The Promise (T'Pau album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Promise
| type = studio
| artist = T'Pau
| cover = Promise T'Pau.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 June 1991{{cite magazine|title=New Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=29|date=8 June 1991}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 50:19
| label = Siren {{Small|(UK)}}
Charisma {{Small|(U.S.)}}
| producer = Andy Richards
| prev_title = Rage
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Red
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Promise
| type = studio
| single1 = Whenever You Need Me
| single1date = 6 May 1991
| single2 = Walk on Air
| single2date = 8 July 1991
| single3 = Soul Destruction
| single3date = 30 September 1991
| single4 = Only a Heartbeat
| single4date = 1991
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19596|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
| rev2 = Calgary Herald
| rev2score = BKing, Frank (7 July 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
| rev3 = Music & Media
| rev3score = (favorable){{cite magazine|first=|last=|title=New Releases: Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-07-27.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|date=1991-07-27|page=11|accessdate=2022-12-10}}
}}
The Promise is the third album by British pop group T'Pau, released in 1991 by Siren Records in the UK and Charisma Records in the U.S.
Overview
The album reached #10 on the UK Albums Chart and gave the group two charting singles - "Whenever You Need Me" (a UK Top 20) and "Walk on Air". A third single, a remix of the track "Soul Destruction", failed to make the chart and a fourth single, "Only a Heartbeat", was released only in the United States and Japan. The group disbanded shortly after the release of this album and its singles.
Following on from the cover art for the band's previous albums, the artwork for the release included the word promise rearranged to form a face. Unlike Bridge of Spies and Rage, this face was less predominantly placed.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| title1 = Soul Destruction
| writer1 = {{hlist|Carol Decker|Ron Rogers}}
| length1 = 3:44
| title2 = Whenever You Need Me
| writer2 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers}}
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Walk on Air
| writer3 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers}}
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Made of Money
| writer4 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Dean Howard|Michael Chetwood|Paul Jackson}}
| length4 = 3:50
| title5 = Hold On to Love
| writer5 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Howard|Chetwood|Jackson|Tim Burgess}}
| length5 = 4:18
| title6 = Strange Place
| writer6 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Howard|Chetwood|Jackson|Burgess}}
| length6 = 4:30
| title7 = One Direction
| writer7 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers}}
| length7 = 3:59
| title8 = Only a Heartbeat
| writer8 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers}}
| length8 = 4:39
| title9 = The Promise
| writer9 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Howard|Chetwood|Jackson|Burgess}}
| length9 = 3:59
| title10 = A Place in My Heart
| writer10 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Howard|Chetwood|Jackson|Burgess}}
| length10 = 3:58
| title11 = Man and Woman
| writer11 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers|Howard|Chetwood|Jackson}}
| length11 = 4:37
| title12 = Purity
| writer12 = {{hlist|Decker|Rogers}}
| length12 = 3:47
| total_length = 50:19
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for The Promise ! scope="col"| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine |title=European Hot 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=8 |issue=27 |date=9 July 1991 |page=42 |oclc=29800226}}
| 50 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Switzerland|40|artist=T'Pau|album=The Promise|rowheader=true|access-date=11 August 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|10|date=19910616|rowheader=true|access-date=11 August 2023}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{discogs master|95768|Promise|type=album}}
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