Stoned Soul Picnic
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!align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"|''Stoned Soul Picnic''
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Album by
The 5th Dimension
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!align="left" valign="top"|Released
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August 1968
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!align="left" valign="top"|Recorded
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March 11-
June 19,
1968
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Musical genre
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Pop music/
Soul music
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!align="left" valign="top"|Length
|align="left" valign="top" colspan=2|33
Minute 14
Second
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Record label
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Soul City Records
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Record producer
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Bones Howe
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!align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews
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All Music Guide
|valign="top" align=center|3/5
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!bgcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"|The 5th Dimension Chronology
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|''
The Magic Garden''
(
1967)
|''Stoned Soul Picnic''
(
1968)
|''
The Age of Aquarius (album)''
(
1969)
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''
Stoned Soul Picnic'' is the third
album by
United States pop music group
The 5th Dimension, released in
1968 (see
1968 in music).
==Track listing==
#"Sweet Blindness" (
Laura Nyro) - 3:27
#"It'll Never Be the Same Again" (Jeff Companor) - 3:08
#"The Sailboat Song" (Companor) - 2:52
#"It's a Great Life" (McReynolds, O'Hara) - 3:08
#"Stoned Soul Picnic" (Nyro) - 3:30
#"California Soul" (
Nickolas Ashford,
Valerie Simpson) - 3:16
#"Lovin' Stew" (Jules Alexander, Companor) - 2:51
#"Broken Wing Bird" (Bob Alcivar, McKinney) - 2:41
#"Good News" (Dick Addrisi) - 2:37
#"Bobbie's Blues (Who Do You Think of?)" (Companor) - 3:18
#"The Eleventh Song (What a Groovy Day!)" (
Jimmy Webb) - 2:26
#"East of Java" [*] (Frank Unzueta) - 3:06
* previously unreleased bonus track on
compact disc
==Personnel==
*Billy Davis, Jr. -
vocals
*Florence Larue - vocals
*Marilyn McCoo - vocals
*Lamonte McLemore - vocals
*Ron Townson - vocals
Additional personnel
*Hal Blaine -
percussion,
drums
*Larry Bunker - percussion,
marimba,
bells,
vibraphone,
temple blocks
*Mike Deasy Sr. -
acoustic guitar,
guitar,
electric guitar
*Larry Knechtel -
organ (music),
piano,
keyboard instrument
*Joe Osborne -
bass guitar, guitar
*Ray Pohlman - bass, guitar
*Jimmy Rowles - organ, piano, keyboard
*Tommy Tedesco - acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar
==Production==
*Producer: Bones Howe
*Engineers: Captain Nemo, Dave, Bones Howe, Alex Kasanegras, Mike, Pat., Ramone, Joe Sidore, Sol Weiss, Wiston Wong, Mary Wood
*Mastering: Elliot Federman
*Reissue producer: Rob Santos
*Digital transfers: Mike Hartry
*Project coordination: Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Marc Gordon, Laura Gregory, Jeremy Holiday, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Steve Strauss
*Product manager: Mandana Eidgah
*Production assistant: Bones Howe, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky
*Orchestra manager: Hal Blaine
*Musical director: Rene Deknight
*Vocal coach: Ray Pohlman
*Realization: Johnny Rivers
*Bass arrangement: Bill Holman
*Horn arrangements: Bill Holman
*String arrangements: Bill Holman
*Vocal arrangement: Ray Pohlman
*Art direction: Woody Woodward
*Reissue art direction: Mathieu Britton
*Graphic design: Wayne Kimbell
*Reissue design: Mathieu Britton
*Photography: Rob Santos
*Liner notes: Mike Ragogna
==Charts==
Album -
Billboard magazine (North America)
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!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|Black Albums
|align="left"|10
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|21
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Singles - Billboard (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|"Stoned Soul Picnic"
|align="left"|Black Singles
|align="left"|2
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|"Stoned Soul Picnic"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|3
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|"Sweet Blindness"
|align="left"|Black Singles
|align="left"|45
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|align="left"|1968
|align="left"|"Sweet Blindness"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|13
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|align="left"|1969
|align="left"|"California Soul"
|align="left"|Black Singles
|align="left"|49
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|align="left"|1969
|align="left"|"California Soul"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|25
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