The Jacksons: Victory (Epic)
Barney Hoskyns, NME, 4 August 1984
NO-ONE SHOULD be too surprised that Victory is not a triumph. What's happened to the Jackson household since young Wacko came of age would screw up anyone. Victory isn't bad, it's just a record which any Wet-Look Hollywood supertroupe could have made.
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