5 (Lamb album)

5
Studio album by Lamb
Released	5 May 2011
Genre	Trip hop, electronica
Label	Strata Music
Lamb chronology
Best Kept Secrets: The Best of Lamb 1996-2004 (2004) 5 (2011) Backspace Unwind (2014)

5 is the title of Lamb's fifth album, released in 2011 after a 5-year hiatus. Their sixth album Backspace Unwind was released in October 2014.^[1]

Recording and production

The record was the first album from the band after they reformed in 2009.^[2]

Critical response

• "Stately" **** Q magazine
• "...easily their finest album since that era defining debut **** Mixmag
• "...distressed beats, washes of strings, cosmic musings. Elegantly done" *** The Observer^[2]
• "...ethereal and mesmeric" *** Mail on Sunday
• "Doyens of the breakbeat, lamb reconvene with a glorious new album" Future Music
• 4 stars MOJO Magazine
• 4/5 The Telegraph ^[3]

The Independent found that little had changed since their split, with the band still sounding middle-class and unthreatening, although singer Lou Rhodes's voice was sounding more like Stevie Nicks.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Another Language" 4:18
2. "Butterfly Effect" 3:43
3. "Build A Fire" 3:43
4. "Wise Enough" 4:46
5. "Existential Itch" 2:23
6. "Strong The Root" 3:51
7. "Rounds" 4:12
8. "She Walks" 3:06
9. "Last Night The Sky" 3:42
10. "The Spectacle" 4:14
11. "Back To Beginning (with Damien Rice)" 3:32

Two Disc Limited Edition

Disc one

1. "Another Language" 4:18
2. "Butterfly Effect" 3:43
3. "Build A Fire" 3:43
4. "Wise Enough" 4:45
5. "Existential Itch" 2:23
6. "Strong The Root" 3:50
7. "Rounds" 4:12
8. "She Walks" 3:06
9. "Last Night The Sky" 3:42
10. "The Spectacle" 4:00

Disc Two

1. Dischord 2:26
2. Back To Beginning (with Damien Rice) 3:20
3. Strong The Root (Instrumental) 3:42
4. Last Night The Sky (Instrumental) 3:26
5. Rounds (Demo) 3:15
6. Butterfly Effect (Instrumental) 3:47
7. Strong The Root (Acapella) 3:30
8. Wise Enough (Instrumental) 4:33
9. The Spectacle (Reprise) 3:14

References

1. Official Lamb website
2. Carnwath, Andy (17 July 2011). "Lamb: 5 – review". The Observer (UK).
3. Lachno, James (21 Jul 2011). "Lamb: 5, CD review". The Telegraph (UK).
4. "Album: Lamb, 5 (Strata)". The Independent (UK). 24 July 2011.

External links

• 5 (Lamb album) at Discogs