Don't Take It Personal (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Don't Take It Personal

| type = studio

| artist = Jermaine Jackson

| cover = Jermaine_Jackson_Don't_Take_It_Personal_album_cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 22, 1989

| recorded = 1989

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = 46:12

| label = {{hlist|Arista|BMG}}

| producer = {{hlist|Rick Nowels|Lewis A. Martinee|Danny Sembello|David Townsend|David Z|Preston Glass|Ron Kersey|Dennis Lambert}}

| prev_title = Precious Moments

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = You Said

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Don't Take It Personal

| type = studio

| single1 = Don't Take It Personal

| single1date = September 25, 1989

| single2 = I'd Like To Get To Know You

| single2date = 1990

| single3 = Two Ships

| single3date = 1990

}}

}}

Don't Take It Personal is the twelfth studio album by the American singer Jermaine Jackson, released in 1989.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_F8RDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA269|title=The Jacksons: Legacy|last1=Jacksons|first2=Fred|last2=Bronson|date=October 24, 2017|publisher=Running Press|via=Google Books}} The title track became his second and final US R&B #1 single, and was followed by two more top 30 US R&B hits, "I'd Like to Get to Know You" and "Two Ships".

In 2012, the album was reissued by Funky Town Grooves with an extended track listing.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-take-it-personal-mw0000205750|title=Don't Take It Personal - Jermaine Jackson - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=December 26, 2017}}

|rev2 = Robert Christgau

|rev2score = C−{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2021&name=Jermaine+Jackson|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Jermaine Jackson|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=4 |page=531}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=350}}

}}

Robert Christgau wrote: "A mild-voiced journeyman whose heyday is 10 if not 20 years behind him, [Jackson]'s equally bland as love man (title hit promises they can still be friends) and stud (though he does thank six foals on the back cover)." The Calgary Herald called the album "a bunch of sappy love songs that aren't particularly good."{{cite news |last1=Obee |first1=Dave |title=DISCS |work=Calgary Herald |date=14 Dec 1989 |page=G5}}

Track listing

  1. "Climb Out" (Danny Sembello, Marti Sharron)
  2. "Don't Take It Personal" (David Conley, David Townsend, Derrick Culler)
  3. "Make It Easy on Love" (duet with Miki Howard) (Clif Magness, Peter Beckett, Steve Kipner)
  4. "So Right" (Ernie McCane, Ian Prince)
  5. "I'd Like to Get to Know You" (Bernard Jackson)
  6. "Two Ships (In the Night)" (Jermaine Jackson, Conley, Everett Collins)
  7. "Rise to the Occasion" (duet with La La) (Dennis Morgan, Rob Fisher, Simon Climie)
  8. "(C'mon) Feel the Need" (Lewis A. Martinee)
  9. "Next to You" (Clyde Lieberman, Jeff Pescetto)
  10. "Don't Make Me Wait" (Otis Stokes)

Bonus tracks (2012 reissue)

  1. "Don't Take It Personal" (Extended version)
  2. "Don't Take It Personal" (Jazzy Instrumental)
  3. "I'd Like to Get to Know You" (7" Version)
  4. "Two Ships(In the Night)" (Instrumental Remix Version)
  5. "Two Ships (In the Night)" (Lat Night Turbulence Mix)
  6. "Two Ships (In the Night)" (Extended Version)

B-side

  • Spare the Rod, Love the Child (single "I'd Like to Get to Know You")

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dont-take-it-personal-mw0000205750/credits|title=Don't Take It Personal - Jermaine Jackson - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=December 26, 2017}}

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1989)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|115|artist=Jermaine Jackson|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|18|artist=Jermaine Jackson|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1990)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1990|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 11, 2021}}

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