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==Critical reception== {{Album reviews |MC = 62/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|title=Believe|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/believe/disturbed|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref> |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/believe-mw0000661910|title=Believe - Disturbed|first=Bradley|last=Torreano|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 27, 2010}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50905/believe.html|title=Review - Disturbed - Believe|first=Ben|last=Mitchell|magazine=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|publisher=Alpha Media Group|access-date=April 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025050947/http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50905/believe.html |archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' |rev3score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/2002/09/20/believe/|title=Believe|first=Josh|last=Tyrangiel|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=673|date=September 20, 2002|page=106|access-date=June 21, 2017|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807123641/https://ew.com/article/2002/09/20/believe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]'' | rev4Score = 5/10<ref name="Kludge">{{cite magazine|last1=Gladstone|first1=Jeremy|title=Disturbed: Believe|url=http://www.kludgemagazine.com/reviews.php?id=233|magazine=[[Kludge (magazine)|Kludge]]|access-date=December 9, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20040105140730/http://www.kludgemagazine.com/reviews.php?id=233|archive-date=January 5, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> |rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' |rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/albums/album/296106/review/6068283/believe|title=Disturbed: Believe : Music Reviews|last=Cot|first=Greg|date=September 10, 2002|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]]|access-date=February 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620145234/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/disturbed/albums/album/296106/review/6068283/believe|archive-date=June 20, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' | rev6score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|last=Mühlmann|first=Wolf-Rüdiger|title=Rock Hard review|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=13812|work=issue 185|access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> }} ''Believe'' currently holds a score of 62 out of 100 on review-aggregating website [[Metacritic]], indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on nine reviews. [[AllMusic]]'s Bradley Torreano praised the album, declaring that on ''Believe'', Disturbed takes the kind of leap that their heroes in [[Soundgarden]] and [[Pantera]] had after their respective albums of progress. He also states that "it is not a function of the agitation of the tempo and percussion-based riffing of the past; guitarist [[Dan Donegan]] has made great strides in expanding its sound to include more varied guitar work all around."<ref name="AllMusic"/> Greg Cot from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the record "a skillful, if calculated, variation on the melodrama-meets-mayhem formula that has been driving the most commercially successful new metal in recent years," praising Andy Wallace's mixing of Wengren's drumming for having "a [[John Bonham]]-like prominence" and Donegan's guitar work for having the feel of "a percussive hammer."<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> Ben Mitchell of ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' gave credit to the band for doing away any idiosyncratic vocal work and rap metal flourishes from their debut effort for more political topics and highlighted both Donegan's guitar line as well as Draiman's melodic delivery, saying that "Musically, ''Believe'' is as solid as this kind of generic support-slot-on-[[Ozzfest]] stuff gets and — thank Christ — at least there’s no DJ." He concluded that "Overwhelmingly, though, Disturbed have yet to come to terms with just how average they really are — seldom unlistenable, never inspirational, but consistently merely OK."<ref name="Blender"/> Culturedose.net cited ''Believe'' as "one of the best rock albums of 2002".<ref name="metacritic"/> In 2005, ''Believe'' was ranked number 429 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=37}}</ref>
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