Figure Number Five

Figure Number Five is the fift full-lenth album released bi the Swedish melodic daith metal baund Soilwork. On this release, the baund introduces mair alternative metal influences intae thair melodic daith metal style.

Figure Number Five
Studio album by Soilwork
Released	22 Aprile 2003
Recordit	Guitars & Keybuirds - Queenstreet Recordin (December 2002 - Januar 2003) Drums - Dug-Out Productions (Januar 2003) Vocals & Bass - Studio Fredman (Januar - Februar 2003)
Genre	Melodic daith metal Alternative metal
Lenth	40:52
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Soilwork
Soilwork chronology
Natural Born Chaos (2002) Figure Number Five (2003) The Early Chapters (2004)

Profeesional ratins
Review scores
Springheid	Ratin
Allmusic

A few different editions o this album existit upon release. The normal release wi eleiven tracks, as well as a limitit edition release wi a seicont CD o thair 1997 demo. The limitit vinyl version o the album featurs twa discs - this album an Natural Born Chaos, black an the ither a white-colored vinyl. The Japanese version o the album includes ane bonus track, entitled "Bursting Out."

Backgrund

This album markit keyboardist Sven Karlsson's first attempts at sangwritin for the baund. While it is no necessarily interconnectit wi the keybuirdist sangwritin, this album featurs mair uise o the keybuird an lichter melodies. The album is considered a mair commercial soond bi maist fans o Swadish daith metal, but it arguably gies the muisic a broader appeal. Housomeivver, vocalist Björn Strid haes said the album haes guid melodies but lacks in intensitie an coud'e been better componed; mony fans an creetics considered the album "rushed".

Muisic videos wur made for the sangs "Rejection Role" an "Light the Torch." In Flames appeared in the "Rejection Role" video, which featurt the twa baunds bein seemingly hostile towards ilk ither (early in the video, a member o In Flames can be seen hauldin up a sign that says "Sellout" as the baund drives bi Soilwork). On the In Flames video o "Trigger" Soilwork appeared an wur made interchyngeably as a joke tae the fans that aither baund haed ony indifferences wi ilk ither. This wis the last album tae featur Henry Ranta on drums.

Track leetin

Aw Leerics Bi Strid.

CD 1 and regular version - Figure Number Five
No.	Teetle	Music	Lenth
1.	"Rejection Role"	Wichers	3:35
2.	"Overload"	Karlsson	3:44
3.	"Figure Number Five"	Wichers	3:12
4.	"Strangler"	Wichers	3:48
5.	"Light the Torch"	Karlsson	3:41
6.	"Departure Plan"	Karlsson	4:24
7.	"Cranking the Sirens"	Karlsson, Sten	3:26
8.	"Brickwalker"	Karlsson	3:45
9.	"The Mindmaker"	Wichers	3:32
10.	"Distortion Sleep"	Karlsson	3:46
11.	"Downfall 24"	Wichers	3:55
12.	"Bursting Out" (Japan bonus track)		3:33

CD 2 exclusively for the limitit edition - Demo 1997
No.	Teetle	Lenth
1.	"Bound to Illusions"	2:49
2.	"My Need"	2:55
3.	"In a Close Encounter"	3:02
4.	"Skin after Skin"	3:23
5.	"Wake Up Call"	3:45
6.	"Steel Bath Suicide"	2:56

Chairts

Chart (2003)	Peak poseetion	Certification	Sales/ shipments
German Albums Chart	57

Personnel

Baund members

• Björn "Speed" Strid − Vocals
• Peter Wichers − Guitars
• Ola Frenning − Guitars
• Ola Flink − Bass guitar
• Sven Karlsson − Keyboards
• Henry Ranta − Drums

Guest muisickers

• Jens Broman − Guest vocals on "Figure Number Five"
• Richard Larsson − Tambourine on "Brickwalker"
• Bryan Kaschak - Guitar on "Cranking the Sirens"

Release history

Kintra	Date
Europe	22 Apryle 2003
Canadaee	5 Mey 2003
Unitit States