The 5th Dimension - Very Best of the 5th Dimension
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Artist: The 5th DimensionEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-05-21
Music Label: Bmg Int'l
Soundtracks:
- Up, Up and Away
- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
- Stoned Soul Picnic
- Wedding Bell Blues
- Workin' on a Groovy Thing
- (Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All
- Love's Lines, Angles, and Rhymes
- One Less Bell to Answer
- Another Day, Another Heartache
- Paper Cup
- California Soul
- Carpet Man
- Living Together, Growing Together
- If I Could Reach You
- Go Where You Wanna Go
- Sweet Blindness
- Puppet Man
- Save the Country
- On the Beach (In the Summertime)
- Blowing Away
- Ashes to Ashes
- The Girl's Song
Free Music Notes for Very Best of the 5th Dimension
Free Music Review: UP, UP AND AWAY !!!
Hit: 5 Stars
The Very Best Of The 5th Dimension has a great deal of their finest music and it makes an excellent CD for fans and newcomers alike! The 5th Dimension always performed at their very best and their fans loved every minute of their incredible music. The quality of the sound on this CD is excellent and I like that artwork very much.
The album starts with one of their best hits ever, "Up, Up and Away." Up, Up and Away" features wonderful harmonizing and they never skip a beat! The parts where the men and the women harmonize separately are very well done in particular. I love it! We then are treated to a brilliant medley of "Aquarius" and "Let The Sunshine In;" The 5th Dimension handles this as effortlessly as if it were mere breathing but of course we know it wasn't like that--their talents carried them through. The medley also makes good use of the guitars, drums and percussion--what a number! "Stoned Soul Picnic" is another gem; they do this one up right and I'm very impressed.
"Wedding Bell Blues" is a stellar tune; I didn't know the name of this tune until I got this CD but I certainly knew this tune! "Wedding Bell Blues" is very lush and they deliver this faultlessly. Excellent! "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" is another prime example of The 5th Dimension at their best; they sing and play this wonderfully and the music works wonders for this number. "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" is a major highlight of this album.
"One Less Bell to Answer" gets the royal treatment from this fine troupe; again they perform this very well. "One Less Bell to Answer" uses the chorus for a great effect and it's very memorable. "Another Day, Another Heartache" has that late 1960s/early 1970s flavor to it; and "Living Together, Growing Together" is very sweet. "If I Could Reach You" sports an elegant arrangement for the piano; and "Go Where You Wanna Go" by The Mamas & The Papas features The 5th Dimension fiddling a bit with the lyrics to put their own stamp onto this ballad--and it all holds its own very well.
"Sweet Blindness" is easily a major highlight of this CD; they never let go of a superfluous note and I'm amazed! "Puppet Man" is quite a song about a relationship; and "On the Beach (In the Summertime)" is strong in its own way. "Blowing Away" again features their outstanding ability to harmonize better than any other group I've heard--ever! Listen also for "Ashes to Ashes;" this song packs a punch and the CD ends nicely with The 5th Dimension performing "Girl's Song."
The 5th Dimension really rank high in my book for all that they gave to us; and as I wrote above this makes a great CD for their fans. Admittedly, the more diehard fan who has most or all of these tunes will need to look further for more comprehensive CD sets; but this is just the ticket for the causal fan and people who want to add to their collection.
Very Best of the 5th Dimension Poster
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. Camden. 2005.Blues Music CDs
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