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Victory is the fifteenth studio album by the Jacksons. It was released by Epic Records on July 2, 1984. This was the only album to include all six Jackson brothers together as an official group.

Victory
Studio album by the Jacksons
Released	July 2, 1984 (1984-07-02)
Recorded	November 11, 1983 – May 7, 1984[1]
Studio	A&R (New York) Can-Am (Los Angeles) Evergreen (Burbank) Hog Manor Image Recorders The Ponderosa Record One (Los Angeles) Soundcastle Sunset Sound (Hollywood) The Villa Westlake (Los Angeles) Bill Schnee (Hollywood) Hollywood Sound (Hollywood) Ocean Way (Hollywood) Sunset Sound (Hollywood) Village Recorders (Los Angeles) [2]
Length	40:47
Label	Epic CBS
Producer	The Jacksons David Paich Steve Porcaro
The Jacksons chronology
18 Greatest Hits (1983) Victory (1984) 2300 Jackson Street (1989)
Singles from Victory
"State of Shock" Released: June 18, 1984 "Torture" Released: August 1984 [3] "Body" Released: October 1984 "Wait" Released: March 1985 (UK)[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Victory was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States in October 1984.[7] It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. Its most successful single, "State of Shock", peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.[8] Victory was supported by the Victory Tour, with Michael, who had recently released the world's all-time best-selling album, Thriller (1982), being prominently featured on the tour's setlist. None of the songs from Victory were performed on the tour.

Shortly after the Victory Tour ended, Michael and Marlon Jackson quit the group to pursue solo careers. Jermaine, Tito, Randy, and Jackie Jackson continued on as the Jacksons and released one more album, 1989's 2300 Jackson Street (whose title track did feature all six Jackson brothers, along with their sisters Janet and Rebbie), before splitting up.

Victory saw a digital expanded reissue on April 30, 2021 alongside other Jacksons albums.[9]

Recording

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After a successful reunion on the Motown 25 television special in 1983, Jermaine Jackson decided to return to the group, having left Motown after nine years as a full-fledged soloist. His brothers had left Motown for Epic in 1975, but despite the reunion, the brothers rarely worked together on the album; it was mainly composed of solo songs the brothers had each worked on during that time. Each brother had a solo song on the album: Michael on "Be Not Always", Randy on “One More Chance” and “The Hurt", Tito on “We Can Change the World", Jackie on “Wait" and Marlon on “Body.” Jermaine only sings co-lead vocals with Michael on "Torture". He also performs ad-libs on "Wait" and is additionally named as a background vocalist on "One More Chance" and "The Hurt". "Torture" was originally planned to be a duet between Michael and Jackie (the song's writer), but when Jermaine officially re-joined the group, he took over the parts intended for Jackie (who can still be heard during the song's chorus and ad-libs).

The album only had two videos — for the songs "Torture" and "Body" — and neither Jermaine nor Michael appeared in either one. A wax dummy of Michael from Madame Tussauds acted as a stand in for the "Torture" video.

Michael recorded "State of Shock", a duet originally recorded with Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. The duo were unable to finish the track, so Michael ended up recording a second version of the track with Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger.[10]

Artwork

Tensions reportedly grew between the brothers during the recording sessions and as a result, minimal publicity photography was done.

The album cover art was commissioned from famed illustrator Michael Whelan.[11] On the first release of the record there was a white dove on Randy's shoulder (third from left). On later issues the bird was removed.[12]

Singles

The song "State of Shock" peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, "Torture", reached No. 17, and "Body", the third single, became a moderate hit peaking at No. 47. The album peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 in the week of August 4, 1984. The fourth single, "Wait", was released in 1985 in the UK, Canada and Brazil only - it is not known to have charted anywhere, and was possibly withdrawn. The single version of "Wait" is a remix which features a slap bassline in place of the original synth bass, as well as additional lead synth - and has never been released elsewhere.

