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While Face the Promise isn't quite Night Moves or Stranger in Town, it stands proudly next to those albums and is most assuredly the work of the same singer.
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Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Entertainment WeeklyThis is satisfying meat-and-potatoes rock. [15 Sep 2006, p.77]
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Because Seger has honed his craft to such a silver-bullet point, the album never feels like a retread; as on John Fogerty’s underrated Deja Vu All Over Again from 2004, roots-rock tradition seems renewed in Seger’s hands.
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Rolling StoneThe strength of the album... involves how, with tons of melody and tone and a little cheese, Seger fearlessly remains Seger. [21 Sep 2006, p.84]
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He may be a lion in winter, but one with plenty of roaring left.
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UncutThe songwriting largely delivers. [Dec 2006, p.127]
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It often feels sluggish despite itself, and his lyrics show him riding against the same old Michigan wind with a voice that's grown haggard and curmudgeonly with time.
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Los Angeles TimesA sense that his musical vision hasn't stalled in 1978 might add some urgency. Some kind of retooling might also help with his larger problem: trying to do the same job with old equipment. [11 Sep 2006]
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BlenderBlame Seger for aiming no higher than to be the soundtrack for the next Larry the Cable Guy feature. [Oct 2006, p.142]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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kencJan 16, 2007the best show i have ever seen and love the the new one big 10 hear
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BillMDec 16, 2006
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GaryMDec 14, 2006Simply Classic !!!! Like allways.....Rock N' Roll never forgets !!! And neither does Bob seger