We All Need a Reason to Believe

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	89%
Alternative Press

We All Need a Reason to Believe is the second full-length studio album by American pop punk band Valencia. It was released in the United States on 26 August 2008. The album was the band's first on label Columbia Records, after their first album was released on I Surrender. It was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, who has done projects for We Are Scientists and Plain White T's. An early review from AbsolutePunk writer Drew Beringer stated the release proved Valencia is "a band that can breathe new life into pop-punk".

The album title comes from lyrics in the second track, "Holiday".

Track listing

1. "Better Be Prepared" — 3:09
2. "Holiday" — 2:58
3. "Where Did You Go?" — 3:21
4. "Head in Hands" — 2:56
5. "Carry On" — 3:41
6. "All at Once" — 3:27
7. "Safe to Say" — 3:21
8. "Listen Up" — 3:39
9. "I Can't See Myself" — 3:39
10. "The Good Life" — 4:02
11. "Free" — 4:18

Bonus track

1. "Running Away" - 3:30

We All Need a Reason to B-Side

1. "When Words Fail, This Music Speaks" — 2:41
2. "Working" — 2:32
3. "Running Away" — 3:33
4. "A Better Place to Land" — 3:26

Personnel

• Shane Henderson — vocals
• JD Perry — guitar
• Maxim Soria — drums
• George Ciukurescu — bass
• Brendan Walter — guitar
• Kenny Vasoli (The Starting Line) — guest vocals on "Listen Up"
• Rachel Minton (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer) — guest vocals on "Where Did You Go?"
• Dana Nielsen - engineer