Reason to Believe (Rita MacNeil album)

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Reason to Believe
Rita MacNeil Reason to Believe album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1988
Genre Country
Label Virgin (Canada)
Polydor (UK)
A&M (Australia & New Zealand)
Producer Declan O'Doherty
Rita MacNeil chronology
Flying On Your Own
(1987)
Reason to Believe
(1988)
Now the Bells Ring
(1988)

Reason to Believe is an album by Canadian singer Rita MacNeil, released in 1988. From the album, the track "Working Man" became an international hit single, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990 [1] and number 59 in Australia in 1991. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Rita MacNeil.

No.TitleLength
1."Walk On Through"5:24
2."Two Steps from Broken"4:55
3."City Child"4:57
4."Doors of the Cemetery"3:34
5."Reason to Believe"4:33
6."When the Loving Is Through"3:25
7."Causing the Fall"4:02
8."The Music's Going Around Again"3:45
9."Sound Your Own Horn"3:55
10."Working Man" (featuring Men of the Deeps)5:25
11."Good Friends"5:22

Charts

Chart performance for Reason to Believe
Chart (1988–1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [3] 17
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 32

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [6] Platinum70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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