We All Need a Reason To Believe

Valencia | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: COLUMBIA / DMZ
• ASIN: B001C47ZPG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,700 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The band's debut, 2005's This Could Be A Possibility, was overall a good album, displaying themes and vibes that brought back memories of quality pop-punk, but their Columbia Records debut, We All Need A Reason To Believe takes the Philadelphia quintet's sound to the next level. Produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (We Are Scientists, Plain White T's), We All Need A Reason To Believe features eleven tracks that are fast, raw, and pack an emotional punch the majority of the bands in the genre fail to generate.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sound Sustainability, January 26, 2009

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Kyle M. Lane "In The Midst" (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We All Need a Reason To Believe (Audio CD)

Philly's lovers Valencia comes back with their sophomore pop-driven emotional punk rock release "We All Need a Reason to Believe". This is the band's first major-label release for Columbia Records. The album flows well with most songs corresponding to the unfortunate passing of lead vocalist Shane Henderson's girlfriend. Henderson also let out some of his frustration and pain on his solo acoustic release under the moniker Promise of Redemption. He released that album in December of 2007 (also recommended). While we expected that Shane was finished outleting his emotions; he yet again decided to use his girlfriend Dana as inspiration for the majority of this album's tracks. Not a bad thing, though; it just sounds like Promise of Redemption with electrical instruments and a drummer.

Overall, this is a good album. There's not a whole lot of surprise or swagger instrumentally, which is expected in this genre, but the point of pop-punk is not complexity of musical composition, but more focusing on the melodic attraction of each individual verse/chorus/bridge. In other words, this genre is meant to breed catchy songs. That's what makes a great pop-punk band. Valencia can last in this particular venue, but these types of bands have a tendency to not exist for very long. We will see; they have release two solid albums, and I expect to see more, as always.

5.0 out of 5 stars I now have a reason to believe., November 4, 2010

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eddie - See all my reviews

This review is from: We All Need a Reason To Believe (Audio CD)

As long as Valencia keeps making this kind of albums, the genre of pop-punk will have nothing to worry about it's essence. 11 songs, 11 stories, all of them in order. All of these stories together, make an epic album.

5.0 out of 5 stars We All Need A Reason To Buy This CD..., June 27, 2010

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MPardyM - See all my reviews

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This review is from: We All Need a Reason To Believe (Audio CD)

This is a must buy album.

You can definately tell the the guys have matured more in the music sense on this album. Not as technical as their debut CD "This Could Be A Possibility" but way more catchy.

Not every song is a five star song, but there are enough on this CD to make it a must have album.

Listen to "Where Did You Go?", "All At Once" and "Head In Hands" for samples.

For fan's of "Bayside", "This Providence" and "There For Tomorrow".