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Make Believe
Make Believe
Studio album by Platinum Weird
Released	October 2006
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	38:06 (Standard version); 86:34 (Best Buy version)
Label	Weapons of Mass Entertainment / Interscope
Producer	Dave Stewart, Dennis Douglas

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Make Believe is the first album by Platinum Weird. To tie in with the band's back-story, it was marketed as a "lost" album from 1974, with vocals credited to fictional lead singer Erin Grace. In reality, the album was written and recorded in 2005 and 2006, with vocals by Kara DioGuardi. The album features Ringo Starr on two tracks.

In a September 2011 interview, Dave Stewart stated that "the actual Platinum Weird record never actually came out!" Originally, the bonus disc that came in Best Buy copies of the album was the actual album that was supposed to be released. It was out of fun that Stewart and DioGuardi "recorded some versions of these songs as if it was the early ’70s" for a documentary to accompany the fictional back story of the album. Interscope Records sent the wrong collection of songs, the "1974" recordings, out to reviewers to review as the album. This series of events led to the "lost recordings" being released as the album, while the actual Platinum Weird album was never released, except as a rare bonus disc.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

All songs written by Erin Grace (a.k.a. Kara DioGuardi) and Dave Stewart.

"Will You Be Around" - 3:32
"Lonely Eyes" - 3:26
"Happiness" - 3:33
"Make Believe" - 3:32
"Picture Perfect" - 4:06
"If You Believe in Love" - 3:28
"Love Can Kill the Blues" - 5:04
"I Pray" - 3:24
"Piccadilly Lane" - 3:09
"Goodbye My Love" - 4:52

Best Buy Bonus Disc Track Listing

"Happiness" - 4:37
"Taking Chances" - 4:04
"Will You Be Around" - 4:01
"Nobody Sees" - 3:38
"Crying At the Disco" - 4:12
"Avalanche" - 4:01
"Somebody to Love" - 3:38
"All My Sorrows" - 4:38
"Love Can Kill the Blues" - 4:25
"Mississippi Valentine" - 4:05
"I Pray" - 4:18
"When We Met" - 2:51

Personnel

Erin Grace (a.k.a. Kara DioGuardi) - vocals
Dave Stewart - guitars, vocals, harmonica
Noel Chambers - organ, piano, mellotron
Matthew Sugarman - bass
Brian Parfitt - drums
Ringo Starr - drums (4, 6)
Michael Addison - audio engineer
Elton John & Steve Brown - executive producers
"Big Al" Lakey - album artwork

Notes

^ Make Believe at AllMusic

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[1] Make Believe at AllMusic

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+'''''Make Believe''''' is the first album by [[Platinum Weird]]. To tie in with the band's [[Platinum Weird#Back-story|back-story]], it was marketed as a "lost" album from 1974, with vocals credited to fictional lead singer Erin Grace. In reality, the album was written and recorded in 2005 and 2006, with vocals by [[Kara DioGuardi]]. The album features [[Ringo Starr]] on two tracks.
+In a September 2011 interview, [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]] stated that "the actual Platinum Weird record never actually came out!" Originally, the bonus disc that came in [[Best Buy]] copies of the album was the actual album that was supposed to be released. It was out of fun that Stewart and DioGuardi "recorded some versions of these songs as if it was the early ’70s" for a documentary to accompany the fictional back story of the album. [[Interscope Records]] sent the wrong collection of songs, the "1974" recordings, out to reviewers to review as the album. This series of events led to the "lost recordings" being released as the album, while the actual Platinum Weird album was never released, except as a rare bonus disc.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
-'''''Make Believe''''' is the first album by [[Platinum Weird]].  To tie in with the band's [[Platinum Weird#Back-story|back-story]], it was marketed as a "lost" album from 1974, with vocals credited to fictional lead singer Erin Grace.  In reality, the album was written and recorded in 2005 and 2006, with vocals by [[Kara DioGuardi]]. The album features [[Ringo Starr]] on two tracks.
-Originally, the bonus disc that came in [[Best Buy]] copies of the album, was the actual album intended on being released. Out of fun, some of the album songs were re-recorded in a 70's style for a documentary to accompany the fictional back story of the album. [[Interscope Records]] sent the wrong album, the "1974" recordings, out to reviewers to review as the album. This series of events led to the "lost recordings" being released as the album and the actual Platinum Weird album, being released as a bonus disc in Best Buy stores.
 ==Track listing==
-All songs written by Erin Grace (a.k.a. [[Kara DioGuardi]]) and [[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]]
+All songs written by Erin Grace (a.k.a. [[Kara DioGuardi]]) and [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]].
 # "Will You Be Around" - 3:32
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 # "Goodbye My Love" - 4:52
-==Bonus disc track list==
+===Best Buy Bonus Disc Track Listing===
-#"Happiness"
+#"Happiness" - 4:37
-#"Taking Chances"
+#"[[Taking Chances (song)|Taking Chances]]" - 4:04
-#"Will You Be Around"
+#"Will You Be Around" - 4:01
-#"Nobody Sees"
+#"Nobody Sees" - 3:38
-#"Crying At the Disco"
+#"Crying At the Disco" - 4:12
-#"Avalanche"
+#"Avalanche" - 4:01
-#"Somebody to Love"
+#"Somebody to Love" - 3:38
-#"All My Sorrows"
+#"All My Sorrows" - 4:38
-#"Love Can Kill the Blues"
+#"Love Can Kill the Blues" - 4:25
-#"Mississippi Valentine"
+#"Mississippi Valentine" - 4:05
-#"I Pray"
+#"I Pray" - 4:18
-#"When We Met"
+#"When We Met" - 2:51
 ==Personnel==
 *Erin Grace (a.k.a. [[Kara DioGuardi]]) - vocals
-*[[David A. Stewart|Dave Stewart]] - guitars, vocals, harmonica
+*[[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]] - guitars, vocals, harmonica
 *Noel Chambers - organ, piano, mellotron
 *Matthew Sugarman - bass
 *Brian Parfitt - drums
-*[[Ringo Starr]] - drums (4,6)
+*[[Ringo Starr]] - drums (4, 6)
-*[[Michael Addison]] - audio engineer
+*Michael Addison - audio engineer
 *[[Elton John]] & Steve Brown - executive producers
-*"Big Al" Lakey -	album artwork
+*"Big Al" Lakey - album artwork
+== Notes ==
-[[Category:2006 albums]]
+{{reflist}}
+{{Authority control}}
+[[Category:2006 debut albums]]
 [[Category:Platinum Weird albums]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)]]
 {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub}}
-[[pl:Make Believe]]