We All Need a Reason to Believe is the second full-length studio album

Studio album

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 by American pop punk

Pop punk

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 band Valencia

Valencia (band)

Valencia is an alternative rock/punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are currently on hiatus.-History:Valencia met by playing local shows together around the tri-state area in separate bands. George Ciukurescu and JD Perry grew up together; attending elementary school, high school, and...

. It was released in the United States

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 on 26 August 2008. The album was the band's first on label Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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, after their first album was released on I Surrender. It was produced by Ariel Rechtshaid, who has done projects for We Are Scientists

We Are Scientists

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 and Plain White T's

Plain White T's

Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.The band is best...

. 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

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
  Kenny Vasoli
  Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli is the lead singer and bassist of The Starting Line, a pop punk band. Vasoli attended Hatboro-Horsham High School. At the age of 14, he was invited to join the band after Matt Watts read his AOL Instant Messenger profile. His previous bands include The Prize Fight and...
  
   (The Starting Line
  The Starting Line
  The Starting Line is an American pop punk band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 1999.- Formation and history :In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli...
  
  ) — guest vocals on "Listen Up"
• Rachel Minton
  Rachel Minton
  Rachel Minton is lead vocalist and keyboardist for the Independent music/pop rock/power pop band Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer....
  
   (Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
  Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
  Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is a pop rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton alongside Anthony Green...
  
  ) — guest vocals on "Where Did You Go?"