Believe in Me (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Believe in Me
Type = Album
Artist = Duff McKagan


Released = September 28, 1993
Recorded = 1993
Genre = Hard rock
Length =
Label = Geffen Records
Producer = Duff McKagan, Jim Mitchell
Band Members = Duff McKagen, Aaron A. Brooks [http://www.myspace.com/aaronabrooks] , Joie Mastrakolas, Richard Duguay, Teddy Andreidas and Paul Soldier
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fzd0ylmoxpmb link]
Last album = "
This album = "Believe in Me"
(1993)
Next album = "Beautiful Disease"
(1999) |

"Believe in Me" is Duff McKagan's first solo album, released on September 28, 1993. The track "Believe in Me" was also released as a single. At its peak, the album reached #137 on the Billboard 200. The album is believed to have sold about 75,000 Copies worldwide, and is featuring such notable guests as Duff's former Guns N' Roses bandmates Slash, Matt Sorum, Dizzy Reed and Gilby Clarke, Skid Row members Sebastian Bach and Dave Sabo, Lenny Kravitz and Jeff Beck.

Track listing

# "Believe in Me" (featuring Slash) – 3:23
# "I Love You" – 4:14
# "Man in the Meadow" – 4:50
# "(Fucked up) Beyond Belief" (featuring Jeff Beck) – 3:29
# "Could It Be You" (featuring Dizzy Reed) – 3:04
# "Just Not There" (featuring Slash) – 3:34
# "Punk Rock Song" – 1:37
# "The Majority" (featuring Lenny Kravitz) – 3:10
# "10 Years" (featuring Gilby Clarke) – 4:29
# "Swamp Song" (featuring Jeff Beck) – 3:04
# "Trouble" (featuring Sebastian Bach) – 3:12
# "Fuck You" – 3:24
# "Lonely Tonite" – 3:03

ingles

In early 1993, a 3 track single of "Believe in Me" was released with the track listing of "Believe in Me", "Bambi" and "Cracked Actor". A Single of "Punk Rock Song" was also released.

The song "Believe in Me" was also released as a music video in 1993 and received minimal airplay on MTV, It is mostly compiled of low quality videos of Duff during his touring and recording time.

Personnel [http://metalexcess.wordpress.com/2008/08/15/duff-mckagan-believe-in-me/]

*Duff McKagan - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, bass, synthesizer, piano, drums, backing vocals
*Joie Mastrokalos - lead guitar, backing vocals on "Swamp Song" and "Fuck You"
*Richard Duguay - bass
*Aaron Brooks - drums
*Ted Andreadis - organ, clavinet

Other Personnel

*Slash - lead guitar on "Believe in Me" and "Just Not There"
*Jeff Beck - lead guitar on "(Fucked up) Beyond Belief" and "Swamp Song"
*Dizzy Reed - piano, Farfisa organ, backing vocals on "Could It Be You"
*Lenny Kravitz - vocals on "The Majority"
*Gilby Clarke - guitar, backing vocals on "10 Years"
*Sebastian Bach - vocals on "Trouble"
*Dave "The Snake" Sabo - guitar on "Trouble" and "Lonely Tonite"
*Matt Sorum - drums on "(Fucked up) Beyond Belief"
*West Arkeen - guitar on "Man in the Meadow", "Swamp Song" and "Fuck You"
*Rob Affuso - drums on "Fuck You"
*Bobbie Brown-Lane - backing vocals on "Believe In Me"