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  • Summary: The first release in the US since 1983 from Mitch Ryder, the singer best known for the song Devil With a Blue Dress On, was produced by Don Was.
  • Record Label: Michigan Broadcasting Corporation
  • Genre(s): R&B, Soul, Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Retro-Soul, Detroit Rock, Retro-Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Uncut
    Mar 20, 2012
    80
    Mitch Ryder here astutely merges heartbreaking social realism with accomplished, funky Motown/James Brown grooves. [Mar 2012, p.97]
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  2. All Music Guide
    Mar 20, 2012
    80
    Ultimately The Promise doesn't point toward the future, but it does deliver fulfillment abundantly, from the place things really are, showcasing a confident, relevant, singer and songwriter.
  3. American Songwriter
    Mar 20, 2012
    60
    While it's not in the vein of his riveting, pulsating classics, it's a tough, often lyrically reflective rumination set to no nonsense, simmering, often swampy blues inflected rockers with an undercurrent of taut funk.

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