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Forever, Michael

Studio album by Michael Jackson
Released
 January 16, 1975
Recorded
 1974-1975
Genre
 R&B, soul, pop/rock[1]
Length
 33:36
Label
 Motown
Producer
 Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Hal Davis, Freddie Perren, Sam Brown III
Professional reviews
Michael Jackson chronology
Music & Me
(1973)
 Forever, Michael
(1975)
 The Best of Michael Jackson
(1975)

Singles from Forever, Michael
  1. "We're Almost There"
    Released: February 1975
  2. "Just a Little Bit of You"
    Released: April 1975
  3. "One Day in Your Life"
    Released: June 1975 (UK only)
Forever, Michael is the fourth solo album by American singer Michael Jackson, released by the Motown label in 1975 selling 1.5 million copies worldwide. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the 3-disc compilation 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) left for CBS Records a year later. This album displayed a change in musical style for the sixteen-year-old, who adopted a smoother soul sound that he would continue to develop on his later solo records for Epic Records.
Most of the tracks were recorded in 1974, and the album was originally set to be released that year. However, 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.
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 "One Day in Your Life" as a single, coupled with the One Day in Your Life compilation album release, to capitalize off Jackson's Off the Wall success on Epic. The single went to number one in the UK, becoming the 6th best-selling single of 1981 in the UK.

Track listing

#
 Title
 Writer(s)
 Length
1.
 "We're Almost There"
Holland/Holland
 3:42
2.
 "Take Me Back"
Holland/Holland
 3:24
3.
 "One Day in Your Life"
Armand/Brown
 4:15
4.
 "Cinderella Stay Awhile"
Sutton
 3:08
5.
 "We've Got Forever"
Willensky
 3:10
6.
 "Just a Little Bit of You"
Holland/Holland
 3:10
7.
 "You Are There"
Brown/Meitzenheimer/Yarian
 3:21
8.
 "Dapper Dan" (freestyle)
 D. Fletcher
 3:11
9.
 "Dear Michael"
Davis/Willensky
 2:35
10.
 "I'll Come Home to You"
Perren/Yarian
 3:02

Trivia

  • This is the only Michael Jackson studio album that doesn't share a name with one of the songs on the album.