Believe is the second studio album by American music producer, DJ, remixer, and songwriter, Morgan Page, released on February 23, 2010.[1]
The first single from Believe was "Fight for You", featuring guest vocals from Elisabeth Maurus (a.k.a. Lissie).[2] "Fight for You" has been featured in live sets by artists such as Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Dave Dresden, and Hernan Cattaneo. The single was #6 on AOL's Top 10 Dance Songs of 2009,[3] and was also featured as a free track on the iPod Touch/iPhone app Tap Tap Revenge 2.
Page's second single, a cover of Pete Yorn's "Strange Condition", also features vocals from Elisabeth Maurus.[4]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| About.com |  [5] |
| Allmusic |   [6] |
| Mix | positive[7] |
Believe received generally positive reviews. David Jeffries from Allmusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing: "While the melancholic mood throughout the record might wear on some, Believe is a well-crafted mood piece for the prog house faithful, featuring all the murky atmosphere the producer’s underserved fans crave."[6]
About.com writer Scott Nelson gave the album 5 out of 5 stars, saying Morgan had "really figured out his place in dance music as the arrangement and production are pretty much perfect". Nelson singled out Maurus' voice as a better compliment for Page's music than the other singers featured on the album.[4]
Sarah Benzuly of Mix wrote that "Believe is infused with melodic grooves, syncopated rhythms and textures that ebb and flow from one track to the next."[8]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 1:01 |
| 2. | "Strange Condition" (vocals by Lissie) | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Believe" (vocals by Lissie) | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Back to Life" (featuring Samantha James) | 4:02 |
| 5. | "Fight for You" (vocals by Lissie) | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Agnus Dei" (featuring Matt Alber) | 4:21 |
| 7. | "Only Human" (featuring Natalie Walker) | 3:50 |
| 8. | "Return to Me" | 1:51 |
| 9. | "Tell Me Why" (featuring Angela McCluskey) | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Traces Remain" (featuring Jan Burton) | 4:21 |
| 11. | "I've Had Friends" (featuring Jan Burton) | 5:40 |
| 12. | "In the Dark" (vocals by Morgan Page) | 4:14 |
| 13. | "Coming Home" | 2:40 |
References
- ^ "Believe: Morgan Page: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^ Zel (November 5, 2009). "Morgan Page's new album and the not-so-secret uncredited vocal". soundbleed. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
- ^ Dickinson, Boonsri (December 10, 2009). "AOL's Top Dance Songs of 2009". Boonsri Dickinson. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- ^ a b Nelson, Scott. "Believe Review". About.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ^ "About.com review". Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ a b Jeffries, David. "Review: Believe". Allmusic. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Mix review Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cool Spins: Morgan Page 'Believe' (Nettwerk Productions)". Mixonline.com. January 5, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
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