The Essential 5th Dimension

by The 5th Dimension

Overview

With their smooth blend of upbeat soul and pure sunshine pop, the 5th Dimension had a bright run of hits in the late '60s for Johnny Rivers' Soul City record label, including 1967's "Up-Up and Away," 1969's "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In," and a trio of fine covers of Laura Nyro songs with 1968's "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Sweet Blindness" and 1969's "Wedding Bell Blues." Rivers sold Soul City Records to Bell Records in 1970 and the group's recording contract transferred to Bell in the deal, and while the 5th Dimension continued to track quality material, the hits began to dry up -- they did release yet another fine Nyro song, "Save the Country," in 1970. This two-disc, 36-track set collects the best sides from the group's Soul City and Bell Records run, a period spanning 1967 to 1975. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/15/2011
Label:	Arista / Arista Records / Legacy / Legacy Recordings / Sony Legacy
UPC:	0886978270221
Rank:	5277

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Up-Up and Away
2. Another Day, Another Heartache
3. California My Way
4. Go Where You Wanna Go
5. Learn How to Fly
6. Carpet Man
7. The Girls Song
8. The Worst That Could Happen
9. Orange Air
10. Paper Cup
11. Stoned Soul Picnic
12. Sweet Blindness
13. California Soul
14. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) [From Hair]
15. Blowing Away
16. Wedding Bell Blues
17. Workin' on a Groovy Thing

Disc 2

18. One Less Bell to Answer
19. Puppet Man
20. Save the Country
21. The Declaration [From Bread, Beans & Things]/A Change Is Gonna Come/People Gotta Be Free
22. Dimension 5ive
23. On the Beach (In the Summertime)
24. Time and Love
25. Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
26. Light Sings
27. Never My Love
28. Together Let's Find Love
29. (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep At All
30. If I Could Reach You
31. Black Patch
32. Living Together, Growing Together
33. Everything's Been Changed
34. Ashes to Ashes
35. Flashback
36. No Love in the Room

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The 5th Dimension   Primary Artist
Bob Alcivar   Conductor
Bones Howe   Conductor
Jimmy Webb   Conductor
Artie Butler   Conductor

Technical Credits

David Blumberg   Arranger
Rene Deknight   Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Lamonte McLemore   Group Member
Mark Larson   Art Direction
Tony Macaulay   Composer
Steve Barri   Composer
Bob Alcivar   Arranger,Composer,Vocal Arrangement
Bones Howe   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Bill Holman   Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Jimmy Webb   Arranger,Composer
Laura Nyro   Composer
Galt MacDermot   Composer
Eddie Brigati   Composer
Felix Cavaliere   Composer
James Rado   Composer
Pat McManus   Composer
Don Addrisi   Composer
Florence LaRue   Group Member
Johnny Rivers   Producer
John Phillips   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Dick Addrisi   Composer
Marilyn McCoo   Group Member
Rob Santos   Compilation Producer
Neil Sedaka   Composer
Ray Pohlman   Rhythm Arrangements
P.F. Sloan   Composer
Mike Ragogna   Liner Notes
Artie Wayne   Composer
Alan O'Day   Composer
Glenn A. Baker   Photography
Willie Hutch   Composer
Gerome Ragni   Composer
Brian Potter   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
Paul Anka   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Billy Davis, Jr.   Group Member
Landy McNeil   Composer
Vic Anesini   Mastering
Dennis Lambert   Composer
Howard Greenfield   Composer
Roger Atkins   Composer
Marty Paich   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Ron Townson   Group Member
Artie Butler   Arranger
Will Holt   Composer
Gary Illingworth   Arranger
John Florez   Producer
D'Arneill Pershing   Arranger
Randy McNeill   Composer
Dorothea Joyce   Composer
J.W. Alexander   Composer
Michael Ochs   Photography
Mike Cimicata   Project Director
Gary W. Friedman   Composer
Julius Johnson   Composer
Walter Pedroski   Composer
Marc Gordon   Producer