Goin' Places (The Jacksons album)

Goin' Places is the twelfth studio album by the Jacksons. It would be the last Jacksons' album released as a joint venture between Epic Records and Philadelphia International Records. Goin' Places peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 11 on the Billboard R&B albums chart and sold over half a million copies worldwide. A tour to promote the album ran from January to May 1978.

Goin' Places
Studio album by
the Jacksons
ReleasedOctober 8, 1977
RecordedDecember 1976 – August 1977
StudioSigma Sound Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Length36:52
Label
ProducerKenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
McFadden & Whitehead
Victor Carstarphen
Dexter Wansel
The Jacksons
The Jacksons chronology
The Jacksons
(1976)		 Goin' Places
(1977)		 Destiny
(1978)
Singles from Goin' Places
  1. "Goin' Places"
    Released: October 7, 1977
  2. "Find Me A Girl"
    Released: December 20, 1977
  3. "Even Though You're Gone"
    Released: January 13, 1978
  4. "Music's Takin' Over"
    Released: April 14, 1978

Release

Goin' Places was released on October 8, 1977, on Epic Records. It was the group's 13th album, and would be the last Jacksons' album released as a joint venture between Epic Records and Philadelphia International Records. By 1978, the Jacksons would record primarily with Epic and would return to mainstream success with their next album, Destiny.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff; except where noted.

Side One

  1. "Music's Takin' Over" (John Whitehead, Gene McFadden, Victor Carstarphen) – 4:26
  2. "Goin' Places" (recorded December 1976) – 4:30
  3. "Different Kind of Lady" (The Jacksons) – 4:10
  4. "Even Though You're Gone" – 4:31

Side Two

  1. "Jump for Joy" (recorded December 1976 – 1977) (Dexter Wansel, Cynthia Biggs) – 4:42
  2. "Heaven Knows I Love You, Girl" – 3:55
  3. "Man of War" – 3:13
  4. "Do What You Wanna" (The Jacksons) – 3:31
  5. "Find Me a Girl" – 4:34

Personnel

The Jacksons

Additional musicians
  • Charles Collins - drums
  • David Cruse, Larry Washington - percussion
  • Roland Chambers, Michael "Sugar Bear" Forman, Dennis Harris - guitars
  • Leon Huff, Dexter Wansel - keyboards, piano
  • Dexter Wansel, Jack Faith - arrangements
Technical

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

This is considered their lowest-selling album next to 2300 Jackson Street. The album peaked at No. 63 on the Billboard 200, and at No. 11 on the Billboard R&B albums chart and sold over half a million copies worldwide.[3]

Goin' Places spawned the disco-hit "Different Kind of Lady" written by the group. The song gave the brothers the confidence to write and produce an entire album by themselves.

Music videos

In November, 1977 the Jacksons created music videos to promote songs from their Goin' Places album.

The "Even Though You're Gone" music video features the band members sitting (Michael separated from the rest of the group) singing the song. The video features the Jacksons wearing blue tuxedos.

The “Goin’ Places” music video has the members of the band switching from a live performance to them traveling in many different ways.

Charts

Album
Chart (1977) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 45
US Hot Black Albums 11[5]
US Billboard 200[6] 63

Singles
Year Single Chart positions[7]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.K.[8]
1977 "Goin' Places" 52 8 26
1977 "Find Me a Girl" - 38 -
1978 "Even Tough You're Gone" - - 31

Tour

A Goin' Places Tour to promote the album began on January 22, 1978, and ended May 13, 1978.

Set list
  1. "Introduction"
  2. "Think Happy"
  3. "Get It Together"
  4. "Forever Came Today"
  5. "I Am Love"
  6. "Keep On Dancing"
  7. "Ben"
  8. "Never Can Say Goodbye"
  9. "Got to Be There"
  10. "Sugar Daddy"
  11. "I Wanna Be Where You Are"
  12. "I'll Be There"
  13. Medley:"I Want You Back"/"ABC"/"The Love You Save"
  14. "Find Me A Girl"
  15. "Dancing Machine"
  16. "Enjoy Yourself"

Tour dates

References
  1. Wynn, Ron. The Jacksons: Goin' Places > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 03 October 2011.
  3. Chery, Carl: XXL: Michael Jackson Special Collecters Edition, page 100. American Press.
  4. "The Jacksons Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  5. https://www.billboard.com/music/the-jacksons/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums
  6. "The Jacksons US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  7. "The Jacksons US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
  8. "The Jacksons UK Chart History". UK Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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