Believe [US CD/12" Single]

About Believe [US CD/12" Single]

Believe is the twenty-second solo studio album by American singer and actress Cher, released on October 22, 1998 by WEA and Warner Bros. Records. Following the failure of her previous studio album It's a Man's World (1995), her record company encouraged her to record a dance-oriented album. Cher started working on the album in the spring of 1998 with English producers Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling at the Dreamhouse Studios in London. The album was dedicated to her former husband Sonny Bono, who had died earlier that year. Believe represents a complete musical departure from her previous works, consisting of Euro disco oriented styles, while its lyrical topics include freedom, individualism and relationships. The album features some of the new technology of the time, like the usage of Auto-tune, which would eventually become known as the "Cher effect". Upon release, the album received mixed reviews from music critics, who commended Cher's vocal performance, while others criticized the high amount of vocoder and its overall production. It won one Grammy for "Best Dance Recording" from a total of three nominations. more »