''5'' is the debut studio album from British
rhythm and blues
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musical group
Sault. The album has been met with positive critical reception.
Critical reception
The editorial staff of
AllMusic Guide
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gave ''5'' four out of five stars, designating it the "Best of 2019", with reviewer Andy Kellman noting that "the highlights are numerous, equal in quantity to the approaches".
In ''
The Guardian
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'',
Alexis Petridis reviewed both ''5'' and ''
7'', giving them each five stars out of five, writing that both are "fantastic, walking an idiosyncratic path that zig-zags between ESG-esque post-punk funk, early 80s boogie and something approaching neo-soul, without ever really fitting into any of those categories or sounding like straightforward homage".
Accolades
Track listing
#"Up All Night" (
Dean Josiah Cover and
Cloepatra Nikolic)– 4:16
#"Don’t Waste My Time" (Cover and Melisa Young)– 3:15
#"Foot on Necks" (Cover and Nikolic)– 3:12
#"Why Why Why Why Why" (Cover and Nikolic)– 3:59
#"Pink Sands" (Cover)– 1:52
#"Let Me Go" (Cover and Nikolic)– 3:13
#"Masterpiece" (Cover and Nikolic)– 5:45
#"Add a Little Bit of SAULT" (Young)– 0:18
#"Something’s in the Air" (Cover and Young)– 3:10
#"Think About It" (Cover and Young)– 2:48
#"Wild Hundreds, Pt. 5" (Cover)– 0:51
#"We Are the Sun" (Cover)– 3:56
#"Wild Hundreds, Pt. 55" (Cover and Nikolic)– 1:28
#"B.A.B.E" (Cover and Nikolic)– 3:45
Personnel
Sault
*Kadeem Clarke
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Dean Josiah "Inflo" Cover
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Cleopatra "Cleo Sol" Nikolic
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Melisa "Kid Sister" Young
Technical personnel
*Tom Campbell–
production
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References
External links
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2019 debut albums
Sault (band) albums