5ive produces dirty, long, instrumental metal songs full of distortion and excess. While it consists of no more than six songs, this album is over 50 minutes in length. For those who are into metal to listen to while they study or read a book, this album will do. While the artwork on this release is beautifully arranged, the music seems to lack any means by which to stick out to the listener, but perhaps that's not what the band necessarily wanted. All in all, an interesting idea, but something which only diehards of the metal genre would plunk down hard-earned cash to purchase. ~ Kurt Morris, All Music Guide
Ben Carr (Producer), Ben Carr (Assistant Engineer), Andrew Schneider (Producer), Andrew Schneider (Engineer), A. Turner (Art Direction), A. Turner (Design), Jeff Lipton (Mastering), 5ive (Main Performer)
Representative Albums: "Invincible," "Greatest Hits," "5ive: The Album"
Representative Songs: "Everybody Get Up," "Don't Wanna Let You Go," "Until the Time Is Through"
Biography
A British boy-band in the tradition of Take That -- and backed by the same management team which launched the career of the Spice Girls -- 5ive comprised Scott Robinson (underwear of choice: Calvin Klein boxers), Sean Conlon (Calvins as well), Rich Neville (another Calvin man), Jason Brown (tight-fitting boxers) and Richard "Abs" Breen (silk boxers). Their debut 5ive The Album was released in mid-1998; Invincible followed two years later. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
5ive is the debut album by Englishboy band group Five, released in 1998. It sold over 3 million copies worldwide, including over 1 million copies in the United States alone.
The album was certified Platinum in the UK.
The album is a rap-inflected pop record, featuring many up-tempo numbers which featured many raps from the band.
