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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Five or Six
| origin = [[London]], England
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| label = {{hlist|[[Cherry Red Records|Cherry Red]]|Edigsa|Frizz Bee}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Shock Headed Peters]]|[[Spring Heel Jack]]}}
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'''Five or Six''' were an English [[post-punk]] band, originally signed to [[Cherry Red Records]] by A&R head Mike Alway, who deemed them to be the act with the most potential from the scene he had helped create around the Snoopies club in south-west London.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=I'll Give You My Heart I'll Give You My Heart (The Cherry Red Records Singles Collection 1978-1983) |others=Various artists |year=2008 |page=36 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Cherry Red Records]]}}</ref> In addition to the singles they released with Cherry Red, they recorded two albums, ''A Thriving and Happy Land'' and ''Cántame esa canción que dice, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'', neither of which was released in the UK.<ref name=RecCollector>{{cite web |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/acting-on-impulse-thebest-of |last=Shooman |first=Joe |title=Review: Five or Six — Acting on Impulse: The Best of Five or Six |date=September 2008 |website=[[Record Collector]] |publisher=[[Diamond Publishing]] |access-date=September 23, 2018}}</ref> The line-up was fluid. One of their songs was included on the compilation album ''[[Pillows & Prayers]]''.
In 2008, Cherry Red released a retrospective anthology, entitled ''Acting on Impulse: The Best of Five or Six''.<ref name=RecCollector/>
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==Discography==
'''Studio albums'''
*''A Thriving and Happy Land''
*''Cántame esa canción que dice, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'' (1982)
'''Compilations'''
*''Acting on Impulse: The Best of Five or Six'' (2008)
'''Singles and EPs'''
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*''Polar Exposure'' (1981)
*''Four from Five or Six'' (1982)
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==External links==
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[[Category:English post-punk music groups]]
[[Category:Cherry Red Records artists]]
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