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ABC is the second studio album by the Jackson 5, released on May 8, 1970 by Motown. It featured the No. 1 singles "ABC" and "The Love You Save", and has sold up to 6 million copies worldwide. Also present on the LP were several notable album tracks, including a cover of Funkadelic's "I'll Bet You", "I Found That Girl", and "The Young Folks", originally recorded by Diana Ross and the Supremes.

Re-release
In 2001, Motown remastered all Jackson 5 albums in a "Two Classic Albums/One CD" series (much like they did in the late 1980s). This album was paired up with Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5. The bonus track was an outtake, "Oh, I've Been Blessed", a song also released on the rare 1979 outtakes album Boogie. An alternate version of the title track appears on the CD I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters released in 2009. ==Critical reception==
Critical reception
ABC received widespread critical acclaim. AllMusic stated, "Not even six months after the Jackson 5 -- Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael, and Tito -- issued their debut long-player, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 (1969), the vocal quintet returned with ABC (1970), arguably the brothers' most solid effort of the early '70s. The Jacksons' collective (and respective) talents, coupled with exemplary material and the finest behind the scenes crew Motown had to offer, were directly responsible for the enormous success that placed the LP at the crest of the R&B chart and into the Top Five of the pop survey, while the title track and the double-sided hit single "The Love You Save" b/w "I Found That Girl" all went directly to the number one position across the board". ==Track listing==
Personnel
Musicians on the song's session were uncredited, in line with Motown policy. Motown did not list session musician credits on their releases until 1971. The musicians who performed on "ABC" are believed to be as follows: • Michael Jackson – Lead vocals (1–10, 12) background vocals (11) • Jermaine Jackson – Lead vocals (1, 3–5, 10—11), background vocals (2, 6–9, 12) • Marlon Jackson – Lead vocals (3), background vocals • Tito Jackson – Lead vocals (3, 10), background vocals • Jackie Jackson – Lead vocals (3, 10), background vocals • Wilton Felder, Ron Brown and Bob West - Bass • Gene Pello, Ed Greene and James Gadson - Drums • David T. Walker, Louis Shelton, Don Peake and Willie Hutch - Guitar • Don Randi and Joe Sample - Piano • Freddie Perren - Keyboards • Jerry Steinholtz, Bobbye Hall and Sandra Crouch - Percussion ==Charts==
Charts
Weekly charts Year-end charts ==Singles==
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