Need To Believe [Import]

Gotthard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Indie Europe/Zoom
• ASIN: B002F1JMGK
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,987 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2009 album from the Swiss Hard Rockers. Produced by Rick Chicky (Aerosmith/Rush/etc), the band have created a collection which is able to combine emotional Rock songs with haunting mainstream elements in perfect harmony. An album which convinces with rough, dynamic and hasty attitudes but stands also for experience, maturity and composure. Many of the tracks on Need To Believe are proof that Gotthard are an amazing band without any compromises. Songs as the diverse and dazzling 'Shangri La' or the Rock hymn 'Need To Believe' demonstrate the all-embracing contribution the band makes to the scene. 11 tracks.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big league sound, but will anyone in the US care?, September 24, 2009

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S. Long "Hardrocker" (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Need To Believe (Audio CD)

Wake up your ears, America! Gotthard and many of their European counterparts continue to produce great new hard rock. Unfortunately this type of music has been largely ignored here in the US since the early 90's. The retro movement has helped some of the old die hards like Journey, Def Leppard, and AC/DC with the help of Wal Mart and constant heavy touring playing the old stuff. But a grand band like Gotthard probably does not have a snowball's chance in hell to ever achieve any notice here. This new release is the perfect combination of Lipservice and Domino Effect, taken one extra step up in production. It's got the whistles and bells of a 2009 big budget radio ready offering, but still offers the uncompromising heavy melodic rock and great ballads that Gotthard has become huge for in Europe. It's a shame, but American music fans and rock radio stations will probably never know what they are missing. For those few of you who "get it", and music is more than fashion and tabloids, enjoy. Just don't look for "Need to Believe" in the Best Buy flyer or the Ipod Top Ten downloads, even though it ought to be there.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You "Need To Believe" Steve Lee has gone to "Heaven", December 3, 2009

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Metal B. Thyname "Mike" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Need To Believe (Audio CD)

I agree with the other reviewers, these guys should be bigger than Bon Jovi if only they were American. The music these guys have made since 1991 up till now is top notch and nothing that you can get here in the states. I've always like these guys since I heard them back in 1995 when I picked up some old German K-Tel CD's that had these guys and alot of 80's singers that also never got a chance. Do yourself a favor America, for $11.00 here on Amazon get this CD and you'll want all 20 or more of their other ones. Highly Recommended.....RIP Steve Lee.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reason to celebrate, October 16, 2009

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Need To Believe (Audio CD)

All right, a new Gotthard album! 2009 was already packed to the gills with great melodic rock and metal albums, but a new Gotthard release is always reason to celebrate. Gotthard, for those of you who might be unfamiliar with the band, is quite simply the best melodic rock band in the world. They're essentially the Swiss Bon Jovi, only Bon Jovi's recent albums aren't as good as Gotthard's. Gotthard is a huge multi-platinum success (everywhere but America, anyway), and spinning their newest album Need to Believe demonstrates why.

Need to Believe is the band's ninth studio album, and proof positive that a band can get better with age. The band is in incredible shape as musicians and songwriters, and they've come up with 11 impeccable, radio-friendly melodic rock songs. Up-tempo rockers like "Unspoken Words" and "I Don't Mind" are balanced by ballads like "Unconditional Faith" and "Don't Let Me Down", with mid-tempo songs like the title track and "Break Away" keeping everything balanced. There isn't a weak track on the whole album (OK, I don't love "I Know, You Know"), and almost immediately Need to Believe has become one of my favorite Gotthard releases. In the past I would have compared Gotthard's sound to Journey, Foreigner and of course Bon Jovi, but they're really at the point where I've started comparing everyone else to Gotthard.

If you're already a Gotthard fan, you don't need me to tell you to go buy this album. I'll just reassure you that it's as good as you've been expecting. If you're new to the band, Need to Believe should be enough to make you a fan for life. It's just a fantastic melodic rock album from a band that never disappoints.