Michael Jackson - Music & Me (1973)

Michael Jackson - Music & Me (1973)

Tracklist front / back album covers

Side A

1. "With a Child's Heart"   3:34

2. "Up Again"   2:47

3. "All the Things You Are"   2:55

4. "Happy" (Love theme from Lady Sings the Blues)   3:19

5. "Too Young"   3:37

Side B

6. "Doggin' Around"   2:52

7. "Euphoria"   2:48

8. "Morning Glow"   3:36

9. "Johnny Raven"   3:31

10. "Music and Me"   2:35

The order of tracks 7-9 was changed in later releases. "Johnny Raven" was moved to track 7, "Euphoria" was moved to track 8 and "Morning Glow" was moved to track 9.

Music and Me compilation track listing

"Rockin' Robin" (from Got to Be There)

"Johnny Raven"

"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day" (from Ben)

"Happy"

"Too Young"

"Up Again"

"With a Child's Heart"

"Ain't No Sunshine" (from Got to Be There)

"Euphoria"

"Morning Glow"

"Music and Me"

"All the Things You Are" (listed as "All the Things You Are, Are Mine")

"Cinderella Stay Awhile" (from Forever, Michael)

"We've Got Forever" (from Forever, Michael)

Music & Me is the 3rd studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on April 13, 1973 on the Motown label. The album was reissued in 2009 as part of the three-disc compilation Hello World: The Motown Solo Collection.

The album was released during a difficult period for Jackson, who was 14 years old at the time, as he had been experiencing vocal changes and facing a changing music landscape. Having been influenced by fellow Motown label mates Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, Jackson wanted to include his own compositions on the album, but Motown refused to allow this. Jackson would later express his frustrations about this to his father, Joe Jackson, who would later work to terminate Michael's and his brothers' contract with Motown, and negotiate lucrative contracts for them with Epic Records.

Since Jackson was on a world tour with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5, promotion on this album was limited. The Stevie Wonder cover, "With a Child's Heart", was released as a single in the United States, where it reached No. 14 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and No. 50 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. Two additional songs ("Music and Me" and "Morning Glow") were released as singles in the UK, but they failed to chart. Another track, "Too Young", was released as a single in Italy, while the track "Happy" was a single in Australia and "Doggin' Around" was a limited-release single in the Netherlands. Ten years after this album's release, "Happy" was released as a single in the UK to promote Motown's 18 Greatest Hits compilation album. For the compact disc issues of the album, the text on the album was changed and the shade of green was darker.

Despite featuring a photo of Jackson strumming an acoustic guitar on the album cover, he does not actually play an instrument on the album.

The album was arranged by Dave Blumberg, Freddie Perren, Gene Page and James Anthony Carmichael and is the singer's lowest selling.