5 Tracks

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{{Infobox album

| name = 5 Tracks

| type = EP

| artist = John Cale

| cover = 5 Tracks by John Cale.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2003|05|26|df=yes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/may/23/artsfeatures.velvetunderground |title=Velvet goldmine |work=The Guardian |author=Ed Vulliamy |date=23 May 2003 |access-date=14 May 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000092ZZ4 |title=5 Tracks |publisher=amazon.co.uk |access-date=14 May 2013}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = MediaLuna Studios, New York; Engine Studios, Chicago, Illinois

| genre = Art pop, art rock

| length = {{Duration|m=19|s=42}}

| label = EMI

| producer = John Cale, Andy Green, Dimitri Tikovoï

| chronology = John Cale EPs

| prev_title = Animal Justice

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Extra Playful

| next_year = 2011

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = BBC Music

|rev1score = (favourable){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/hvgb |title=Review of John Cale - 5 Tracks EP |author=Chris Jones |date=30 May 2003 |publisher=BBC Music |access-date=14 May 2013}}

|rev2 = No Ripcord

|rev2score = (6/10){{cite web |url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/john-cale/5-tracks |title=John Cale: 5 Tracks - Music Review |author=Ben Bollig |date=12 June 2003 |publisher=No Ripcord |access-date=14 May 2013}}

|rev3 = Uncut

|rev3score = (3/10){{cite web |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/john-cale/john-cale-5-tracks-review |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505085153/http://www.uncut.co.uk/john-cale/john-cale-5-tracks-review |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |title=John Cale - 5 Tracks |work=Uncut |access-date=14 May 2013 }}

|noprose = yes

}}

5 Tracks is the second extended play by Welsh musician John Cale, released in May 2003 and comprising five previously unreleased songs. It was Cale's first release for EMI. The EP was followed by the album HoboSapiens, which was released in October 2003 and does not contain any songs from this EP.

The song "Wilderness Approaching" features in the 2003 Ramin Niami film Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313459/soundtrack |title=Paris (2003) - Soundtracks |publisher=IMDb |access-date=14 May 2013}}