The Promise (T'Pau album)

The Promise
Studio album by T'Pau
Released	10 June 1991 [1]
Genre	Pop
Length	50:19
Label	Siren (UK) Charisma (U.S.)
Producer	Andy Richards
T'Pau chronology
Rage (1988) The Promise (1991) Red (1998)
Singles from The Promise
"Whenever You Need Me" Released: 6 May 1991 "Walk on Air" Released: 8 July 1991 "Soul Destruction" Released: 30 September 1991 "Only a Heartbeat" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Calgary Herald	B [3]
Music & Media	(favorable) [4]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soul Destruction"	Carol Decker Ron Rogers	3:44
2.	"Whenever You Need Me"	Decker Rogers	4:06
3.	"Walk on Air"	Decker Rogers	4:34
4.	"Made of Money"	Decker Rogers Dean Howard Michael Chetwood Paul Jackson	3:50
5.	"Hold On to Love"	Decker Rogers Howard Chetwood Jackson Tim Burgess	4:18
6.	"Strange Place"	Decker Rogers Howard Chetwood Jackson Burgess	4:30
7.	"One Direction"	Decker Rogers	3:59
8.	"Only in a Heartbeat"	Decker Rogers	4:39
9.	"The Promise"	Decker Rogers Howard Chetwood Jackson Burgess	3:59
10.	"A Place in My Heart"	Decker Rogers Howard Chetwood Jackson Burgess	3:58
11.	"Man and Woman"	Decker Rogers Howard Chetwood Jackson	4:37
12.	"Purity"	Decker Rogers	3:47
Total length:			50:19

Charts

Chart performance for The Promise

Chart (1991)	Peak position
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [5]	50
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6]	40
UK Albums (OCC) [7]	10

References

1. "New Albums". Music Week . 8 June 1991. p. 29.
2. AllMusic review
3. King, Frank (7 July 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald .
4. "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . 27 July 1991. p. 11. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
5. "European Hot 100 Albums". Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 27. 9 July 1991. p. 42. OCLC   29800226.
6. "Swisscharts.com – T'Pau – The Promise". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
7. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

External links

• Promise at Discogs (list of releases)