Bruce Springsteen – The Promise
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Sony Music – 88697761772 |
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Europe |
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Genre: |
Rock |
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Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Racing In The Street ('78) | 6:50 | |
| 1-2 | Gotta Get That Feeling | 3:19 | |
| 1-3 | Outside Looking In | 2:18 | |
| 1-4 | Someday (We'll Be Together) | 5:38 | |
| 1-5 | One Way Street | 4:20 | |
| 1-6 | Because The Night | 3:25 | |
| 1-7 | Wrong Side Of The Street | 3:36 | |
| 1-8 | The Brokenhearted | 5:19 | |
| 1-9 | Rendezvous | 2:39 | |
| 1-10 | Candy's Boy | 4:39 | |
| 2-1 | Save My Love | 2:38 | |
| 2-2 | Ain't Good Enough For You | 4:03 | |
| 2-3 | Fire | 4:10 | |
| 2-4 | Spanish Eyes | 3:50 | |
| 2-5 | It's A Shame | 3:16 | |
| 2-6 | Come On (Let's Go Tonight) | 2:20 | |
| 2-7 | Talk To Me | 4:22 | |
| 2-8 | The Little Things (My Baby Does) | 3:19 | |
| 2-9 | Breakaway | 5:32 | |
| 2-10 | The Promise | 5:54 | |
| 2-11.1 | City Of Night | 3:03 | |
| 2.11-2 | (silence) | 0:17 | |
| 2-11.3 | The Way | 3:48 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Bruce Springsteen
- Copyright © – Bruce Springsteen
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Published By – Bruce Springsteen
- Glass Mastered At – Sony Music
- Pressed By – Arvato Digital Services – 54325028
- Pressed By – Arvato Digital Services – 54325034
- Recorded At – Record Plant, N.Y.C.
- Recorded At – Thrill Hill Recording
- Recorded By – Stone Hill Studio, NJ
- Mixed At – Mix This!
- Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Credits
- Arranged By [Strings] – Ken Asher* (tracks: 2-10)
- Art Direction – Michelle Holme
- Backing Vocals – Tiffeny Andrews (tracks: 1-4, 2-9)
- Baritone Saxophone – Ed Manion (tracks: 1-8, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9)
- Bass – Garry Tallent
- Booking [Booking Agency] – Rob Light
- Booking [Booking Agent] – Barry Bell (2)
- Contractor [Musician Contracts] – Shari Sutcliffe
- Drums – Max Weinberg
- Engineer [Assistant] – Thom Panunzio
- Guitar – Stevie Van Zandt*
- Harmony Vocals, Arranged By [Horns] – Stevie Van Zandt*
- Legal – Mona Okada
- Management – Sophia Pecora
- Management [Business] – Shore Fire Media
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Mixed By – Bob Clearmountain
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Brandon Duncan
- Organ, Glockenspiel – Danny Federici
- Photography By – Eric Meola
- Piano – Roy Bittan
- Producer [Additional] – Bruce Springsteen
- Producer [Original] – Jon Landau
- Recorded By – Toby Scott
- Recording Supervisor [Strings, Assistant] – Rob Lebret (tracks: 2-10)
- Recording Supervisor [Strings] – Toby Scott (tracks: 2-10)
- Research [Archive Research, Retrieval & Restoration] – Toby Scott
- Saxophone, Percussion – Clarence Clemons
- Technician [ Staff Drums] – Harry McCarthy
- Technician [ Staff Guitars] – Kevin Buell
- Tenor Saxophone – Stan Harrison (tracks: 1-8, 2-5, 2-7, 2-9)
- Tour Manager [Tour Director] – George Travis
- Trombone – Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg* (tracks: 2-7)
- Trumpet – Rick Gazda (tracks: 2-7)
- Violin – David Lindley (tracks: 1-1, 2-6)
- Vocals – Bruce Springsteen
- Written-By – Bruce Springsteen (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5, 1-7 to 2-11)
Notes
On Back : 88697761772 © & ℗ 2010 Bruce Springsteen / Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment / All trademarks and logos are protected / "Columbia is the exclusive trademark of Sony Music Entertainment"
Made in the EU
Physical track 2-11 includes a hidden track, "The Way", starting after a short silence after "City Of Night". Total track length of physical track 2-11 is 7:08.
