Untitled (Five Pointe O album)

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Untitled
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2002 (2002-03-19)
Recorded@ Sonic Ranch Studios, Tornillo, Texas, U.S.
Genre Nu metal [1] [2] [3]
Length52:39
Label Roadrunner
Producer Colin Richardson
Five Pointe O chronology
The Other Side
(1999)
Untitled
(2002)
Singles from Untitled
  1. "Double X Minus"
    Released: September 1, 2002

Untitled is the sole album from the nu metal band Five Pointe O. The album was released on March 19, 2002 via Roadrunner Records.

Contents

Background

The album's only single, "Double X Minus", received airplay on MTV2's Headbangers Ball and Kerrang! TV. "The Infinity" was featured on the Resident Evil soundtrack.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Sputnik MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Exclaim! (Positive) [5]

Exclaim! compared the album favorably to the early music of Linkin Park. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Double X Minus" – 3:22
  2. "King of the Hill" – 5:02
  3. "Art of Cope" – 3:12
  4. "Purity 01" – 4:12
  5. "Freedom?" – 4:38
  6. "Sympathetic Climate Control" – 5:16
  7. "Untitled" – 3:51
  8. "Syndrome Down" – 4:01
  9. "Breathe Machine" – 2:46
  10. "The Infinity" – 4:26
  11. "Aspire, Inspire" – 11:47

Personnel

Band

Production

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