The 5th Dimension / Live!!

The 5th Dimension / Live!!
Live album by The 5th Dimension
Released	October 1971
Recorded	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue	Caesars Palace main theater
Label	Bell
Producer	Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension chronology
Reflections (1971) The 5th Dimension / Live!! (1971) Individually & Collectively (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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AllMusic

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, and No. 8 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

Track listing

Side A

1. 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)
2. "I Just Wanta Be Your Friend" (Willie Hutchison) – 3:18
3. Florence's Greeting – 0:11
4. Laura Nyro Medley (7:40)
   • "Stoney End"
   • "Stoned Soul Picnic"
   • "Sweet Blindness"
   • "Wedding Bell Blues"
   • "Save the Country"

Side B

1. "Never My Love" – 3:55
2. "Eli's Comin'" – 5:21
3. "Together Let's Find Love" – 3:31
4. "Shake Your Tambourine" – 3:40

Side C

1. 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

1. "Ode to Billy Joe" – 7:45
2. "Lamonte's Group Introductions" – 2:15
3. "Lamonte's Intro" – 0:21
4. "I Want to Take You Higher" – 6:31
5. "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" – 7:57
6. "Use Your Head" (Young) – 3:45 [CD bonus track]
7. "Monday, Monday" (John Phillips) – 2:40 [CD bonus track]
8. "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's	13
US Cashbox Top 100 Albums	33

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
1971	"Never My Love"	Billboard Hot 100	12
	"Together Let's Find Love"		37

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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."