''Make Believe'' is the first album by

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. 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

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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

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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.

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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.

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 *

- drums (4, 6) *Michael Addison - audio engineer *

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& Steve Brown - executive producers *"Big Al" Lakey - album artwork

Notes

2006 debut albums Platinum Weird albums Albums produced by David A. Stewart {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub