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

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

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, Michael 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. 1 2 3 Sterling, Todd. "Believe - Emerson Drive". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
  3. 1 2 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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