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{{Infobox album
| name       = Five Three One - Double Seven O Four
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Hollies]]
| cover      = Hollies-5317704.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 1979
| recorded   = 16 August 1978 – 18 January 1979<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |title=Session Listing |access-date=2018-09-25 |archive-date=2018-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925220015/http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| venue      =
| studio     = [[Abbey Road Studios]], [[London]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |title=Session Listing |access-date=18 December 2017 |archive-date=12 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912013218/http://www.hollies.co.uk/music-archive/session-listing.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| genre      = [[Rock (music)|Rock]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| length     =
| label      = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| producer   = [[Ron Richards (producer)|Ron Richards]]
| prev_title = [[A Crazy Steal]]
| prev_year  = 1978
| next_title = Buddy Holly
| next_year  = 1980
}}
'''''Five Three One - Double Seven O Four''''' is the 19th UK [[studio album]] by the [[England|English]] rock/pop group [[the Hollies]]. When [[seven-segment display|rendered as digits]], the album title is the band's name upside down in [[Calculator spelling|digital number view]] (it would appear like this: hOLLIES or <span style="display:inline-block; transform:rotate(180deg)">5317704</span>). The idea is credited to guitarist [[Terry Sylvester]].<ref name="title">{{cite book|author=Malcolm C. Searles|title=Riding the Carousel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjpUzgEACAAJ&q=Riding+the+Carousel|year=2021|publisher=Troubador Publishing Limited|isbn=9781800463493|page=439}}</ref>
==Overview and recording==
Singer [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]] left The Hollies after the release of their previous album ''[[A Crazy Steal]]'' in 1978. During his absence, the band worked with [[Gary Brooker]] of [[Procol Harum]]. They recorded his (and [[Keith Reid]]) song "Harlequin" with [[B. J. Wilson]] on drums, due to the illness of the Hollies’ drummer [[Bobby Elliott]]. The group even considered offering Gary Brooker the lead singer position, but Allan Clarke eventually returned to the group and the remainder of the album was recorded.<ref>Peter Doggett, The Long Road Home (CD box liner notes), EMI Records Ltd, 2003.</ref> Brooker later recorded the opening track "Say It Ain't So, Jo", having heard it on the sessions for this album (it was also covered by [[Roger Daltrey]]).
The Hollies worked with their longtime producer [[Ron Richards (producer)|Ron Richards]], who was seriously ill at the time and left the music business after completing the album. Drummer Bobby Elliott later stated: "The massive consoles at [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] were now computerised, and engineer Mike Jarratt had a 16- and a 24-track machine linked together. Very impressive, but advancing technology, ironically, meant that it was now taking much longer to mix a Hollies track".<ref name="Abbey">{{cite book|author=Bobby Elliott|title=It's Ain't Heavy, It's My Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9YjygEACAAJ|year=2020|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9781913172206|page=284}}</ref> The band recorded several new songs by various authors ([[Murray Head]], [[Tony Hymas]], [[Pete Brown]], [[David Pomeranz]]) and only one, "Satelite Three", written by singer Allan Clarke (and his songwriting partner [[Gary Benson (musician)|Gary Benson]]). The album contained mostly ballads, occasionally country music ("Stormy Waters") or mid-tempo funk ("Boys in the Band"). The song "It's Everyone Of Us" was later featured in the stage musical, ''[[Time (musical)|Time]]'' and [[Cliff Richard]] recorded his version in 1985. In 2003, the Hollies included the song in their concert setlist. Two more tunes were omitted from the final album: "Sanctuary" (released in 1988) and "Lovin' You Ain't Easy" (released in 1998). Allan Clarke sang lead on all tracks except "Boys in the Band" and "Harlequin", which were both sung by Terry Sylvester.
==Release and reception==
The Space-themed sleeve design was fashioned by Jack Wood (who made artwork for [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Thin Lizzy]] or [[The Sensational Alex Harvey Band]]). LP was issued by Polydor in the UK in March 1979, but the album was overshadowed by the success of the compilation, ''[[The Hollies: 20 Golden Greats]]'', which reached No. 2 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] shortly before. ''5317704'' was also released in Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Scandinavia, and Germany. Although the Hollies went on tour to promote both albums, ''5317704'' failed to chart.  The extracted single "Something to Live For" (originally recorded by [[Jack Bruce]] on his LP ''[[How's Tricks]]'') also failed. The music magazine ''[[Melody Maker]]'' named the record "terminally depressing".<ref name="Elliott">{{cite book|author=Malcolm C. Searles|title=Riding the Carousel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DjpUzgEACAAJ&q=Riding+the+Carousel|year=2021|publisher=Troubador Publishing Limited|isbn=9781800463493|page=436}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===Side 1===
#"[[Say It Ain't So, Joe (song)|Say It Ain't So, Jo]]" ([[Murray Head]])
#"Maybe It's Dawn" (Tony Hymas, Pete Brown)
#"Song Of the Sun" (Tony Hymas, Pete Brown)
#"Harlequin" ([[Gary Brooker]], [[Keith Reid]]) Lead vocal: Terry Sylvester; Drums: B.J. Wilson <ref name=autogenerated1>Epic Canada LP liner notes</ref>
#"When I'm Yours" (Murray Head)
===Side 2===
#"Something To Live For" (Tony Hymas, Pete Brown)
#"Stormy Waters" (David M. White) Harmonica: Allan Clarke <ref name=autogenerated1 />
#"Boys in the Band" (Pete Brown) Lead vocal: Terry Sylvester <ref name=autogenerated1 />
#"Satellite Three" ([[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]], Gary Benson)
#"It's In Everyone Of Us" (David Pomeranz)
==Personnel==
* [[Allan Clarke (singer)|Allan Clarke]]&nbsp;– lead vocals, guitar, harmonica
* [[Terry Sylvester]]&nbsp;– guitar, vocals
* [[Tony Hicks]]&nbsp;– guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, keyboards, vocals
* [[Bernie Calvert]]&nbsp;– bass, keyboards
* [[Bobby Elliott]]&nbsp;– drums
* [[Pete Wingfield]]&nbsp;– keyboards
* Hans Peter Arnesen&nbsp;– keyboards <ref name=autogenerated1 />
* [[Gary Brooker]]&nbsp;– keyboards <ref name=autogenerated1 /> (vocals on "Harlequin", starting at 3:15)
* [[Tony Hymas]]&nbsp;– keyboards, string and horn arrangements <ref name=autogenerated1 />
* [[B.J. Wilson]]&nbsp;– drums <ref name=autogenerated1 />
==References==
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[[Category:Polydor Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Ron Richards (producer)]]