Believe It
Studio album by
The New Tony Williams Lifetime
Released1975
RecordedJuly 1975
GenreJazz fusion
Length44:11
LabelColumbia
ProducerBruce Botnick
The New Tony Williams Lifetime chronology
Believe It
(1975)		 Million Dollar Legs
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Believe It is the first album by The New Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. The New Lifetime was a jazz fusion band formed by the drummer Tony Williams with Allan Holdsworth on guitar, Alan Pasqua on keyboards and Tony Newton on bass.

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album with 4 out of 5 stars.[4] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide also awarded 4 out of 5 stars and in his review, John Swenson describes the albums Believe It and Million Dollar Legs as "both funk fusion delights featuring the playing of ex-Soft Machine axeman Allan Holdsworth".[2]

The compositions "Fred", "Proto Cosmos" and "Red Alert" are also featured on the Allan Holdsworth DVD Live at Yoshi's, released in 2007. Holdsworth has often stated that his time with the drummer was the most influential formative stage of his career.[5]

Track listing

  1. "Snake Oil" (Tony Newton) — 6:30
  2. "Fred" (Allan Holdsworth) — 6:48
  3. "Proto-Cosmos" (Alan Pasqua) — 4:02
  4. "Red Alert" (Newton) — 4:39
  5. "Wildlife" (Tony Williams) — 5:22
  6. "Mr Spock" (Holdsworth) — 6:15
  7. "Celebration" (Williams) — [Bonus Track] 4:01
  8. "Letsby" (Holdsworth) — [Bonus Track] 6:34

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 209. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1513. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Nastos, G. Allmusic Review: Believe It accessed 10 April 2010
  5. ↑ Hoard. C Allan Holdsworth: Reaching for the Uncommon Chord. Hal Leonard, 1987, ISBN 978-0-634-07002-0, p. 14.
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