The Promise (Vaya Con Dios album)

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The Promise
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Studio album by
Released2004
RecordedDada Studios, Magnet Studio and Zoo Studio. Mixed at Dada Studios and Magnet Studio.
Genre Soft rock
Easy Listening
Label Play It Again Sam, Altermundo
Producer Jean-Pol Van Ham
Vaya Con Dios chronology
Roots and Wings
(1995)
The Promise
(2004)
Comme on est venu...
(2009)

The Promise is the fifth studio album by Vaya Con Dios. It was released in 2004, the first studio album of the band since 1995. It is the first (and only) Vaya Con Dios album with songs in Spanish and German. "Es wird schon wieder gehen" had been previously sung on the Purple Prose album.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No One Can Make You Stay"Dani Klein and Jean-Pol Van Ham4:05
2."Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City"Dan Walsh and Michael Price3:08
3."Don't Deny"Bertil André, Dani Klein, Gary Richmond and Jean-Pol Van Ham3:28
4."La Llorona" (Traditional, Arranged by Bertil André and Jean-Pol Van Ham) 4:19
5."Take Heed"Norman W. Grant3:51
6."Je l'aime je l'aime"Dani Klein, Traditional2:51
7."The Promise"Bertil André, Dani Klein and Jean-Pol Van Ham3:19
8."Ilia" (feat. Bonga, Arranged by Jean-Pol Van Ham and Thierry Plas)Bonga and Dani Klein, Traditional4:17
9."La Vida Es Como Una Rosa"Bertil André, Dani Klein, Frank Llanes Brutis and Jean-Pol Van Ham3:03
10."Es wird schon wieder gehen"Bertil André, Dani Klein, Jean-Pol Van Ham, Niklaus Reiser and Suzanne Strub3:34
11."How We Lose (How We Win)"Dani Klein, Jean-Pol Van Ham and Monday Justice3:20
12."Je te veux" (feat. Grim, Lyrics by Henry Pacory, Music by Erik Satie) 3:10

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Swiss Albums Chart [1] 67
French Albums Chart [2] 172
Dutch Album Top 100 [3] 96
Belgian (Flanders) Ultratop 50 [4] 12
Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 50 [5] 73
Finland Albums Chart [6] 32

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