The Jacksons
Victory

THE REVIEW

I got the idea for this review while listening to "I'll be There" by the then Jackson5, discovering how music can convey emotions with so much simplicity.

It must be said that more or less all the songs by the Jacko group manage to accomplish this rare and difficult feat. This doesn't happen in this album where the group, led by Michael and renamed "The Jacksons" after the transition from Motown to Epic Records due to copyright issues, indulges in heavy sounds, creating songs without charisma that inexorably induce the listener to change the track. The only ones worth saving are "Torture", "One More Chance" and certainly the most famous and engaging song of the album: "State of Shock", a track where Michael duets with an acceptable Mick Jagger behind electric guitar solos.

In conclusion, it's up to MJ again to save his brothers from the oblivion they will gradually reach as time passes, also due to the fact that their former leader was increasingly establishing himself with hits the likes of 'Thriller' or 'Bad'. To purchase the album, you must be a fan or at least a sympathizer of Michael&Co.

Who knows what would have happened if the most talented member had been Tito, Jackie, Marlon, or Jermaine...