Ben (Album)

Occupation

  • Vocals / Backing Vocals: Michael Jackson

Ben was the second solo album of the then 13 -year-old Michael Jackson and was published on August 4, 1972, seven months after his debut album, Got to Be There.

Reception

Chart positions

The album reached number four in the pop charts and number five in the American Black Charts. In the UK, it took at least 17th place and was awarded a silver record.

Reviews

The album received generally good to mediocre reviews by contemporary music critics. Vince Aletti of Rolling Stone gave the album two out of five stars in 1972 as an assessment. For Aletti, which compares the album with the productions of the Jackson Five, "a lot more originality " has the album, but it had " nothing of the fantastic of ' Got to Be There ' or ' I Wanna Be Where You Are' ," although it " a much stronger album than the first [ Michael Jackson ] is. " According to him, Jackson put in the title song of the album " a surprising amount of feeling " in his voice.

Lindsay planners of Allmusic gave Ben four out of five stars as a rating. Schedulers see What Goes Around Comes Around as " better of Ben's profound titles" and Shoo Be Doo Be Doo Da Day while they considered to be a " winner" In Our Small Way as a "weaker contribution" on the album because the song a " hopelessly old-fashioned ' message ' " transported. Planners noted that the album " is an interesting turn, because the Motown hit machine The Corporation is not involved in " a.

Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly gave the album the note "B". Greenblatt noted that Ben's theme song a " legacy of his talent " and added that the album " will always be determined " by this song.

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