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The 5th Dimension / Live!! is the seventh album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, and their first live recorded album. It was released in October 1971. The 5th Dimension / Live!! reached No. 32 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA. Originally released as a double album on vinyl, the album was recorded by the mobile unit of Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles, California. Release formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track, reel-to-reel.

Two singles were released from the album in the United States:

• "Never My Love" b/w "A Love Like Ours" (from the previous Portrait album), which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.
• "Together Let's Find Love" b/w "I Just Wanta Be Your Friend" peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2] and No. 8 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.

Side A

1. Love Medley (4:20)
   • "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
   • "All You Need Is Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
   • "Have You Tried Love?" (Jimmy Webb)
2. "I Just Wanta Be Your Friend" (Willie Hutchison) – 3:18
3. Florence's Greeting – 0:11
4. Laura Nyro Medley (7:40)
   • "Stoney End"
   • "Stoned Soul Picnic"
   • "Sweet Blindness"
   • "Wedding Bell Blues"
   • "Save the Country"

Side B

1. "Never My Love" – 3:55
2. "Eli's Comin'" – 5:21
3. "Together Let's Find Love" – 3:31
4. "Shake Your Tambourine" – 3:40

Side C

1. Jimmy Webb Medley (6:43)
   • "Up, Up and Away"
   • "Paper Cup"
   • "This Is Your Life"
   • "The Girls' Song"
   • "The Worst That Could Happen"
   • "MacArthur Park"

Side D

1. "Ode to Billy Joe" – 7:45
2. "Lamonte's Group Introductions" – 2:15
3. "Lamonte's Intro" – 0:21
4. "I Want to Take You Higher" – 6:31
5. "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" – 7:57
6. "Use Your Head" (Young) – 3:45 [CD bonus track]
7. "Monday, Monday" (John Phillips) – 2:40 [CD bonus track]
8. "Goin' Out of My Head" (Robert Weinstein, Theodore Alexander Randazzo) – 3:47 [CD bonus track]

• Marilyn McCoo – lead vocals (A4d, B1, C1d, C2), background vocals
• Florence LaRue – lead vocals (tracks A4a, C1c), background vocals
• Billy Davis Jr. – lead vocals (tracks A2, C1e, D2), background vocals
• Ron Townson – lead vocals (track C1f), background vocals
• Lamonte McLemore – background vocals

(Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo sing duet on track B3)

• Hal Blaine – drums
• Joe Osborn, Andrew "Muff" White – bass guitar
• Larry Knechtel – organ, electric piano, electric guitar (track C2)
• Isaiah Jones – piano
• Rudy Stevenson – guitar, harmonica (track C2)
• Montego Joe – congas
• Bob Alcivar – conductor
• The Nat Brandwynne Orchestra – strings

• Producer – Bones Howe
• Producer [Coordination] – Pam Vale
• Engineer – Bones Howe
• Assistant engineers – Ed Barton, John Golden, Ray Thompson

Instrumentalist and production credits originally appeared as part of the album gatefold liner notes.