Believe (Emerson Drive album)
Believe is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music group Emerson Drive. The album was released in Canada on May 5, 2009 via Midas/Valory/Open Road. The album's first single, "Belongs to You," reached the top forty on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in the United States.[1]
Critical reception
The album received mixed reviews from music critics. It received a three-and-a-half star rating from Todd Sterling of AllMusic, who said that the album was "slickly produced" and that it "sticks to the well-worn formula of the group's previous releases," but said that it had "every color of the musical rainbow."[2] Sterling cited "Your Last" as a standout, calling it a "lump-in-the-throat masterpiece."[2] Jim Malec of The 9513 gave it one star out of five, referring to the song's lyrics as largely cliché in nature and saying, "There is not a single song on Believe worth hearing. It is an entirely disposable album that is unoriginal, uninteresting and unnecessary."[3] Malec also criticized the album's sound, saying that the mixing of instruments and Brad Mates' vocals did not seem cohesive.[3]
Track listing
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| 1. | "That Kind of Beautiful" | Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson | 3:11 |
| 2. | "Believe" | Josh Leo, Shawn Colvin | 3:50 |
| 3. | "Belongs to You" | Dave Berg, Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro | 3:48 |
| 4. | "I Love This Road" | Brad Mates, Tommy Lee James | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Livin' It Up" | Marty Dodson, Jason Sellers, Jimmy Yeary | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Your Last" | Lisa Carver, Laird | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Life Down Here" | Mates, Leo, Tim Nichols | 3:07 |
| 8. | "The Extra Mile" | Bonnie Baker, Paul Sikes | 4:09 |
| 9. | "Too Much" | Danick Dupelle, Mates, Adrienne Follesé, Keith Follesé | 3:18 |
| 10. | "That Was Us" | Dupelle, Mates, Berg, Mike Mobley | 3:06 |
Singles
Release history
| Region |
Date |
Format |
| Canada |
May 5, 2009 |
CD, digital download |
| United States |
April 2011 |
digital download |
References
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- Brad Mates
- Danick Dupelle
- Mike Melancon
- Dale Wallace
- Pat Allingham
- Chris Hartman
- Jeff Loberg
- Dan Binns
- David Switzer
- Remi Barre
- Derrick Kuzemchuk
- Dan Bauman
- Patrick Bourque
- David Pichette
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