Album Title
When asked about the album's title, their members come to several definitions about it. Mark Lee said "We named the album Conspiracy No. 5 because we were really into "conspiracy theories" which were swirling around at the time in the wake of the JFK movie. They also found the use of the number five compelling for several reasons: the five members of the band, and it was their fifth project including their independent releases.
However, the most spread out story behind the title comes also from Lee, who came across a definition of the word "conspiracy" in the Random House Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd unabridged edition. He said that "the 5th definition read basically that a conspiracy was when two more people worked together for a common cause. We found the definition a compelling parallel to what we did in the band. We also saw our touring as a chance to conspire with our fans for the common beliefs of our faith."
Images of most likely conspiracy theories were scaled on the inlay of the disc which includes images of Word War II, Abraham Lincoln, J.F.K., Martin Luther King and an image of the resurrected Christ though the songs on the album are not themes of the conspiracies.
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