Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6

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Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6
Special Herbs 5 & 6 cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 23, 2004
RecordedVarious dates
Genre Hip hop, instrumental hip hop
Length47:29
Label Nature Sounds
Producer Metal Fingers
Metal Fingers chronology
Special Herbs, Vols. 4, 5 & 6
(2003)
Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6
(2004)
Special Herbs, Vols. 7 & 8
(2004)

Special Herbs, Vols. 5 & 6 is an album of instrumental works released by MF Doom under the Metal Fingers moniker. As with the other installments of the Special Herbs series, each track is named for a herb or similar flora.

Contents

This album, aside from the bonus tracks, also forms the last thirteen tracks of the Metal Fingers series' previous volume, Special Herbs, Vols. 4, 5 & 6, due to the different record labels the various albums in the series were released on. This is the last volume of the series with such track listing overlaps.

Track listing

All tracks produced by MF DOOM under his Metal Fingers alias.

  1. "Pennyroyal" – 3:11
  2. "Lavender Buds" – 3:05
  3. "White Willow Bark" – 4:24
  4. "Orange Blossoms" – 1:59
  5. "Coffin Nails" – 2:56
  6. "Kava Kava Root" – 4:07
  7. "Valerian Root" – 4:53
  8. "Jasmine Blossoms" – 2:58
  9. "Black Snake Root" – 3:44
  10. "Horehound" – 3:07
  11. "Dragons Blood" – 4:07
  12. "Myrtle Leaf" – 5:16
  13. "Patchouly Leaves" – 3:46
  14. "My Favorite Ladies" (bonus track)
  15. "All Outta Ale (live)" (bonus multimedia track)
  16. "Special Blends DJ Set (live)" (bonus multimedia track)
  17. MF Doom Photo Gallery (multimedia extra)

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