Victory (album)
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Production
- Produced by: Jackie Jackson (Track 1), David PaichDavid PaichDavid Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...
, Steve PorcaroSteve PorcaroSteven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto....
& Jackie Jackson (Track 2), Randy Jackson (Track 3), Michael Jackson (Tracks 4 & 5), Tito Jackson (Track 6), The Jacksons, David PaichDavid PaichDavid Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...
& Steve PorcaroSteve PorcaroSteven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto....
(Track 7), Marlon Jackson (Track 8) - Engineers: Brent Averil, Bill Bottrell, Tito Jackson, Tom Knox, Bruce Swedien
- Assistant Engineers: Niko Bolas, Ollie Cotton, Paul Erickson, Bino Espinoza, Matt Forger, Stuart Furusho, Mitch Gibson, Mike Hatcher, Shep Longsdale, Brian Malouf, Terry Stewart, John Van Nest
- Mixing: Niko Bolas, Bill Bottrell, Greg Ladanyi, Bruce Swedien
Personnel
- Randy Jackson: Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards, Synthesizers
- Jackie Jackson: Vocals, Horn Arrangements
- Michael Jackson: Vocals, Claps & Linn programming
- Marlon Jackson: Vocals, Keyboards & Linn programming
- Tito Jackson: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Synthesizers, Synth-Programming, Drum Programming
- Jermaine Jackson: Vocals
Additional personnel
- John Barnes, Michael BoddickerMichael BoddickerMichael J. Boddicker , is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. Three times N.A.R.A.S. Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a Grammy as a songwriter for Imagination from Flashdance in 1984...
, David Ervin, Derek Nakamoto, David PaichDavid PaichDavid Frank Paich is a session musician, keyboard player, recording producer, arranger, vocalist and main composer of the Los Angeles-based rock/pop band Toto. David is the son of the late jazz composer, musician, and arranger Marty Paich...
, Steve PorcaroSteve PorcaroSteven Maxwell "Steve" Porcaro is an American keyboardist and composer, who was an original member of the rock/pop band Toto....
: Keyboards - Lenny CastroLenny CastroLenny Castro is an American freelancing percussionist in the studio recording industry in the Los Angeles area.-Early life:Castro is a percussionist of Puerto Rican descent and was born and raised in New York City. His father, Hector Castro, played the keyboard in a Latin style and gave his son...
, Paulinho DaCosta: Percussion - Jonathan Moffett, Jeff PorcaroJeff PorcaroJeffrey Thomas "Jeff" Porcaro was an American session drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award winning band Toto. Porcaro was one of the most recorded drummers in history, working on hundreds of albums and thousands of sessions...
: Drums - Nathan EastNathan EastNathan Harrell East is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from the University of California, San Diego...
, Louis Johnson: Bass - Steve LukatherSteve LukatherSteve "Luke" Lukather is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer best known for his work with the rock band Toto. Lukather has played with many artists, released several solo albums, and worked as a composer, arranger, and session guitarist on more than 1,500 albums...
, Greg Poree, Jack Wargo, David Williams, Greg Wright: Guitars - Gayle Levant: Harmonica
- Murray Adler: Concert Master
- Jerry HeyJerry HeyJerry Hey is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Thriller and the distinctive flugelhorn solo on Dan Fogelberg's hit Longer....
: Trumpet, String & Horn Arrangements - Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
: Vocals on "State Of Shock" - Robin Renee Ross: Viola
Singles
The song "State of Shock" peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. The second single, "Torture", reached #17, and "Body", the third single, became a moderate hit peaking at #47. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
in the week of August 4, 1984
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...
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Outtakes
- "There Must Be More to Life Than This" (Freddie Mercury) - (Two versions, a Jackson solo cut with Freddie Mercury at the Piano and a version sung by Jackson and Freddie Mercury)
- "Doing Dirty" (Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson)
- "Far Far Away" (Michael Jackson)
- "Power" (Jackie Jackson)
- "Bad Company" (Michael Jackson)
- "Pyramid Girl" (Michael Jackson) - (Early version of "Liberian GirlLiberian Girl"Liberian Girl" was the ninth single to be released from Michael Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The song was written as early as 1983 and was among those considered for The Jacksons' Victory album. It was reworked and rewritten for Bad...
" by Michael Jackson, later recorded for his BadBad (album)Bad is the seventh studio album by American songwriter and recording artist Michael Jackson. The album was released on August 31, 1987 by Epic/CBS Records, nearly five years after Jackson's previous studio album, Thriller, which went on to become the world's best-selling album...
album and released as a single) - "Nona" (Jackie Jackson)
- "State Of Shock" (Michael Jackson, Randy Hansen) - (Demo version of the song of the same name,but recorded with Freddie Mercury instead of Mick Jagger )
- "Born to Love" (Michael Jackson)
- "Still in Love with You" (Michael Jackson)
- "Tender" (Michael Jackson)
- "Buffalo Bill" (Michael Jackson)
- "Where Do I Stand" (Marlon Jackson)
- "Victory" (Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury) - (Three versions, a Jacksons solo cut, a version with Freddie MercuryFreddie MercuryFreddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
and a version with the whole QueenQueen (band)Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
band)
Chart positions
| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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| U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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