5th Dimension - Magic Garden (1967).

Artist     : 5th Dimension
Album      : The Magic Garden
Source     : CD
Year       : 1967
Genre      : Soul
Label      : Buddha

Encoder    : unknown
Codec      : unknown 
Quality    : CBR, 192kbps, stereo

ID3-Tag    : Yes, Version 1 & 2.3

Posted By  :   on 25-11-2004
Ripped By  : unknown on 20-12-2001


Included   : This Info-File (NFO)
             Check File (SFV)
             Playlist (M3U)

Tracklisting
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01 (1:24) Prologue
02 (2:48) The Magic Garden
03 (3:03) Summer's Daughter
04 (3:25) Dreams/Pax/Nepenthe
05 (3:16) Carpet Man
06 (4:00) Ticket To Ride
07 (4:26) Requiem: 820 Latham
08 (4:09) The Girls Song
09 (2:37) The Worst That Can Happen
10 (2:38) Orange Air
11 (2:47) Paper Cup
12 (0:56) Epilogue

Playing Time : 35:29
Total Size   : 48,8 MB


AMG Review:
This record did contain the small hits "Paper Cup" and "Carpet Man," but the 
group, or more likely arranger/conductor Jim Webb, was probably shooting for 
something a bit higher than the Top 40. Aside from a misfired cover of the 
Beatles' "Ticket to Ride," Webb wrote everything on this album, which -- with 
between-track segues, lyrics expounding dreams and possibility, and dense 
orchestral settings -- seemed to be aiming for a song cycle of sorts. It's not 
Pet Sounds, however, or even Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle. It's overambitious 
MOR pop-soul with mild psychedelic colors, and a bit ludicrous, though not 
unattractive due to the typically conscientious harmonies. "Orange Air" is 
probably the group's best shot at pseudo-psychedelia; "The Girls' Song," on 
much firmer MOR territory, was done much better by Jackie DeShannon; and 
"The Worst That Could Happen," Webb at his most disagreeably sentimental, 
was covered for a huge hit by the Brooklyn Bridge about a year later. A recent
 biography of cult singer/songwriter Nick Drake, by the way, revealed that this
 album, along with such estimable underground classics as Love's Forever 
Changes and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, was a special favorite of his 
because of its combination of rock and orchestration. That means it might 
suddenly become a lot harder to find in the dollar bins, although many of 
those copies will probably find their way right back there after Drake fans play
 it once or twice. [The album was also reissued by Soul City under the title The
 Worst That Could Happen.]

enjoy and seed :)