Glee: The Music Volume 5 is the fourth CD, released for season 2, including 14 cover versions and Glee's first two original songs, Get It Right and Loser Like Me. It was released on March 8, 2011 in America.
The album was produced by Adam Anders, who is also the writer of the original songs, Peer Åström, Max Martin, Shellback, and the series creator Ryan Murphy, with Dante DiLoreto and Brad Falchuk as the executive producers.
Glee: The Music Volume 5 was released in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2011, with the cover version of Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) exchanged for Afternoon Delight.
Critical Reception[]
Allmusic's Andrew Leahey gave the album a rating of two-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the first track, Thriller/Heads Will Roll, as well as Paltrow's appearances.
However, he found monotony in Glee's conventional mix of popular music and show tunes, even with the two original tracks.
Rolling Stone's Jody Rosen gave Loser Like Me a four-star rating out of five, and felt its message related well to the show's theme. While initial sales projections were set at 75,000 copies, Glee: The Music, Volume 5 sold 90,000 copies in the US, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200. The album debuted on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number thirty-five and climbed to number three the next week. On the Australian Albums Chart,Volume 5 debuted at number one, becoming the second album by the cast to reach the top spot, following Glee: The Music, Volume 3 -Showstoppers. In Canada, the album debuted at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 5,700 copies in its second week of release. The album debuted in Ireland on April 14, 2011 at number five.
Tracklist[]
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# | Title | Writer(s) | Original Artist(s) | Length | |||||
1. | "Thriller/Heads Will Roll" (Performed by Cory Monteith, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, and Naya Rivera) | Rod Temperton/Brian Chase, Karen Orzolek and Nick Zinner | Michael Jackson/The Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 3:36 | |||||
2. | "Need You Now" (Performed by Lea Michele and Mark Salling) | Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott | Lady Antebellum | 3:37 | |||||
3. | "She's Not There" (Performed by Chord Overstreet, Cory Monteith, and Kevin McHale) | Rod Argent | The Zombies | 2:29 | |||||
4. | "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Performed by Mark Salling) | Brian May | Queen | 4:12 | |||||
5. | "P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing)" (Performed by Kevin McHale) | James Ingram and Quincy Jones | Michael Jackson | 3:56 | |||||
6. | "Firework" (Performed by Lea Michele) | Katy Perry, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Sandy Wilhelm and Ester Dean | Katy Perry | 3:47 | |||||
7. | "Baby" (Performed by Chord Overstreet and Kevin McHale) | Justin Bieber, Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Christopher Bridges, Christina Milian | Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris | 3:35 | |||||
8. | "Somebody to Love" (Performed by Chord Overstreet and Kevin McHale) | Justin Bieber, Heather Bright, Jonathan Yip, Ray Romulus and Jeremy Reeves | Justin Bieber | 3:12 | |||||
9. | "Take Me or Leave Me" (Performed by Amber Riley and Lea Michele) | Jonathan Larson | Cast of Rent | 3:11 | |||||
10. | "Sing" (Performed by Cory Monteith and Lea Michele) | Frank Iero, Ray Toro, Gerard Way and Mikey Way | My Chemical Romance | 4:03 | |||||
11. | "Don't You Want Me" (Performed by Darren Criss and Lea Michele) | Philip Oakley, Jo Callis and Philip Adrian Wright | The Human League | 3:33 | |||||
12. | "Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" (Performed by Gwyneth Paltrow) | Paul Gadd (Gary Glitter) and Mike Leander | Gary Glitter | 3:36 | |||||
13. | "Kiss" (Gwyneth Paltrow and Matthew Morrison) | Prince | Prince and The Revolution | 3:37 | |||||
14. | "Landslide" (Performed by Gwyneth Paltrow, Heather Morris, and Naya Rivera) | Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac | 3:46 | |||||
15. | "Get It Right" (Performed by Lea Michele) | Adam Anders | Glee original composition | 3:47 | |||||
16. | "Loser Like Me" (Performed by Amber Riley, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Lea Michele, and Naya Rivera) | Adam Anders, Peer Åström, Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Johan Schuster | Glee original composition | 3:19 |
United Kingdom and Brazil Edition | |||||||||
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# | Title | Writer(s) | Original Artist(s) | Length | |||||
12. | "Kiss" (Performed by Gwyneth Paltrow and Matthew Morrison) | Prince | Prince and The Revolution | 3:37 | |||||
13. | "Landslide" (Performed by Gwyneth Paltrow, Heather Morris, and Naya Rivera) | Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac | 3:46 | |||||
14. | "Afternoon Delight" (Performed by Dianna Agron, Jayma Mays, John Stamos, Lea Michele, and Mark Salling) | Bill Danoff | Starland Vocal Band | 3:12 | |||||
15. | "Get It Right" (Performed by Lea Michele) | Adam Anders | Glee original composition | 3:47 | |||||
16. | "Loser Like Me" (Performed by Amber Riley, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Lea Michele, and Naya Rivera) | Savan Kotecha, Max Martin and Johan Schuster | Glee original composition | 3:19 |
Charts[]
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums Chart | 1 |
US Billboard 200 | 3 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 3 |
New Zealand Albums Chart | 3 |
UK Albums Chart | 4 |
Irish Albums Chart | 5 |
Netherlands MegaCharts | 27 |