The Promise (Mike Pinder album)

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The Promise
Mike Pinder The Promise 1973.jpg
Studio album by
Released11 April 1976
Recorded1975–1976
StudioIndigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California
Genre Rock
Length31:00
Label LP: Threshold THS 18/CD: Threshold 820776
Producer Mike Pinder in association with Robert Margouleff
Mike Pinder chronology
The Promise
(1976)
Among the Stars
(1994)

The Promise is a 1976 solo album by Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues, recorded during their sabbatical from late 1972 to 1977.

Contents

It was reissued on CD in August 1989.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mike Pinder except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "Free As a Dove" – 4:10
  2. "You'll Make It Through" (Mike Pinder, Jim Dillon) – 3:52
  3. "I Only Want to Love You" – 3:25
  4. "Someone to Believe In" – 3:09

Side 2

  1. "Carry On" – 4:16
  2. "Air" – 2:20
  3. "Message" – 2:46
  4. "The Seed" – 1:25
  5. "The Promise" – 6:02

The album was recorded in Pinder's studio at Malibu, Indigo Ranch.

There was a 1996 CD reissue of this album that had 2-bonus tracks:

  1. "One Step Into the Light" 5:44
  2. "Island to Island" 3:14

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

YearChartPosition
1976 Billboard 200 133

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