en 5 (Sault album)

5
5
Studio album by Sault
Released	5 May 2019
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	41:48
Label	Forever Living Originals
Producer	Tom Campbell; Inflo;
Sault chronology

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]

Accolades for 5
Issuer	Listing	Rank
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

[guard-1] Petridis, Alexis (20 December 2019). "Sault: 5 / 7 Review – Intriguing Grooves from a Mystery Funk Machine". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[amg-2] Kellman, Andy. "5 – Sault". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[paste15-3] Manno, Lizzie (19 March 2020). "The 15 New British Acts You Need to Know in 2020". Paste. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[2020bandcamp-4] "The Best Albums of 2019: #20–1". Bandcamp. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[bbingles-5] "Sault". Billboard. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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