Track listing

Production

• Produced by: Jackie Jackson (track 1), David Paich, Steve Porcaro and Jackie Jackson (track 2), Randy Jackson (track 3), Michael Jackson (tracks 4, 5), Tito Jackson (track 6), the Jacksons, David Paich and Steve Porcaro (track 7), Marlon Jackson (track 8)
• Engineers: Brent Averil (track 5), Bill Bottrell (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), Tito Jackson (track 6), Tom Knox (tracks 2, 7), Bruce Swedien (tracks 4, 5)
• Assistant engineers: Niko Bolas (track 2), Ollie Cotton (track 5), Paul Erickson (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), Bino Espinoza (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), Matt Forger (track 5), Stuart Furusho (track 2), Mitch Gibson (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8), Mike Hatcher (track 4), Shep Longsdale (tracks 2, 7), Brian Malouf (track 7), Terry Stewart (track 2), John Van Nest (track 4)
• Additional recordings technicians: Allen Sides, Ann Calnan, Brent Averill, Brian Malouf, Jermany Smith, Michael Schulman, Robin Laine
• Mixing: Niko Bolas (track 2), Bill Bottrell (tracks 1, 3, 6–8), Greg Ladanyi (track 2), Bruce Swedien (tracks 4, 5)

Personnel

The Jacksons[13]

• Randy Jackson – lead vocals (track 3, 7), background vocals (tracks 1-3, 6-8), keyboards & synthesizers (tracks 1, 3, 7), percussion (track 1), drum programming (track 3), arrangements (track 3, 7)
• Jackie Jackson – lead vocals (track 1, 2), background vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-8), vocal ad libs and horn arrangements (track 1), arrangements (tracks 1, 2)
• Michael Jackson – lead vocals (tracks 1, 4, 5), background vocals (all tracks), Linn LM-1 programming & handclaps (track 5), arrangements (tracks 4, 5, 7)
• Marlon Jackson – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, Linn LM-1 programming, and arrangements (track 8), background vocals (tracks 1-3, 5-8)
• Tito Jackson – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, synthesizer programming, and arrangements (track 6), background vocals (tracks 1-3, 6-8)
• Jermaine Jackson – lead vocals (track 1), background vocals (tracks 1-3, 7)

Additional musicians[13]

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [14]	9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15]	2
Canadian Albums (RPM) [16]	1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [18]	1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	5
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [20]	5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21]	19
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22]	6
Spanish Albums (AFE) [23]	4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	4
UK Albums (OCC) [26]	3
US Billboard Top 200 Albums[27]	4
US Hot Black Albums[28]	3
Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA) [29]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[30]	Gold	35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[30]	Gold	25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[31]	2× Platinum	200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[32]	Gold	34,908[32]
France (SNEP)[30]	Gold	100,000*
Japan (RIAJ)[30]	Platinum	200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[30]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[30]	Gold	100,000^
United States (RIAA)[33]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Remastered version

A remastered version was released in July 2009 in Japan only, with cardboard sleeve (mini LP) packaging. It was part of a six-album Jacksons cardboard sleeve (mini LP) reissue series, featuring the albums The Jacksons (1976), Goin' Places (1977), Destiny (1978), Triumph (1980), The Jacksons Live! (1981), and Victory (1984).

See also

• Victory Tour (The Jacksons tour)

References

External links

• The Jackson 5 - Victory (1984) album review by William Ruhlmann, credits & releases at AllMusic
• The Jackson 5 - Victory (1984) album releases & credits at Discogs
• The Jackson 5 - Victory (1984) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

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[de] Victory (The-Jacksons-Album)

Victory ist das 16. Studioalbum der Jacksons. Es wurde am 2. Juli 1984 von Epic Records veröffentlicht und ist das kommerziell erfolgreichste Album der Gruppe. Das Album ist das erste und einzige zu dessen Zeit alle sechs Jackson-Brüder Mitglieder der Band waren. Außerdem ist es das letzte Album der Gruppe mit Leadsänger Michael Jackson als Mitglied.

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- [en] Victory (The Jacksons album)

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[es] Victory (álbum de The Jacksons)

Victory es un álbum de The Jacksons lanzado en agosto de 1984, después del álbum más exitoso del líder de la banda musical, Thriller, de Michael Jackson. El álbum alcanzó tales ventas (5 millones), que se convirtió en el más exitoso y vendido de The Jacksons contribuyendo a relanzar las ventas de Thriller hasta ser, finalmente, eclipsado por este.

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