Living Together, Growing Together (album)

Living Together, Growing Together is the eighth studio album by the American pop group The 5th Dimension. It was released on March 1, 1973. Living Together, Growing Together reached No. 108 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and No. 25 on Billboard's R&B albums chart. The album includes the early World Beat composition, "Woyaya", originally recorded by the British-Ghanaian-Caribbean ensemble Osibisa, in 1971. The song was also covered in 1973 by Art Garfunkel on his debut solo album Angel Clare.

The 5th Dimension founder, LeMonte McLemore, gave the "Living Together, Growing Together" album period a largely unfavorable mention in his autobiography, From Hobo Flats to The 5th Dimension - A Life Fulfilled in Baseball, Photography, and Music:

This album began the vocal group's somewhat unintentional transition to mainly adult contemporary fare, as they would never again prove noteworthy on the Billboard pop charts.

Singles

Three singles were released from Living Together, Growing Together in the United States:

• "Living Together, Growing Together" b/w "What Do I Need to Be Me" reached No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart.
• "Everything's Been Changed" b/w "There Never Was a Day" reached No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 18 on the Easy Listening chart.
• "Ashes to Ashes" b/w "The Singer" (from "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes") reached No. 52 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 54 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart, and No. 7 on the Easy Listening chart.

Track listing

Side A

1. "Open Your Window" (Harry Nilsson)
2. "Ashes to Ashes" (Brian Potter, Dennis Lambert)
3. "Everything's Been Changed" (Paul Anka)
4. "The Riverwitch" (Jeffrey Comanor)
5. "Living Together, Growing Together" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)

Side B

1. "Day by Day" (Stephen Schwartz)
2. "There's Nothin' Like Music" (Jeffrey Comanor)
3. "What Do I Need to Be Me" (Bobby Arvon)
4. "There Never Was a Day" (Randy McNeill)
5. "Let Me Be Lonely" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
6. "Woyaya (Amao, Tontoh, Bailey, Bedeau, Amarfio, Osei, Richardson)

Personnel

The 5th Dimension

• Marilyn McCoo – Soprano voice, lead vocals (track A1), background vocals
• Florence LaRue – Alto voice, lead vocals (track B4) , background vocals
• Billy Davis Jr. – Baritone voice, lead vocals (tracks A4, B1, B3), background vocals
• Ron Townson – Tenor voice, lead vocals (track B2), background vocals
• Lamonte McLemore – Baritone and Bass voice, background vocals

Instrumentalists

• Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer – drums
• Joe Osborn – bass guitar
• Larry Knechtel – organ, electric piano, piano
• Artie Butler, Jimmy Rowles – piano
• Dennis Budimir, Larry Carlton, Jeffrey Comanor, Tommy Tedesco – guitar
• Zavier – twelve-string guitar
• King Errisson – congas (track B6)
• Paul Humphrey – drums (track B6)
• Max Bennett – bass guitar (track B6)
• Larry Bunker – Afro percussion
• Bob Alcivar – conductor
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone (track B6)
• Bud Brisbois – trumpet (track B6)
• Clarence McDonald – organ (track B6)

Production

• Producer – Bones Howe
• Engineer – Bones Howe
• Assistant engineers – Ed Barton, Ken Caillat
• Vocal vrranger – Bob Alcivar
• Accompanied by, Orchestra – The 5th Dimension Studio Orchestra
• Art direction – Beverly Weinstein
• Concertmaster – Sid Sharp
• Coordinator [Production Co-ordination] – Pam Vale
• Album design – Kaleidoscope
• Horn arrangement on "Woyaya" – Tom Scott

Chart performance

Singles

References

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