The July 5th Album

Compilation album by The 5th Dimension

Released

15 August 1970

Genre

Pop/soul

Label

Soul City

The 5th Dimension chronology

Portrait
(1970)

The July 5th Album
(1970)

Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes
(1971)

The July 5th Album is the second compilation album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1970 by Soul City. It is composed primarily of album tracks from amongst the group's four albums of original material for Soul City Records, many of which were B-sides to charting singles. It also includes one A-side single: the group's cover of The Mamas & the Papas hit Go Where You Wanna Go. The song was originally intended to be the Mamas & the Papas first single, but was replaced with the now-iconic California Dreamin'. Choosing that single, and seeing it become successful, became something of a mixed blessing for The 5th Dimension, as they were frequently referred to in the media as "The Black Mamas & the Papas", a label the group sought to escape while creating their own unique identity.

The July 5th Album was the final album release for Soul City Records' distribution deal with Liberty Records. The 5th Dimension subsequently signed with Bell Records.

Released on 15 August 1970, just three months after their prior Greatest Hits (Soul City) album, The July 5th Album eventually peaked at #63 on Billboard Magazine's Top 200 Album Charts (see Billboard charts).

Of note:

Neither "Greatest Hits" nor "The July 5th Album" included either side of the group's first single, Train Keep On Movin'/I'll Be Lovin' You Forever.
Neither "Greatest Hits" nor "The July 5th Album" included the group's third single, "Another Day, Another Heartache", although it reached #45 on the charts.
"It'll Never Be The Same Again", from the group's 1968 album Stoned Soul Picnic appeared as the B-side of two separate 5th Dimension releases, California Soul and The Girls' Song.
In the second week of its release, The July 5th Album was one of four albums by The 5th Dimension in the Top 100 of Billboard's album charts: Greatest Hits (Soul City) was at #23, The Age of Aquarius (album) - from which FOUR of The July 5th Album's tracks were pulled - sat at #98, and Portrait (The 5th Dimension album) appeared at #64.

Track listing

Track	Song	Album
1	Sunshine of Your Love	The Age of Aquarius
2	It'll Never Be The Same Again	Stoned Soul Picnic
3	Dont'cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya	The Age of Aquarius
4	Those Were the Days (song)	The Age of Aquarius
5	The Sailboat Song	Stoned Soul Picnic
6	Ticket to Ride	The Magic Garden
7	California My Way	Up, Up and Away
8	Let It Be Me	The Age of Aquarius
9	Go Where You Wanna Go	Up, Up and Away
10	Poor Side of Town	Up, Up and Away
11	Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think Of)	Stoned Soul Picnic
12	Lovin' Stew	Stoned Soul Picnic

Personnel

The 5th Dimension

Marilyn McCoo Billy Davis, Jr. Florence LaRue Lamonte McLemore Ronald Townson

Studio albums	Up, Up and Away The Magic Garden Stoned Soul Picnic The Age of Aquarius Portrait Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes Reflections Individually and Collectively Living Together, Growing Together Soul & Inspiration Earthbound

Singles	"Go Where You Wanna Go" "Up, Up and Away" "Stoned Soul Picnic" "Sweet Blindness" "California Soul" "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" "Wedding Bell Blues" "Blowing Away" "A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free" "The Girls' Song" "Save the Country" "On the Beach (In the Summertime)" "One Less Bell to Answer" "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" "Light Sings" "Never My Love (Live)" "Together Let's Find Love" "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" "If I Could Reach You" "Living Together, Growing Together" "Everything's Been Changed" "Ashes to Ashes" "No Love in the Room" "Love Hangover"

Related topics	The Friends of Distinction Marc Gordon Solid Gold

Book:The 5th Dimension

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