FOREVER 5TH DIMENSION

#BlackHistoryMonth Thank you to our good friends at The Wrecking Crew for posting about the “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes” album, often noted as a fan fave for its smooth yet varied vocal & musical stylings and crystalline production values. In fact, to salute its 50th anniversary last year, I offered a retrospective review, my personal reflections at this Forever 5th Dimension link: https://forever5thdimension.com/2021/02/03/the-loves-lines-album-happy-50th/

Now here’s what the WC reports:

During the first week of February of 1971, the LP “Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes” by The 5th Dimension was released on Bell Records, Production & Sound by Bones Howe. Vocal Arrangements by Bob Alcivar. It is the group’s sixth studio album.

The “Love’s Lines” single peaked at # 19 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album reached #17 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart and became the quintet’s third consecutive album to be certified Gold.

Side One

“Time and Love” (Laura Nyro)

“Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes” (Dorothea Joyce)

“What Does It Take” (Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Vernon Bullock)

“Guess Who?” (Jessie Belvin, JoAnne Belvin)

“Viva Tirado” (Gerald Wilson, Norman Gimbel)

Side Two

“Light Sings” (Gary William Friedman, Will Holt)

“The Rainmaker” (Bill Martin, Harry Nilsson)

“He’s a Runner” (Laura Nyro)

“The Singer” (Elliott Willensky, Lamonte McLemore)

“Every Night” (Paul McCartney)

Personnel:

Marilyn McCoo – lead, group and background vocals

Florence LaRue – lead, group and background vocals

Billy Davis, Jr. – lead, group and background vocals

LaMonte McLemore – group and background vocals

Ron Townson – group and background vocals

Hal Blaine – drums

Joe Osborn – Bass Player, Max Bennett – bass

Larry Knechtel, Gary Illingworth – keyboards

Dennis Budimir, Fred Tackett, Mike Deasy, Mike Anthony – guitars

Jimmy Rowles – piano

Catherine Gothoffer – harp

Jack Arnold, Larry Bunker, Victor Feldman – percussion

Jim Horn, Tom Scott, Pete Christlieb, Lanny Morgan – saxophones

Lew McCreary, Bob Edmondson – trombones

Bud Brisbois, Chuck Findley, Oliver Mitchell, Ray Triscari – trumpets

The Sid Sharp String Section – strings

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