Up Up And Away The Definitive Collection Remastered 1997 Album

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up up and away the definitive collection remastered 1997 album

May 20, 1997 36 songs, 2 hours 6 minutes ℗ This compilation (P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no return shipping charges. Though they were the epitome of the MOR mainstream in the late '60s and early '70s, this hugely successful coed vocal quintet had the benefit of first-rate material. Drawing from the catalogues of such ace tunesmiths as Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, and Laura Nyro, the group was a fixture on Top 40 radio (and network TV) with hits like "Up-Up and Away,"... --Scott Schinder

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To Set Your Preferred Streaming Service, Log In to Your AllMusic Account To Submit Streaming Links, Log In to Your AllMusic Account The 5th Dimension Up-Up and Away - The Definitive Collection 1 (1997) 1997 Arista Records, Inc.\nRelease date: 05/20/1997 \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The subtitle on this anthology is correct: This is truly the definitive collection... The 20-bit digital mastering provides a crisp, bright audio experience, and the joyous harmonies bring back the positive side of the late '60s/early '70s era in which the songs were recorded. The megahits are all here: Jimmy Webb's "Up Up & Away," Laura Nyro's "Stoned Soul Picnic" and "Wedding Bell Blues," the Bacharach/David opus "One Less Bell to Answer," the beautiful "(Last Night) I Didn't... There are not-quite-Top-Ten hits like "Sweet Blindness," "Go Where You Wanna Go," "California Soul," "Workin' on a Groovy Thing," "Blowing Away," "Save the Country," and "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes." What a run this...

This two-disc set successfully makes the case for the 5th Dimension to be remembered among the finest purveyors of pop song vocal harmony in the rock era. Baby Boomers will delight at the memories this collection conjures up and will find surprises they may have forgotten or never known: "Paper Cup," "Carpet Man," "Puppet Man," "Light Sings," and the group's medley... -- Jim Newsom\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nThough they were the epitome of the MOR mainstream in the late '60s and early '70s, this hugely successful coed vocal quintet had the benefit of first-rate material. Drawing from the catalogues of such ace tunesmiths as Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb, and Laura Nyro, the group was a fixture on Top 40 radio (and network TV) with hits like "Up-Up and Away,"... --Scott Schinder \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nPleading the 5th, February 19, 1999 \nReviewer: Vince A. Martinez \nIt is about time the 5th Dimension received the kind of representation their music truly deserved.

For years us die hard fans had to settle for the overly limited "Greatest Hits On Earth", or simply revert back to the old vinyl albums, worn as they now are.\n\nThis collection features almost... It also features a few strong album cuts. The usual hits are all here, "Up-Up And Away", "Stoned Soul Picnic", "Wedding Bell Blues", "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In", "One Less Bell To Answer", etc., but the real treat is in tracks which have... Songs like "Paper Cup", "The Girls' Song", "Flashback", and the medley "The Declaration/A Change Has Got To Come/People Gotta Be Free" are all very welcomed returns. As mentioned, some key tracks from albums are included here. Songs like "Learn How To Fly", "The Worst That Could Happen", "Black Patch", and even "Orange Air" probably could have been singles in thier own right.

The album has a special treat for die hard 5th Dimension fans, it features "I'll Be Loving You Forever", the very first 5th Dimension single which has not been seen since it's ill-fated release.\n\nThere... I am keeping my fingers crossed that the execs at Arista will find it within themselves to release the entire 5th Dimension catalog on cd, but for now, I'm thankful for this collection. \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nLIGHTPOWER IN THE 5TH DIMENSION, August 29, 2001 \nReviewer: badartfilm (see more about me) from Western New York \nHere is a thorough collection of not only the greatest hits of "The 5th... This colorful 2-disc volume includes a 23 page booklet of the band's history and vintage photos of the group including their performances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" and the original album covers. Despite the history of childhood friends noted here, "The 5th Dimension" were probably a producer's creation, brought together to turn the record company owned "Up, Up, and Away" into a hit single. But, oh, what beautiful music that creation ensued.

With songs by such successful writers as Jimmy Webb, Laura Nyro, and Burt Bacharach, "The 5th Dimension" roared through Top 40 radio in the late '60s and early '70s with their light symphonic pop... All the big numbers are here but so are less successful singles omitted today from retro oldies radio and deserving of attention. Laura Nyro's "California Soul" is a splendid, sweet psychedelic ode to the California hippie movement with soaring group harmonies and a cool blues electric piano. Jimmy Webb's "Carpet Man" finds the whole group contributing playful, swirling call and response pop vocals to a catchy rock and roll beat, it's a great forgotten hit single that reached #29 on Billboard's... "Light Sings", from the Broadway musical "The Me Nobody Knows" is as joyful and celebratory as their biggest hit, "Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine In (The Flesh Failures). The 5th Dimension, in their corporate string of best selling records, may not be the grooviest institution to come out of the '60s, but they very well may be the sweetest.

\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nThe Fifth Dimension: LaMonte McLemore, Marilyn McCoo, Ron Towson, Florence LaRue Gordon, Billy Davis, Jr. (vocals).\n\nAdditional personnel includes: Ray Pohlman, Joe Osborn (guitar, bass); Al Casey, Tommy Tedesco, Mike Deasy, Mike Anthony, Fred Tacket, Rudy Stevenson, Dennis Budimir, Zavier (guitars); The Sid Sharp String Section, The Nat Brandwynne Orchestra... - Rating: B+ This rock cd contains 17 tracks and runs 51min 53sec. Freedb: ee0c2711Buy: from Amazon.com Refresh your browser window to try again. Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

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