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I Believe in You (Paul Haig song)

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"I Believe in You"
Song

I Believe In You was the first single from Paul's proposed second album on Circa Records, Right On Line. Ultimately, the lack of success with this single and it's follow-up, Flight X, persuaded Circa to drop Haig and shelve the album. This was a real shame as Right On Line contained some pin-sharp tracks and had producer credits including James Locke (of The Chimes), Lil Louis and Mantronik.

The album did eventually surface three years later on Les Disques Du Crepuscule, retitled as Coincidence vs Fate. LTM re-released a remastered version of the album, with a raft of extra tracks in 2003.

Track Listing

  1. I Believe In You
  2. Flight X
  3. I Believe In You (Life In A Dolphinarium Mix)

Reviews

I Believe in You, Record Mirror, September 1990
Laid-back and groovy. Paul Haig has this attractive caressing quality to his breathy vocals that elevates the good to the sublime with a simple utterance. Cool, aloof and with a touch of The Beloved, it heads straight for the senses and will have us all chanting I believe in you, yeah, yeah in no time at all.


I Believe in You, NME, September 1990
I Believe In You is produced by the aforementioned Locke and Peden, old pals of the former Josef K wunderkid, and they sheathe Haig's slight melody into a far more polished glam-soul veneer than the gritty lustre with which they glaze their own tunes. Flight X is tweaked and twiddled into shape by the gigantically talented and godlike Curtis Mantronik and, like everything Mantronik have done this year, is icily, digitally exact, with a few John Barry-ish orchestral sweeps as an added bonus. Excellent.


I Believe in You, Melody Maker, 19 September 1990
Just where this intriguing, artful Scot will turn up next, no one really knows. The semi-recluse keeps his finger on the pulse, though, because I Believe In You is a delicately smooth electro thang that slowly reveals a fine, breathy chorus and a quality song to make up for the lack of true substance.

Fabbo cover, too.

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