The 5th Dimension / Live!! is the seventh album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, and their first live recorded album. It was released in October 1971. The 5th Dimension / Live!! reached No. 32 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Originally released as a double album on vinyl, the album was recorded by the mobile unit of Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California. Release formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel.
Two singles were released from the album in the United States: "Never My Love" b/w "A Love Like Ours" (from the previous Portrait album), which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. "Together Let's Find Love" b/w "I Just Wanta Be Your Friend" peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100,The 5th Dimension, "Together Let's Find Love" U.S. Chart Positions Retrieved January 24, 2015 and No. 8 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
Track listing Side A Love Medley (4:20) "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) "All You Need Is Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) "Have You Tried Love?" (Jimmy Webb) "I Just Wanta Be Your Friend" (Willie Hutchison) – 3:18 Florence's Greeting – 0:11 Laura Nyro Medley (7:40) "Stoney End" "Stoned Soul Picnic" "Sweet Blindness" "Wedding Bell Blues" "Save the Country"
Side B "Never My Love" – 3:55 "Eli's Comin'" – 5:21 "Together Let's Find Love" – 3:31 "Shake Your Tambourine" – 3:40
Side C Jimmy Webb Medley (6:43) "Up, Up and Away" "Paper Cup" "This Is Your Life" "The Girls' Song" "The Worst That Could Happen" "MacArthur Park"
Side D "Ode to Billy Joe" – 7:45 "Lamonte's Group Introductions" – 2:15 "Lamonte's Intro" – 0:21 "I Want to Take You Higher" – 6:31 "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" – 7:57 "Use Your Head" (Young) – 3:45 [CD bonus track] "Monday, Monday" (John Phillips) – 2:40 [CD bonus track] "Goin' Out of My Head" (Robert Weinstein, Theodore Alexander Randazzo) – 3:47 [CD bonus track]
Personnel
The 5th Dimension Marilyn McCoo – lead vocals (A4d, B1, C1d, C2), background vocals Florence LaRue – lead vocals (tracks A4a, C1c), background vocals Billy Davis Jr. – lead vocals (tracks A2, C1e, D2), background vocals Ron Townson – lead vocals (track C1f), background vocals Lamonte McLemore – background vocals (Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo sing duet on track B3)
Instrumentalists
Hal Blaine – drums Joe Osborn, Andrew "Muff" White – bass guitar Larry Knechtel – organ, electric piano, electric guitar (track C2) Isaiah Jones – piano Rudy Stevenson – guitar, harmonica (track C2) Montego Joe – congas Bob Alcivar – conductor The Nat Brandwynne Orchestra – strings
Production
Producer – Bones Howe Producer [Coordination] – Pam Vale Engineer – Bones Howe Assistant engineers – Ed Barton, John Golden, Ray Thompson
Instrumentalist and production credits originally appeared as part of the album gatefold liner notes.
Charts Album +Chart peaks for The 5th Dimension / Live!! Chart (1971) Peak position CAN RPM Top 100 Albums 26 US Billboard Top LP's 32 US Billboard Best-Selling Soul LP's13 US Cashbox Top 100 Albums 33
Singles YearSongChartPeak position 1971 "Never My Love" Billboard Hot 10012 "Together Let's Find Love" 37
Certifications
Ratings Lindsay Planer from AllMusic rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying the album was an "adequate sampling" of the songs performed. She also calls it a "dark tale [that] is unraveled before the listener's ears."
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