Package comes in the form of a 4 gatefold book with a 30 page booklet fixed on one side of the inside and the 2 CD sleeve pages on the other. The booklet features sleeve notes, lyrics, credits and photographs.
All songs © 1978, 1998, 1999, 2010 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP). Track 1-6: © 1978 Bruce Springsteen.
Made in the EU
Physical track 2-11 includes a hidden track, "The Way", starting after a short silence after "City Of Night". Total track length of physical track 2-11 is 7:08.
Package comes in the form of a 4 gatefold book with a 30 page booklet fixed on one side of the inside and the 2 CD sleeve pages on the other. The booklet features sleeve notes, lyrics, credits and photographs.
All songs © 1978, 1998, 1999, 2010 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP). Track 1-6: © 1978 Bruce Springsteen.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 8 86977 61772 0
- Barcode (Scanned): 886977617720
- Other (Cat# CD1): 88697761772-1
- Other (Cat# CD2): 88697761772-2
- Rights Society: BIEM / GEMA
- Label Code: LC00162
- Matrix / Runout (CD1 variants 1 to 7 & 9): [Sony Music logo] 54325028/88697761772-1 21
- Matrix / Runout (CD2 variants 1 to 9): [Sony Music logo] 54325034/88697761772-2 21
- Matrix / Runout (CD1, variant 8): [Sony Music logo] 54325028/88697761772-1 22
- Mastering SID Code (CD1, CD2, 1 to 9): IFPI LB47
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 1): IFPI 0789
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 1): IFPI 0770
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 2): IFPI 0780
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 2): IFPI 0770
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 3): IFPI 0731
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 3): IFPI 0778
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 4): IFPI 0773
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 4): IFPI 0780
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 5): IFPI 0780
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 5): IFPI 0778
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 7): IFPI 0778
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 7): IFPI 0772
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 8): IFPI 076Y
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 8): IFPI 076Y
- Mould SID Code (CD1, variant 9): IFPI 0760
- Mould SID Code (CD2, variant 9): IFPI 07101
Other Versions (5 of 29)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| The Promise (3×LP, Album, 180g) | Columbia | 88697761771, 88697 76177 1 | US | 2010 | |||
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The Promise (2×CD, Album) | Columbia | 88697 76177 2 | Malaysia | 2010 | ||
| The Promise (3×LP, Album) | Columbia | 886977617713 | Europe | 2010 | |||
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The Promise (2×CD, Album) | Columbia | 88697 80720 2 | Australia | 2010 | ||
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The Promise (2×CD, Album) | Columbia | S10774C / 88697761772 | South Korea | 2010 |
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Reviews
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It's a well-known fact that, for each album he has released, Bruce Springsteen has simultaneously kept an untold wealth of unreleased songs (either recorded, demoed or just written) deep within his vaults.
Funny enough, many of these unreleased songs are of high quality, far from being mere "b-sides" or rejected cuts, that were left behind of the records they were supposed to be part of mainly because they didn't share the album's overall sound or mood, not because of a lack of quality.
1998's "Tracks" confirmed all the above when allowed part of this hidden legacy to finally see the light of day and, since then, further anniversary or special editions of Springsteen's classic albums have been released with extra songs that delved a little further into these vaults.
Originally part of the 30th anniversary boxset edition of "Darkness At The Edge Of Town", "The Promise" is a double disc set that contains 22 songs that were recorded during the sessions of "DATEOT" and not released, or released in slightly different embodiments.
And the result is just overwhelming.
Things like "Gotta Get That Feeling", the well-known "Because The Night", "The Brokenhearted", "Candy's Boy" (a twisted, slowed down mirror of "Candy's Room"), "Ain't Good Enough For You", "Spanish Eyes", "Come On (Let's Go Tonight)" (twin sibling to "Factory"), "The Little Things (My Baby Does)"... but mostly the title track and the opener "Racing In The Street '78" (a slightly different take on one of my favourite songs by Springsteen), are absolutely worthy of this proper, stand-alone release, and makes you think how these could have been under lock and key for so long.
Bruce himself acknowledges in the liner notes that several of these songs were discarded for the sake of cohesion, as he felt they were not sharing the same "raw" nature of "DATEOT".
In any case, "The Promise" remains as a well deserved outlet to many great songs, and stands as a great album by itself, showcasing the writing powers of a unique musician at the peak of his powers.
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