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My but how tne Jackson 'Five have grown. From their early bubblegum days when

they surpassed only the Archies in producing ser-

f ious music, to the funk- ified dancemasters they

‘ are now, the 35 have nearly come full circle. Nearly. One can periodically glimpse a remnant of teenybopper production, but this is not to say that the album contains much bubblegum - pop. The main album stren— gth lies in the dance beat supplied by organ - crarinet drum interplay and only ‘- occasionally does a hint of tailor made pop show up.

Whereas "Dancing Machine"

falls short of their in— credible "Get it Together" it easily surpasses all their other works. The J5 ’ have learned well’from’ Motown masters Diana Ross

' and Stevie Wonder. Much

of the credit must go to the Motown production— arranging team.

"I am LoVe" opens side

oneqwith a slow moody down—

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beat that soon blossoms into a Rare Earth style rave up. Very tasteful production highlights the Z230 of this song, and who ever plays clarinet (no_ credits are given) could make Stavie Wonder sit up and take notice. All this ,~blended with a scorching* guitar and Michael Jack- son's soulful high vocals make the song an album. treat. "Whatever you got i ' want" is mainly a horn sp— iced pop tune showcasing” MicHael Jackson. "She's a. rhythm child" picks up the dance beat again (thanks to some very fast conga work)and easily reminds of, "Dancing Machine" which closes side one. This is the same version of "Danc— ing Machine" which sold a million plus copies, got the "Get it together" album off the ground and caused large scale dancing in the _street a few months back. A great disco song, "Danc— ing Machine" still retains the funky charm it had a

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short while ago. No doubt this is the reason why Motownanot only included the song in this collection but titled the album after it. Either that or Motown had a great lack of respect for any of the other mat— erial on the L.P. and used it only to establish the album immediately. It succ— eeds on both counts.

"Life of the Party" opens sidettwo with some fiesty Shaft style guitar and strong conga work once ag— ain. A great dance tune although the lyrics aren't

r,going to change the course

of the world. All you gotta do is _ dance, dance, dance All you gotta do is,clap

your hands, hands, hands

you'll be the life of the Party, yeh, yeh,‘yeh Let's get down,down,down do we do we bop, bop, bop Still only a slight remnant though. J "If I don't love you this way" and "It all begins and ends with love" are

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slow moody ballads done in the typical Motown vain, " Michael Jackson turns 93mg;

‘tight mournful croonifigvf

here that would make Eddie

'Kendricks proud.

"The mirrors of my mind" wraps up the album with a return to the funky dance beat. More tight conga work and wah wah guitar bursts dominate the cut. The only "

‘problem is that the song

is only 3:04 long.

As for the Jackson Five; Michael Jackson's voice is getting stronger and more soulful, the instruments

'are getting tighter espec-

ially guitar, and the Mo— town production team is top notch. Maybe on the next album the J5 can join Stevie Wonder at the top. But they've still got plenty of time left to get there.

Kip & CIMN staff.

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Last week we had meant to review all the snack- places in Charlottetown.', However due to acmisunder- standing, only about half .of the article was printed. Therefore this week the're-y

ainder of the article will e prinfiéd as a continuat- on. ‘ -

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We wanted to do a review

of Captain Submarine, but

"for reasons not made clear to us, we were told not to review the place. While unable'to suppress our cur— iosity about these reasons, we decided that it was a ' free country and the owner had the right to dig his own grave,

At the Dairy Queen,.we noticed the cleanliness of the establishment and the _riendlinegs of the employ— ées.,Since$the Dairy Queen

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is noted for its ice cream we decided on a cone, a banana split and a milk’ shake. Having told the man- ager that we were reviewing the establishment, one can understand his embarrasment when he told us there were no bananas for the split. We ordered a sundae and" [found it to be quite good.“ The "Brazier" burgers are good, but the prices are ridiculously high, as are the rest of the prices.

To move from high prices to low prices‘we then did the U.P.E.I. coffee shop in the barn. For our meal on Thursday we had steak with fries and mushrooms,

p»and beer.'It was surprising_

to find such good quality for such a low price. How- ever the Barn triES and succeeds reasonably well, in Serving high quality

c.linrlottotown

low prices. The service

is usually good and we found the facilities to be quite clean.-Although the decor leaves a bit to be called for, you can usually find a few friends in there, and the music is good. We feel the Coffee Shop to be an appropriate name, since ’ it is best-known for its

[coffee. This is not meant

as a compliment.

As a venture by the Stud— ent Union we find it to be one of the most successful on campus. The food is

‘good, the pfices extremely

low,fthe service adequate and the facilities clean. , To end the review on a positive note, we will

.discuss Burger World, an

Island owned enterprise which opened up on Univer-

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ago. We found it to have the tastiest burgers of any we had tried yet. The cook Who is also the owner, told us that he ground all his own beef each day. We noted that it was very clean and quite distinctive in appearance. The prices at first glance appeared

I a bit high, but after eat— ing there we decided that in.view of the excdl‘lnt quality, they were justif—y ied. The most enjoyable thing about Burger World was the service. Not that it was unusually fast, but the fact that the owner seems to know everyone by name or face and carries on a friendly conversation with all or any of his customers.

Next week - MCLaugnlinls.