''Category 5'' is the fifth album of the

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band

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. It was originally released in 1998 in

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and in 1999 in the

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by Lightyear Records. The album featured a more direct contribution from

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Perry Richardson and ironically, it was his last studio album with the band. It features a different, more experimental sound when compared to the band's previous hard rock albums, while still featuring some signature ballads.

Track listing

All songs written by Snare and Leverty, except where noted. # "Can't Stop the Pain" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson) - 5:37 # "Acid Rain" (Effler, Richardson, Rogers) - 3:27 # "Bringing Me Down" - 4:39 # "Dream" (Richardson, Rogers) - 4:13 # "Get Ready" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson, Snare) - 4:18 # "If It Changes" - 4:56 # "The Day, the Week, and the Weather" (Effler, Richardson, Rogers) - 5:27 # "The Nights Were Young" - 4:18 # "Have Mercy" (Foster, Leverty, Richardson, Snare) - 4:36 # "I'd Do Anything" - 5:45 # "Arrow Through My Heart" (Effler, Richardson, Rogers) - 4:11 # "Life Goes On" - 10:24 (includes the hidden "Get To Know You", song by bassist Perry Richardson)

Personnel

* C.J. Snare -

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Bill Leverty William G. Leverty II (born January 30, 1967) is an American guitarist. He is best known as a founding and current member of the rock band, FireHouse. Leverty is responsible for writing many of the band's hit songs. Throughout the 2000s, Leverty ha ...

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s * Michael Foster -

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Perry Richardson Perry Richardson (born July 7, 1958) is an American bass guitarist who played in FireHouse until 2000 and is currently the bassist of Stryper. Biography Perry Richardson graduated Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina and went on t ...

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References

1998 albums FireHouse (band) albums Lightyear Entertainment albums Pony Canyon albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub