Dancing Machine (The Jackson 5 album)

Dancing Machine
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1974 (1974-09-05)
RecordedApril 1973 – July 1974
StudioMotown Recording Studios, Hollywood, California, USA
Genre
Length32:32
LabelMotown
ProducerHal Davis, Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino
The Jackson 5 chronology
The Jackson 5 in Japan
(1973)
Dancing Machine
(1974)
Moving Violation
(1975)
Singles from Dancing Machine
  1. "Dancing Machine"
    Released: February 19, 1974
  2. "Whatever You Got, I Want"
    Released: October 1, 1974
  3. "The Life of the Party"
    Released: November 29, 1974 (UK only)
  4. "I Am Love"
    Released: December 23, 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record GuideB+
Rolling Stone

Dancing Machine is the ninth studio album released by the Motown quintet the Jackson 5, on September 5, 1974. The album's title track was a No. 2 pop hit and a No. 1 R&B hit in the United States. The group released two additional singles from the album: the funky "Whatever You Got, I Want" and the group's last US Top 20 hit for Motown, "I Am Love". To date, the album has sold approximately 2.6 million copies worldwide.