Recording
After a successful reunion on the Motown 25 television special in 1983, Jermaine Jackson decided to return to the group, having left Motown after nine years as a full-fledged soloist. His brothers had left Motown in 1975. The brothers rarely worked together on the album; it was mainly composed of solo songs the brothers had each worked on during that time. While each brother has at least one solo track, Jermaine only appears on "Torture", a duet with Michael, performs ad-libs with Michael on "Wait" and is additionally named as a background vocalist on "One More Chance" and "The Hurt".
The album only had two videos—for the songs "Torture" and "Body"—and neither Jermaine nor Michael appeared in either one. A wax dummy of Michael acted as a stand in for the "Torture" video.
Michael recorded "State of Shock", a duet with Mick Jagger.
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