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Face the Promise

{{short description|Album by Bob Seger}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Face the Promise

| type = studio

| artist = Bob Seger

| cover = Bob Seger - Face the Promise.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 12, 2006

| recorded = 2000–2006

| venue =

| studio = Ocean Way, Nashville

| genre = Country rock

| length = 43:05

| label = Capitol

| producer = Bob Seger ("Real Mean Bottle" co-produced with Kid Rock)

| prev_title = Greatest Hits 2

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Early Seger Vol. 1

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Music ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r851635 |tab=review |label=Face the Promise |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |accessdate=July 4, 2011}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = B{{cite web |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1532776,00.html |title=Face the Promise Review |last=Endelman |first=Michael |date=September 8, 2006 |work=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=October 27, 2012 |archive-date=December 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213011920/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1532776,00.html |url-status=dead }}

| rev3 = Jam!

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |title=Face the Promise: Seger Keeps It Simple |first=Darryl |last=Sterdan |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Seger_Bob/AlbumReviews/2006/09/15/1844251-sun.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115105040/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/S/Seger_Bob/AlbumReviews/2006/09/15/1844251-sun.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |newspaper=Winnipeg Sun |date=September 15, 2006 |access-date=October 26, 2012}}

}}

Face the Promise is the sixteenth studio album by the American rock musician Bob Seger. The album was originally planned to be released in 2004, was delayed to 2005, and was officially released on September 12, 2006. It is his first new studio album since It's a Mystery in 1995 and is Seger's first studio album not to be credited to "Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band" since Beautiful Loser in 1975. It took Seger six years to finish Face the Promise.[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58176/seger-prepping-first-new-album-in-11-years "Seger Prepping First New Album In 11 Years"], ''Billboard, June 9, 2006 The first single, "Wait For Me", was premiered in July 2006.

The album was certified platinum in the United States.

Track listing

{{track listing

| all_writing = Bob Seger except "Real Mean Bottle", written by Vince Gill

|

| title1 = Wreck This Heart

| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Wait for Me

| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Face the Promise

| length3 = 3:18

| title4 = No Matter Who You Are

| length4 = 3:40

| title5 = Are You

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Simplicity

| length6 = 3:59

| title7 = No More

| length7 = 2:58

| title8 = Real Mean Bottle

| length8 = 3:05

| note8 = with Kid Rock

| title9 = Won't Stop

| length9 = 3:19

| title10 = Between

| length10 = 4:48

| title11 = The Answer's in the Question

| length11 = 3:41

| note11 = with Patty Loveless

| title12 = The Long Goodbye

| length12 = 3:07

| title13 = Red Eye to Memphis

| length13 = 2:57

| note13 = iTunes Bonus Track

}}

Personnel

;Strings

  • David Angell
  • Zeneba Bowers
  • John Catchings
  • David Davidson
  • Conni Ellisor
  • Carl Gorodetzky
  • Jim Grosjean
  • Craig Nelson
  • Carole Rabinowitz
  • Pamela Sixfin
  • Elisabeth Small
  • Gary Vanosdale
  • Mary Kathryn Vanosdale
  • Matthew Walker

Production

Produced by Bob Seger, except "Real Mean Bottle" produced by Bob Seger and Kid Rock

Recorded by David N. Cole

Mixed by David N. Cole and Bob Seger

Recorded at Ocean Way Studios in Nashville except "Won't Stop" and "The Long Goodbye" recorded at Home Studios, Michigan

Certifications

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Country

!align="left"|Certification

!align="left"|Sales/shipments

Canada

| Gold[http://www.cria.ca/gold/1006_g.php CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for October 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407110631/http://www.cria.ca/gold/1006_g.php |date=April 7, 2012 }}. Retrieved July 25, 2007.

| 50,000

United States

| Platinum

| 1,000,000

Chart performance

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|BillboardCanada|6|artist=Bob Seger|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=Bob Seger|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}
{{album chart|BillboardRock|2|artist=Bob Seger|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 24, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2020}}

| 142

scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2006|work=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2020}}

| 21

scope="col"| Chart (2007)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|work=Billboard|access-date=October 24, 2020}}

| 163

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=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="60"| US Country

! width="60"| US AC

rowspan="2"| 2006

| align="left"| "Wait for Me"

| 52

| 16

align="left"| "Wreck This Heart"

| —

| —

colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Bob Seger}}

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Category:Bob Seger albums

Category:2006 albums

Category:Capitol Records albums