Up, Up and Away (The 5th Dimension album)

Up – Up and Away
Up – Up and Away
Studio album by The 5th Dimension
Released	May 1967
Recorded	April 1966-March 11, 1967
Studio	United Recording and Western Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	R&B, pop, soul, sunshine pop, psychedelic soul
Length	40:03
Label	Soul City
Producer	Marc Gordon, Willie Hutch, Johnny Rivers, Rob Santos
The 5th Dimension chronology
Singles from Up – Up and Away
	"Go Where You Wanna Go"; Released: 1966; "Another Day, Another Heartache"; Released: 1967; "Up – Up and Away"; Released: 1967;

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Up – Up and Away is the debut album by American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music). The title track was released as a single and became a major pop hit.

The group's first single release on Soul City Records, "Train Keep On Moving/I'll Be Loving You Forever" was not a success, and is not included in the album. Both songs appear as bonus tracks on a later CD reissue of the album.

The first single released from this album, "Go Where You Wanna Go", was initially recorded by the Mamas & the Papas and appears on their first album. The 5th Dimension's version became a Top 20 hit in the US, reaching the #16 position. The group's second release, "Another Day, Another Heartache", also charted, peaking at #45.

It was their third release, the ubiquitous "Up – Up and Away", that launched both the group and the song's writer, Jimmy Webb, into super-stardom. The group and the song amassed a total of five different Grammy Awards between them in 1967. Many different artists have since recorded versions of the song (see the entry concerning "Up, Up and Away" for further details).

The group appeared on many television shows of the day, including The Hollywood Palace, Shebang, and particularly The Ed Sullivan Show, where they became a favourite of the host. Performances exist of several of the album's songs from these myriad shows, including "Go Where You Wanna Go", "Another Day, Another Heartache", "Pattern People", "California My Way", and the title track of the album.

Track listing[]

Side One

"Up – Up and Away" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:45
"Another Day, Another Heartache" (Steve Barri, P.F. Sloan) – 2:37
"Which Way to Nowhere" (Webb) – 3:08
"California My Way" (Willie Hutch) – 2:56
"Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) – 2:46

Side Two

"Go Where You Wanna Go" (John Phillips) – 2:22
"Never Gonna Be the Same" (Webb) – 2:26
"Pattern People" (Webb) – 3:02
"Rosecrans Blvd." (Webb) – 2:54
"Learn How to Fly" (Hutch) – 3:01
"Poor Side of Town" (Lou Adler, Johnny Rivers) – 3:21

CD Reissue Bonus Tracks

"I'll Be Loving You Forever" (Hutch) – 3:11
"Train Keep on Movin'" (Hutch) – 2:47
"Too Poor to Die" (Marc Gordon, Hutch) – 2:46

Personnel[]

The 5th Dimension

Billy Davis, Jr. - lead vocals (track 12), background vocals
Florence LaRue - background vocals
Marilyn McCoo - lead vocals (track 10), background vocals
Lamonte McLemore - background vocals
Ron Townson - background vocals

Additional personnel

Al Casey - guitar, "eastern sounds" performed by
Johnny Rivers - guitar
P.F. Sloan - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar
Joe Osborn - bass, guitar
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Larry Knechtel - piano, keyboards
Jimmy Webb - musical conductor, keyboards

Production[]

Producers: Marc Gordon, Willie Hutch, Johnny Rivers, Rob Santos
Mastering: Elliot Federman
Project coordination: Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Mandana Eidgah, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Jeremy Holiday, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss
Production assistants: Bones Howe, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky
Archivist: Joanna Feltman
Transfers: Mike Hartry
Music arranged by: Jimmy Webb
Horns & Strings arranged by: Marty Paich
Art direction: Mathieu Bitton, Wardy Woodward
Design: Mathieu Bitton, Wayne Kimbell
Cover photo: Bernard Yeszin
Photography: Rob Santers
Liner notes: Mike Ragehoa

Charts and awards[]

Album[]

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1967	Black Albums	10
1967	Pop Albums	8

Singles[]

Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"Go Where You Wanna Go"	Pop Singles	16
1967	"Another Day, Another Heartache"	Pop Singles	45
1967	"Up – Up and Away"	Pop Singles	7

10th Annual Grammy Awards[]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1968	"Up – Up and Away"	Record of the Year	Won
		Song of the Year	Won
		Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals	Won
		Best Performance by a Vocal Group	Won
		Best Performance by a Chrous	Won
		Best Contemporary Song	Won
	Up – Up and Away	Best Pop Vocal Album	Nominated
	Up – Up and Away	Best Recording Package	Nominated
	The 5th Dimension	Best Best New Artist	Nominated

References[]

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show v t The 5th Dimension
Marilyn McCoo Billy Davis, Jr. Florence LaRue Lamonte McLemore Ronald Townson
Studio albums	Up, Up and Away The Magic Garden Stoned Soul Picnic The Age of Aquarius Portrait Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes Reflections Individually and Collectively Soul & Inspiration Earthbound
Singles	"Go Where You Wanna Go" "Up, Up and Away" "Stoned Soul Picnic" "Sweet Blindness" "California Soul" "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" "Wedding Bell Blues" "Blowing Away" "A Change Is Gonna Come/People Got to Be Free" "The Girls' Song" "Puppet Man" "Save the Country" "On the Beach (In the Summertime)" "One Less Bell to Answer" "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" "Light Sings" "Never My Love (Live)" "Together Let's Find Love" "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" "If I Could Reach You" "Living Together, Growing Together" "Everything's Been Changed" "Ashes to Ashes" "No Love in the Room" "Love Hangover"
Related topics	The Friends of Distinction Marc Gordon Solid Gold

show v t Jimmy Webb
Original albums	Jim Webb Sings Jim Webb (1968) Words and Music (1970) And So: On (1971) Letters (1972) Land's End (1974) El Mirage (1977) Angel Heart (1982) Suspending Disbelief (1993) Ten Easy Pieces (1996) Twilight of the Renegades (2005) Live and at Large (2007) Just Across the River (2010) Still Within the Sound of My Voice (2013) SlipCover (2019)
Collaborative albums	Up, Up, and Away (1966) The Magic Garden (1967) Rewind (1967) A Tramp Shining (1968) The Yard Went On Forever (1968) Sunshower (1969) The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb (1972) Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (1974) Earthbound (1975) Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1977) Watermark (1977) Breakwater Cat (1980) The Last Unicorn (1983) The Animals' Christmas (1986) Light Years (1988) Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind (1989) Only One Life: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003) This Kind of Love (2008) Cottonwood Farm (2009) Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb: In Session (2012)
Compilation albums	Tribute to Burt Bacharach and Jim Webb (1972) And Someone Left the Cake Out in the Rain... (1998) Archive (1994) Reunited with Jimmy Webb 1974–1988 (1999) Tunesmith: The Songs of Jimmy Webb (2003) The Moon's a Harsh Mistress: Jimmy Webb in the Seventies (2004) Archive & Live (2005)
Songs	"All I Know" "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Didn't We" "Galveston" "The Girls' Song" "Highwayman" "Honey Come Back" "MacArthur Park" "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" "Up, Up and Away" "Where's the Playground Susie" "Wichita Lineman" "Worst That Could Happen"
Related articles	Jimmy Webb discography