5th Dimension - Magic Garden (Soul-1967) torrent

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.]



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