The Magic Garden is the second album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1967. A concept album, it tells the story of a couple's love and the end of their relationship. In more recent discussions of the album, that love affair is said to be about Jimmy Webb — who composed all but one of the album's songs — and his time with singer and then-girlfriend Susan Horton (the song "Dreams/Pax/Nepenthe" refers to a Susan). The album's one track not credited to Jimmy Webb, a cover of Lennon–McCartney's "Ticket to Ride", was originally intended for the group's debut album, Up, Up and Away.
Billy Davis Jr. – lead vocals (track 9), background vocals Florence LaRue – lead vocals (tracks 5, 8), background vocals Marilyn McCoo – lead vocals (track 5, 8), background vocals Lamonte McLemore – background vocals Ron Townson – background vocals Jimmy Webb – orchestra conductor Mike Deasy, Tommy Tedesco, Dennis Budimir, Johnny Rivers – guitar Joe Osborn – bass guitar Hal Blaine – drums Larry Knechtel – keyboards
