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]

Believe
Studio album by
Emerson Drive
ReleasedMay 5, 2009
GenreCountry
Length35:02
LabelMidas/Valory Music Group
ProducerTeddy Gentry
Josh Leo
Emerson Drive chronology
Countrified
(2006)		 Believe
(2009)		 Decade of Drive
(2011)
Singles from Believe
  1. "Belongs to You"
    Released: November 17, 2008
  2. "Believe"
    Released: March 2009
  3. "I Love This Road"
    Released: July 6, 2009
  4. "The Extra Mile"
    Released: November 23, 2009
  5. "That Kind of Beautiful"
    Released: June 14, 2010

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The 9513[3]

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
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That Kind of Beautiful"Luke Laird, Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson3:11
2."Believe"Josh Leo, Shawn Colvin3:50
3."Belongs to You"Dave Berg, Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro3:48
4."I Love This Road"Brad Mates, Tommy Lee James3:46
5."Livin' It Up"Marty Dodson, Jason Sellers, Jimmy Yeary3:04
6."Your Last"Lisa Carver, Laird3:43
7."Life Down Here"Mates, Leo, Tim Nichols3:07
8."The Extra Mile"Bonnie Baker, Paul Sikes4:09
9."Too Much"Danick Dupelle, Mates, Adrienne Follesé, Keith Follesé3:18
10."That Was Us"Dupelle, Mates, Berg, Mike Mobley3:06

Chart performance

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

Release history
Region Date Format
Canada May 5, 2009 CD, digital download
United States April 2011 digital download

References
  1. Billboard
  2. Sterling, Todd. "Believe - Emerson Drive". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. Male, Jim (May 28, 2009). "Emerson Drive - Believe". The 9513. Archived from the original on May 30, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
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