Something to Believe In (Curtis Mayfield album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Something to Believe In
| type = Album
| artist = Curtis Mayfield
| cover = SomethingtoBelieveInCurtisMayfield.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1980
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 35:41
| label = Curtom
| producer = Curtis Mayfield, Gil Askey, Keni Burke
| prev_title = Heartbeat
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = The Right Combination (with Linda Clifford)
| next_year = 1980
}}
Something to Believe In is a studio album by the American musician Curtis Mayfield, released in 1980.{{cite book |last1=Questlove |title=Music Is History |date=2021 |publisher=Abrams}}{{cite book |last1=Werner |first1=Craig |title=Higher Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield, and the Rise and Fall of American Soul |date=2007 |publisher=Crown}} It peaked at No. 128 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |title=Curtis Mayfield |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/curtis-mayfield/chart-history/tlp/ |website=Billboard |access-date=1 December 2023}} The cover art is by Ernie Barnes.{{cite book |last1=Rivers |first1=Patrick |last2=Fulton |first2=William |title=Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night |date=2017 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |page=114}}
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Something to Believe In Review by Bruce Eder |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-believe-in-mw0000207878 |website=AllMusic |access-date=1 December 2023}}
|rev2 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul
|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin Books |page=221}}
}}
In 2015, The Guardian wrote: "The choicest track off the 1980 set, 'Tripping Out' was a dreamy love song that swapped Mayfield’s typical syncopated grooves for a solid 4/4 stomp, wreathed in his trademark strings, a bassline thick and sturdy enough to rest a pint on, and Mayfield’s gleeful, thankful love cries."{{cite news |last1=Chick |first1=Stevie |title=Curtis Mayfield – 10 of the Best |work=The Guardian |date=Aug 5, 2015}}
Track listing
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.
{{tracklist
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Love Me, Love Me Now
| extra1 = Mayfield
| length1 = 7:58
| title2 = Never Let Me Go
| writer2 = Joseph Scott
| extra2 = Mayfield
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Tripping Out
| writer3 = Bunny Sigler
| extra3 = Mayfield
| length3 = 7:02
| title4 = People Never Give Up
| extra4 = Mayfield
| length4 = 5:52
| title5 = It's All Right
| extra5 = Mayfield
| length5 = 3:56
| title6 = Something to Believe In
| extra6 = Mayfield
| length6 = 4:47
| title7 = Never Stop Loving Me
| writer7 = Mayfield, Keni Burke, Deidra Burke
| extra7 = Mayfield
| length7 = 3:34
}}
Personnel
- Curtis Mayfield - vocals, guitar
- Keni Burke, Joseph "Lucky" Scott - bass
- Wendell Stewart - drums
- Ross Traut, Tom Ferrone - guitar
- Arthur Hoyle, Bill Porter, Dale Clevenger, Gil Askey, Lenard Druss, Paul Howard, Robert Lustrea, Sonny Seals - horns
- Rich Tufo, Tim Tobias - keyboards
- Alejo, Tony Carpenter - percussion
- Adrian Gola, Arnie Roth, Elizabeth Cifani, Frank Borgognone, Fred Spector, Harold D. Klatz, John Frigo, Karl Fruh, Leonard Chausow, Roger Moulton, Sol Bobrov, William Schoen - strings
;Technical
- Fred Breitberg, Roger Anfinsen - engineer
- Ernie Barnes - cover painting
References
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Category:Curtis Mayfield albums
Category:Curtom Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Curtis Mayfield