The 5th Dimension - Respect - Live (1995/2022)

Forget the "live" tracks--except for an interesting take on "How Insensitive" by Florence--the 5 stars are awarded for the 5th Dimension's mid-seventies unreleased tracks featuring Florence LaRue, Marjorie Barnes and the late, wonderful Danny Beard. The "new" 5th never got the recording industry recognition they deserved but these great tracks, all 70's timepieces--showcase a group worth listening to even now. True, this is a "budget" release and I would be surprised if any of the group members got royalties off it. That being said, for fans who love them no matter what, you will be thrilled as you skip over the truly awful live recordings--terrible unproduced recordings I would say circa 1967!--and listen to Florence starring in a great ballad, "The Way I Feel About You", Neil Sedaka's iteresting discofied "Here We Are Falling in Love Again" and a fine Randy Edelman foot-tapper, "Everybody Wants to Call You Sweetheart, Sweetheart!" The 5th was obviously in good hands with Florence at the helm! Excellent work and if you listen to Danny's tracks you will agree that he was a fine replacement for Billy Davis Jr. Again--forget the awful live tracks which sound as if someone put a tape recorder under their chair. What makes this CD worth it are the unreleased tracks--a blast. Forever 5th!

[4:07] 1. The 5th Dimension - Be Good to One Another
[3:01] 2. The 5th Dimension - Here We Are Falling in Love Again
[2:47] 3. The 5th Dimension - Everybody Wants to Call You Sweetheart
[2:49] 4. The 5th Dimension - The Way I Feel About You
[3:32] 5. The 5th Dimension - You Never Cry Like a Lover
[3:25] 6. The 5th Dimension - Going Through the Motions
[3:36] 7. The 5th Dimension - If That's the Way You Want It
[2:58] 8. The 5th Dimension - Know It Like Your Name
[3:50] 9. The 5th Dimension - Better Use Your Head
[2:46] 10. The 5th Dimension - Monday, Monday
[3:50] 11. The 5th Dimension - Going Out of My Head
[3:04] 12. The 5th Dimension - Hurry Sundown
[2:58] 13. The 5th Dimension - The Beat Goes On
[3:16] 14. The 5th Dimension - Respect
[4:30] 15. The 5th Dimension - How Insensitive
[6:31] 16. The 5th Dimension - Ode to Billie Joe
[3:58] 17. The 5th Dimension - Shake Your Tamborine