- soul, pop, ballad
- 31 min
- 10 tracks
- Motown
Ben is the second studio album by the American singer Michael Jackson, released by Motown on August 4, 1972, while Jackson was still a member of the Jackson 5. It received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Ben2:47
- 2Greatest Show on Earth2:51
- 3People Make the World Go ’Round3:17
- 4We’ve Got a Good Thing Going3:06
- 5Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool3:01
- 6My Girl3:11
- 7What Goes Around Comes Around3:34
- 8In Our Small Way3:40
- 9Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day3:23
- 10You Can Cry on My Shoulder2:40
10 tracks, 31 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Michael Jackson
- Label
- Motown
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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