Looking Back to Yesterday
Looking Back to Yesterday is a 1986 compilation album featuring a collection of tracks from Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5. As part of Motown's Never-Before-Released series, all songs were previously unreleased except for "Love's Gone Bad" and "I Was Made to Love Her", alternate versions were released in 1979 on the Motown compilation Boogie.[1]
| Looking Back to Yesterday | ||||
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| Released | February 11, 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1973 | |||
| Studio | Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Length | 36:46 | |||
| Label | Motown | |||
| Producer | Hal Davis (except where noted) | |||
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The album was re-released in August 1991 and re-titled Looking Back to Yesterday: A Young Michael and sold over half a million copies.[2] It was re-released again as part of Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection in 2009.
Track listing
All songs by Michael Jackson except tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 & 11 which are by The Jackson 5; all tracks produced by Hal Davis except track 6 (Merry Marcellino and Mel Larson) and 12 (Bob Crewe).
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "When I Come of Age" (recorded March 1972 – 1973, during G.I.T.: Get It Together sessions, at the Motown Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California[3]) | W.D.Parks/D.Fletcher/H.Davis | 2:37 |
| 2. | "Teenage Symphony" (recorded November 1972 – April 1973, during G.I.T.: Get It Together & Dancing Machine sessions[4]) | G.Jones/H.Davis/M.McLeod | 2:45 |
| 3. | "I Hear a Symphony" (originally recorded by Diana Ross & The Supremes; recorded January 1970, during ABC sessions) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 3:01 |
| 4. | "Give Me Half a Chance" (recorded December 1969 – June 1970, during ABC & Jackson 5: Third Album sessions, mixed 1971[4]) | C.Davis | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Love's Gone Bad" (recorded August 1972, mixed Early 1973, during Skywriter sessions;[4] originally released in longer form on Boogie) | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 3:08 |
| 6. | "Lonely Teardrops" (original version by Jackie Wilson; recorded July – August 1972) | B.Gordy/G.Gordy/T.Carlo | 2:40 |
| 7. | "You're Good For Me" (recorded December 1973, during G.I.T.: Get It Together[3]) | E.Horan | 3:15 |
| 8. | "That's What Love Is Made Of" (originally by The Miracles; recorded December 1969 & January 1970 – December 1971, during Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 & ABC sessions, mixed 1971, Got To Be There sessions & Outtake[4]) | R.Rogers/W.Robinson/W.Moore | 3:24 |
| 9. | "I Like You The Way You Are (Don't Change Your Love On Me)" (recorded March & May 1971 – 1972, during Maybe Tomorrow sessions) | W.Hutch | 2:57 |
| 10. | "Who's Lookin' For a Lover" (recorded December 1972 – 1973, during Music & Me sessions) | J.D.Hilliard/L.Ware | 2:50 |
| 11. | "I Was Made to Love Her" (originally by Stevie Wonder, recorded December 1969 & 1972, during ABC sessions) | H.Cosby/L.Hardaway/S.Moy/S.Wonder | 3:20 |
| 12. | "If'n I Was God" (originally by Bobby Goldsboro, recorded April 11 – May 1973, during Music & Me & G.I.T.: Get It Together sessions) | R.Sherman/R.Sherman | 3:02 |
Singles
"Love's Gone Bad" (b/w "I Hear a Symphony") (released as a promo single in Canada)
References
- "Michael Jackson | Looking Back To Yesterday - Motown, 1986". Jackson5abc.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- "Michael Jackson | When I Come Of Age". Jackson5abc.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
- Hello World: The Solo Motown Albums, pg. 34.
