# The 5th Dimension / Live!!

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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

* 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

## Singles

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

## Certifications

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