Believe_(Emerson_Drive_album)
Believe (Emerson Drive album)
2009 studio album by Emerson Drive
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]
| Believe | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 5, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label | Midas/Valory Music Group | |||
| Producer | Teddy Gentry Josh Leo | |||
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| Singles from Believe | ||||
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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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, Michael Mobley | 3:06 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US Country | ||
| 2008 | "Belongs to You" | 73 | 32 |
| 2009 | "Believe" | 73 | — |
| "I Love This Road" | 86 | — | |
| "The Extra Mile" | 96 | — | |
| 2010 | "That Kind of Beautiful" | 80 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Region | Date | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | May 5, 2009 | CD, digital download |
| United States | April 2011 | digital download |
- Sterling, Todd. "Believe - Emerson Drive". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- Male, Jim (May 28, 2009). "Emerson Drive - Believe". The 9513. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.