soul[2]
Length	33:36
Label	Motown
Producer	Eddie Holland Brian Holland Hal Davis Freddie Perren Sam Brown III
Michael Jackson chronology
Music & Me (1973) Forever, Michael (1975) The Best of Michael Jackson (1975)
Singles from Forever, Michael
"We're Almost There" Released: February 6, 1975 "One Day in Your Life" Released: March 20, 1975 "Just a Little Bit of You" Released: April 29, 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[1]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[4]
The Village Voice	A−[5]

Except for the peak position of number 101 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart and number 10 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart, both in the United States, Forever, Michael failed to chart in other countries. Unlike Jackson's previous studio albums, the album was not commercially successful worldwide. However, Forever, Michael was generally well received by contemporary music critics. As part of promotion for the album, three singles were released from Forever, Michael, all of which were moderate commercial successes on the US Billboard Hot 100 and other music charts worldwide.

In 1981, Motown released a compilation album of the same name, One Day in Your Life, named after the third track off of Forever, Michael, and released One Day in Your Life as a single, which went to number one in the United Kingdom, becoming the sixth best-selling single of 1981 in the country. Songs from the album were reissued in 2009 after Jackson's death in June of the same year as part of the 3-disc compilation album entitled, Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.

Album information

The album was Jackson's fourth as a solo artist and would end up being his final album released with Motown before he and his brothers, the Jackson 5 (save for Jermaine, who would remain with Motown until 1983) left for CBS Records after the release of their tenth album, Moving Violation. This album displayed a change in musical style for the 16-year-old, who adopted a smoother soul sound that he would continue to develop on his later solo albums for Epic Records, the label he would record on for the rest of his life. The album is also credited as having songs with funk elements.[1][2][6]

Most of the tracks were recorded in 1974, and the album was originally set to be released that year. But because of demand from the Jackson 5's huge hit "Dancing Machine", production on Jackson's album was delayed until the hype from that song died down. In 1975, Motown launched a joint promotional campaign with Forever, Michael and Moving Violation.[7]

The album helped return Jackson to the top 40, aided by the singles "We're Almost There" and "Just a Little Bit of You", both written by the Holland Brothers (Eddie and Brian) of Holland–Dozier–Holland.

In 1981, Motown released compilation album of the same name, to capitalize off the success of Jackson's Off the Wall on Epic. The single went to number one in the UK, becoming the 6th best-selling single of 1981 in that country.[8]

This is the only Jackson studio album that does not share a name with one of the songs on the album (not counting the posthumous 2010 album Michael).

Although his voice was already showing signs of changing on his previous album Music & Me two years earlier, this was also the first album to feature Jackson as a tenor rather than a boy soprano.

The compact disc version of the album removes the white border around the photograph of Jackson from the album cover, and instead makes the image larger so that the background cannot be seen. Furthermore, the "Forever, Michael" text is changed to more simple text which lists both "Michael Jackson" and "Forever, Michael" in a different font.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[9]

• Michael Jackson – lead and background vocals
• David Blumberg - arranger
• Jim Britt – photography
• Hal Davis – producer
• L.T. Horn – engineer, mixing
• Eddy Manson – arranger, producer
• Freddie Perren – arranger, producer
• Sam Brown III – arranger, producer
• Russ Terrana – mixing
• Arthur G. Wright – arranger

Charts

Charts (1975)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	101
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11]	10

Sales and certifications

Certifications for Forever, Michael

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States	—	100,000[12]

References

External links

• Forever, Michael at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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[de] Forever, Michael

Forever, Michael (engl. für: „Für immer, Michael“) ist das vierte Soloalbum des damals sechzehnjährigen US-amerikanischen Sängers Michael Jackson und das letzte offizielle Album, das er für die Plattenfirma Motown Records aufgenommen hat.[2] Das Album wurde in den USA mehr als 100.000 als verkauft.[3]

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- [en] Forever, Michael

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[es] Forever, Michael

Forever, Michael —en español: Por siempre, Michael — es el cuarto disco de Michael Jackson como solista y que terminaría por ser su último álbum con Motown en libertad. Este álbum muestra un cambio en el género musical de los diecisiéte años de edad, quien adoptó un sonido más Soft Soul que iba a seguir desarrollando en sus discos en solitario después de Epic Records.

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[ru] Forever, Michael

Forever, Michael (с англ. — «Навеки, Майкл») — четвёртый студийный альбом американского поп-певца Майкла Джексона. Альбом был выпущен 16 января 1975 года лейблом Motown. Во всём мире было продано более полутора миллионов экземпляров[2]. В него вошли десять песен. Альбом был переиздан в 2009 году как часть состоящей из трёх дисков компиляции «Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection».

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