The 5th Dimension

The 5th Dimension
	The 5th Dimension nel 1969
Paese d'origine	Stati Uniti
Genere	Pop; Rhythm and blues; Soul; Jazz; Sunshine pop
Periodo di attività musicale	1966 – in attività
Etichetta	Soul City, Imperial Records, Arista Records, Motown
Album pubblicati	19
Studio	13
Live	2
Raccolte	4 6 volte vincitori ai Grammy awards
	Sito ufficiale

I The 5th Dimension, anche riportato con la grafia The Fifth Dimension, sono un gruppo musicale statunitense di musica pop, R&B, soul e jazz.

Storia

The 5th Dimension hanno avuto una certa notorietà tra la fine degli anni sessanta e l'inizio degli anni settanta, grazie soprattutto alle canzoni Up, Up and Away e Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In^[1] che arriva in prima posizione nella Billboard Hot 100 per sei settimane e Wedding Bell Blues - uno dei tre grandi hit del gruppo scritti da Laura Nyro (gli altri furono Stoned Soul Picnic e Sweet Blindness) - per tre settimane, contenute nell'album The Age of Aquarius.

La formazione originale includeva Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore e Ron Townson.

Discografia

Album

Up, Up and Away (1967) - US #8
The Magic Garden (1967) - US #105
Stoned Soul Picnic (1968) - US #21
The Age of Aquarius (1969) - US #2
Portrait (1970) - US #20
The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits (1970) - US #5
The July 5th Album (1970) - US #63
Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes (1971) - US #17
Reflections (1971) - US #112
The 5th Dimension/Live!! (1971) - US #32
Individually & Collectively (1972) - US #58
Greatest Hits On Earth (1972) - US #14
Living Together, Growing Together (1973) - US #108
Soul & Inspiration (1974) - US #202
Earthbound (1975) - US #136
Star Dancing (1978)
High On Sunshine (1978)
The Very Best Of 5th Dimension (1982)
In the House (1995)
Live! Plus Rare Studio Recordings (2001) - Il titolo originale era Home Cookin^{[non chiaro]} (1976)
Fantasy (2004) - Il titolo originale era The 5th Dimension Now^{[non chiaro]} (1984)

Singoli

Le classifiche statunitensi sono prese da Billboard. Le classifiche canadesi sono prese dal settimanale di inchieste CHUM di Toronto.

Anno	Canzone	US	US AC^[2]	US R&B	CAN	UK^[3]	Lato B	Album
1966	"Go Where You Wanna Go"	16	-	-	9	-	"Too Poor to Die"	Up, Up and Away
1967	"Another Day, Another Heartache"	45	-	-	-	-	"Rosecrans Blvd."
	"Up, Up and Away"	7	9	-	18	-	"Which Way to Nowhere"
	"Paper Cup"	34	-	-	17	-	"Poor Side of Town"	The Magic Garden
1968	"Carpet Man"	29	-	-	3	-	"The Magic Garden"	The Magic Garden
	"Stoned Soul Picnic"	3	-	2	5	-	"The Sailboat Song"	Stoned Soul Picnic
	"Sweet Blindness"	13	-	45	15	-	"Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of?)"
	"California Soul"	25	-	49	-	-	"It'll Never Be the Same Again"
1969	"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"	1	1	6	1	11	"Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya?"	The Age of Aquarius
	"Workin' On a Groovy Thing"	20	9	15	17	-	"Broken Wing Bird"
	"Wedding Bell Blues"	1	1	23	3	16	"Lovin' Stew"
	"Blowing Away"	21	7	-	24	-	"Skinny Man"
1970	"A Change is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free"	60	-	-	-	-	"The Declaration"	Portrait
	"The Declaration"	64	35	-	-	-	B-side of above	Portrait
	"The Girls' Song"	43	6	-	-	-	"It'll Never Be the Same Again"	The Magic Garden
	"Puppet Man"	24	31	-	-	-	"A Love Like Ours"	Portrait
	"Save the Country"	27	10	-	24	-	"Dimension 5"	Portrait
	"On the Beach (In the Summertime)"	54	12	-	-	-	"This Is Your Life"
	"One Less Bell to Answer"	2	1	4	3	-	"Feelin' Alright?"	Portrait
1971	"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"	19	6	-	28	-	"The Singer"	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
	"Light Sings"	44	12	-	-	-	"Viva! (Viva Tirado)"	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
	"Never My Love" (live)	12	1	45	21	-	"A Love Like Ours"	Live!!
	"Together Let's Find Love" (live)	37	8	22	-	-	"I Just Wanta Be Your Friend"	Live!!
1972	"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All"	8	2	28	5	-	"The River Witch"	Individually & Collectively
1972	"If I Could Reach You"	10	1	-	13	-	"Tomorrow Belongs to the Children"	Individually & Collectively
1973	"Living Together, Growing Together"	32	5	-	-	-	"What Do I Need to Be Me"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Everything's Been Changed"	70	18	-	-	-	"There Never Was a Day"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Ashes to Ashes"	52	7	54	-	-	"The Singer"	Living Together, Growing Together
	"Flashback"	82	30	75	-	-	"Diggin' for a Livin'"
1975	"No Love In the Room"	105	11	-	-	-	"I Don't Know How to Look for Love"	Soul & Inspiration
1976	"Love Hangover"	80	-	39	-	-	"Will You Be There"

Videografia

2003: The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show con Dionne Warwick, Merle Haggard, e The Carpenters^[4]

Note

^ Nick Logan e Bob Woffinden, 1977, p 81.
^ Adult Contemporary
^ David Roberts, British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London, Guinness World Records Limited, 2006, p. 199, ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Informazioni sul DVD