Believe (Morgan Page album)
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| Studio album by Morgan Page | ||||
| Released | February 23, 2010 | |||
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| Label | Nettwerk | |||
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Believe is the second album from producer, songwriter, DJ, and remixer 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
| Professional ratings | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 2012-01-16.
- ↑ Zel (2009-11-05). "Morgan Page's new album and the not-so-secret uncredited vocal". soundbleed. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ↑ Dickinson, Boonsri (2009-12-10). "AOL's Top Dance Songs of 2009". Boonsri Dickinson. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- 1 2 Nelson, Scott. "Believe Review". About.com. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ↑ About.com review
- 1 2 Jeffries, David. "Review: Believe". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
- ↑ Mix review Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Cool Spins: Morgan Page 'Believe' (Nettwerk Productions)". Mixonline.com. 2010-01-05. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-01-16.