5 (Sault album)
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Released | 5 May 2019 | |||
Genre | Funk,[1] soul[2] | |||
Length | 41:48 | |||
Label | Forever Living Originals | |||
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5 is the debut studio album from British R&B musical group Sault. The album has been met with positive critical reception.
Critical reception
The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide 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".[2] In The Guardian, 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".[1]
Citing their first two albums, Paste declared Sault one of the 15 new British bands that audiences should listen to in 2020.[3]
Issuer | Listing | Rank |
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AllMusic Guide | Best of 2019 | — |
Bandcamp[4] | The Best Albums of 2019 | 2 |
Track listing
- "Up All Night" (Dean Josiah Cover and Cleopatra 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
Chart performance
"Let Me Go" spent one week on the Billboard Mexico Ingles Airplay chart at number 49.[5]
Personnel
Sault
Technical personnel
- Tom Campbell – production[2]
References
- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (20 December 2019). "Sault: 5 / 7 Review – Intriguing Grooves from a Mystery Funk Machine". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Kellman, Andy. "5 – Sault". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Manno, Lizzie (19 March 2020). "The 15 New British Acts You Need to Know in 2020". Paste. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "The Best Albums of 2019: #20–1". Bandcamp. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Sault". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
- 5 at Discogs (list of releases)
- 5 at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
- Review aggregate by Album of the Year
- Review from Album Reviews blog