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Track Listing
1. Up, Up and Away
2. Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In
3. Stoned Soul Picnic
4. Wedding Bell Blues
5. Workin' on a Groovy Thing
6. I Didn't Get to Sleep at All, (Last Night)
7. Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
8. One Less Bell to Answer
9. Another Day, Another Heartache
10. Paper Cup
11. California Soul
12. Carpet Man
13. Living Together, Growing Together
14. If I Could Reach You
15. Go Where You Wanna Go
16. Sweet Blindness
17. Puppet Man
18. Save the Country
19. On the Beach (In the Summertime)
20. Blowing Away
21. Ashes to Ashes
22. Girl's Song, The
| Details | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Between 1967 and 1973, the 5th Dimension enjoyed 29 U.S. hit singles on the Soul City and Bell labels. This compilation selects all of their Top 40 hits (bar two live tracks) and tops up the running order with five lesser hits. Top-notch material by Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro, Neil Sedaka and Bacharach & David is rendered as exquisite harmony pop by the vocal group and their producer Bones Howe.
Although "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" (from the musical "Hair") and Nyro's "Wedding Bell Blues" were the chart-toppers, Webb's "Up, Up And Away" is the archetypal 5th Dimension sound. That the songs still sound remarkably fresh is due to the avoidance of formulaic writing, with no one writer or team being allowed to dominate. From the first hit, tellingly a cover of the Mamas & The Papas' "Go Where You Wanna Go," via material by Tony Macaulay, Sloan & Barri, and Ashford & Simpson, the quality never diminishes.
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