''Invincible'' is the second

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released by English

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Five. The album was released in the United Kingdom by RCA Records on 8 November 1999, and was later released in the United States on 16 May 2000. Four singles were released from ''Invincible'', including the UK chart-toppers " Keep on Movin'" and " We Will Rock You". The album was executively produced by Simon Cowell and

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. During their performance at Rock in Rio 2001, group member Scott Robinson stated that the title track "Invincible" was intended to be released as a single, but they decided against it as they were working on their third album. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, the lowest-charting original album by the band, although it went on to become their biggest seller in UK, being certified double platinum.

Background

The original version of the album, released in November 1999, contains a total of fifteen tracks, including the hidden track, "Inspector Gadget". It also contains the original album version of "We Will Rock You". A limited edition version of the standard album, containing an exclusive photo booklet, birthday calendar and free poster was also made available in certain countries in Europe. For the album's release stateside in May 2000, the track listing was revised, removing "Mr. Z", "Sunshine" and "Battlestar", remixing "

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", and adding the track "Don't Fight It Baby", originally contributed by the band for the soundtrack to the film ''

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''. The Japanese edition of the album retains the original track listing, but includes the B-side recording "Reminiscing" as a bonus track, and an enhanced section, containing two videos. A special edition of the album was later released in November 2000, featuring a bonus disc, containing five tracks recorded at the Manchester Evening News Arena during the band's Invincible Tour on 26 March 2000. Disc one was also altered, replacing the original version of "We Will Rock You" with the single mix, adding "Don't Fight It Baby" and a remix of "Keep on Movin'" as bonus tracks, and including an enhanced section, containing four music videos.

Chart performance

The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart, the lowest-charting original album by the band, although it went on to become their biggest seller, being certified double platinum. The album also peaked at number 108 on the US ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

All tracks are produced by

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and Richard Stannard except where noted. Notes * signifies an additional producer * signifies a remixer *"If Ya Gettin' Down" includes a sample from " Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life", performed by Indeep *"Battlestar" includes a sample of "Battlestar Galactica", performed by John Williams and The Boston Pops Orchestra

Personnel

Five * Jason "J" Brown – vocals;

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on track 13 * Sean Conlon – vocals; piano on track 7 * Richard Abidin "Abs" Breen – vocals; drums and programming on track 2 * Ritchie Neville – vocals * Scott Robinson – vocals Additional musicians *Mista Dexter – turntables on tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14 *Filo – backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11 and 13 * John Themis – guitar on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 13 *Steve Lewinson – bass on tracks 2, 7, 8 and 55 *Steve McCutcheon – keyboards on track 2 *Sharon Murphy – backing vocals on track 2 * Brian May – guitar on track 4 * Roger Taylor – drums on track 4 *Andy Caine – backing vocals on track 4 * Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – additional vocals on track 5 *Mats Berntoft – guitar on track 9 *Sead – turntables on track 9 *Anders Von Hofsten – backing vocals on track 9 * Andreas Carlsson – backing vocals on track 9 *Snake Davis – flute on track 11 *Maren Hernandez – additional vocals on track 15 * Wayne Hector – backing vocals on track 15 * Alistair Tennant – backing vocals on track 15 *

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– commentary on track 16 Production and additional personnel * Simon Cowell – executive production *

– executive production; production on all tracks except 5, 6 and 9; mixing on track 10 *

– production on all tracks except 5, 6 and 9; mixing on track 10 * Richard Norris – production on tracks 4, 12 and 14 *

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– production on tracks 5 and 6;

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and additional production on track 3 *

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– production, mixing and arrangements on track 15; additional production and additional mixing on tracks 2 and 16 * Jake – production, recording, keyboards and programming on track 9 * Per Magnusson – production, recording, keyboards and programming on track 9 *Adrian Bushby – recording and mixing on all tracks except 5, 6, 9 and 10; mix engineering on track 10 *Jake Davies – Pro Tools engineering on tracks 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 55; mixing on tracks 2 and 16; additional

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s on track 12 *Matt Howe – mix engineering on tracks 2, 15 and 16 *Chris Laws – engineering and programming on track 15; additional programming on track 16 *Daniel Pursey – engineering assistance on track 2; mix engineering assistance on tracks 15 and 16 *Justin Shirley-Smith – recording on track 4 *Matt Sime – vocal recording on track 10 *Alvin Sweeney – recording assistance on tracks 2, 3, 7, 8, 14 and 55; mixing assistance on track 16 *Conal Markey – recording on track 10; recording assistance on tracks 1, 2 and 11; mixing assistance on track 16 *Dave Morgan – recording assistance on tracks 7, 12 and 14 *Pat McGovern – recording assistance on tracks 1 and 11 *Steve McKeown –

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arrangements on track 7 *Paul West –

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*Paula Benson – art direction, graphic design * Valerie Phillips – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Invincible Tour

The Invincible Tour was a 2000 concert tour by Five in promotion of the album.

Background

Along with the band's native UK, the tour went to Europe, Australasia and—as a foursome—South America, after member Ritchie Neville contracted

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and had to be flown back to England in order to recover.

Concert synopsis

Set list

This set list was played at the Manchester EN Arena on 26 March 2000. # "Battlestar" # "Shake" # " Everybody Get Up" # " When the Lights Go Out" # " It's the Things You Do" # " Got the Feelin'" # " Until the Time Is Through" # " Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" # " If Ya Gettin' Down" # "Serious" # "Two Sides to Every Story" # "

" # "Invincible" # " Keep On Movin'" # " We Will Rock You" (Encore)

Tour dates

References

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