Believe (Orianthi album)

Believe is the second studio album by Australian guitarist Orianthi and her debut album recorded for a major label. It was released on 26 October 2009 by Geffen Records. The album's release was pushed back by Geffen to coincide with the compilation album This Is It by Michael Jackson, as a result of the publicity generated from her appearance in the concert film of the same name. The album peaked at number 77 at the Billboard 200.

The song "Believe" from which the album is titled, is a cover of the Niels Brinck's song "Believe Again", best known as the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Virtuoso guitarist Steve Vai appears on and co-wrote the song "Highly Strung". "Suffocated", a cover of a song by American band Sound the Alarm, appears on the soundtrack of music video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.

The album was re-released on 8 June 2010. Several tracks from Believe are remixed ("Bad News", "Think Like a Man", and "What's It Gonna Be"), while God Only Knows, Untogether, and Drive Away are omitted. It also includes four new songs, including the album's second single "Shut Up and Kiss Me".

Track listing
All songs were produced by Howard Benson, except for track 17. (Catalogue: 2724713)

Believe (II)
All songs produced by Howard Benson, except track 12 produced by RedOne.

Singles

 * "According to You" is the debut single off the album. The music video for the single was directed by Marc Klasfeld. The song became a radio hit and commercial success in her local country Australia by reaching number 8 on the ARIA Charts. The song quickly gained popularity in the US, and peaked at number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 1 on American Top 40.

Personnel

 * Orianthi – guitar, vocals
 * Steve Vai – guitar
 * Phil X – guitar
 * Marc VanGool - guitar
 * Brian Chiusano – guitar
 * Tal Herzberg – bass, engineer, executive producer, A&R
 * Paul Bushnell – bass
 * Chris Chaney – bass
 * Frank Zummo – drums
 * Josh Freese – drums
 * Michito Sánchez – percussion
 * Howard Benson – keyboards, programming, producer
 * Kim Bullard – keyboards, programming

Production

 * Simon Fuller – executive producer
 * Stirling McIlwaine – executive producer
 * Ron Fair – executive producer
 * Mike Plotnikoff – engineer
 * Hatsukazu "Hatch" Inagaki – engineer
 * Ryan Shanahan – assistant engineer
 * Jimmy Fahey – assistant engineer
 * Paul DeCarli – digital editing
 * Brad Townsend – mixing
 * Andrew Schubert – mixing
 * Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
 * Keith Armstrong – mixing assistant
 * Nik Karpen – mixing assistant
 * Ted Jensen – mastering
 * Chapman Baehler – photography
 * Marc VanGool – guitar, guitar technician
 * Jon Nicholson – drum technician
 * Keki Mingus – creative director
 * Cliff Feiman – production supervisor