Celtic Woman: Believe | ||||
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Studio album by Celtic Woman | ||||
Released | May 25, 2011 (Japanese release); January 24, 2012 (International release); April 27, 2012 (Australian release) | |||
Genre | Celtic, new-age, adult contemporary, classical | |||
Language | English, Irish, Latin | |||
Label | Manhattan | |||
Producer | David Downes | |||
Celtic Woman chronology | ||||
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Celtic Woman: Believe is the seventh studio album by the group Celtic Woman released on May 25, 2011. This album was intended to be released exclusively in Japan to promote the film Princess Toyotomi. This is Celtic Woman's first album to feature their newest member (at the time) Lisa Lambe.
Believe features vocalists Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt.
Another album of the same title was released on January 24, 2012 to tie in with the group's latest PBS special, also titled Believe and filmed live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA in September 2011. Both the album and the PBS special/DVD featured new music from Agnew, Kelly, Lambe and Nesbitt. The performance was broadcast on PBS stations on 3 December 2011 while the CD and DVD were released on 24 January 2012. The Believe tour which linked into this concert toured both North America between February and April 2012 and Europe between May and June 2012, but with the addition of Susan McFadden in place of Lisa Kelly, who was at the time on maternity leave. Kelly later left the group in early 2013, making Believe the last album to feature Kelly.
The Japanese version of Believe was released on 24 January 2012. All songs on this album are re-releases from their previous albums, with the exception of 'Princess Toyotomi', which is featured in the film of the same name. Former members Órla Fallon, Lynn Hilary, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, Alex Sharpe, and Hayley Westenra all appear on this release along with current members Chloë Agnew, Lisa Kelly, Lisa Lambe, and Máiréad Nesbitt, making it the first album where nine members (former and current) have appeared together.