The Age of Aquarius (album)

The Age of Aquarius
Studio album by The 5th Dimension
Released	May 1969
Recorded	1968-1969
Studio	Wally Heider Recording, Los Angeles and United Recording, Las Vegas
Genre	R&B, sunshine pop, soul
Length	40:47
Label	Soul City
Producer	Bones Howe
The 5th Dimension chronology
Stoned Soul Picnic (1968)Stoned Soul Picnic1968 The Age of Aquarius (1969) Greatest Hits (1970)Greatest Hits1970
Singles from The Age of Aquarius
"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" Released: March 1969 "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" Released: 1969 "Wedding Bell Blues" Released: September 1969 "Blowing Away" Released: 1969

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The Age of Aquarius is the fourth album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1969 (see 1969 in music).

Track listing

Side One

1. "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:51
2. "Blowing Away" (Laura Nyro) – 2:32
3. "Skinny Man" (Michael Kollander, Ginger Kollander) – 2:51
4. "Wedding Bell Blues" (Laura Nyro) – 2:44
5. "Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) – 3:56
6. "The Hideaway" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:45

Side Two

1. "Workin' On a Groovy Thing" (Roger Atkins, Neil Sedaka) – 3:10
2. "Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:54
3. "Sunshine of Your Love" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 3:18
4. "The Winds of Heaven" (Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman) – 3:14
5. "Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:03
6. "Let the Sunshine In (Reprise)" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) – 1:29

Bonus tracks

1. "Chissà Se Tornerà (Who Knows If He Will Return)" (Mario De Sanctis, Antonio Salis, Lucio Salis) – 3:00 [Bonus track; 2000 CD reissue only]

Personnel

• Billy Davis, Jr. - lead vocals (track 1), background vocals
• Florence LaRue - lead vocals (track 2), background vocals
• Marilyn McCoo - lead vocals (tracks 2, 4), background vocals
• Lamonte McLemore - background vocals
• Ron Townson - background vocals

Additional personnel

• Dennis Budimir- guitar
• Mike Deasy - guitar
• Bill Fulton - guitar
• Tommy Tedesco - guitar
• Joe Osborn - bass
• Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
• Larry Bunker - mallets, congas, percussion
• Milt Holland - percussion
• Pete Jolly - keyboards
• Larry Knechtel - keyboards
• Jimmy Rowles - keyboards
• Bill Holman - Strings & Brass - string section, horn section

Production

• Producer: Bones Howe
• Engineer: Bones Howe
• Mastering: Elliot Federman
• Digital transfers: Mike Hartry
• Reissue producer: Rob Santos
• Production coordination: Jeremy Holiday
• Production assistant: Ann McClelland, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky
• Project coordinator: Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss
• Archives coordinator: Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman
• Musical arrangements: Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman, Bones Howe
• Vocal arrangement: Bob Alcivar
• Art direction: Ron Wolin
• Reissue art director: Mathieu Bitton
• Design: Mathieu Bitton, Ron Wolin
• Photography: Ed Caraeff
• Liner notes: Mike Ragogna

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