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- Summary: As a collection of recordings from 1978, The Promise has been heralded as the great lost Springsteen album, comprising previously unreleased B-sides from the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Heartland Rock
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Positive: 17 out of 17
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Mixed: 0 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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Dec 8, 2010The Promise is what got left behind, and the quality of these 21 songs serves to remind the listener how brilliant Darkness On The Edge Of Town really was, and how discerning its craftsmen must have been to leave so much in the dust.
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Dec 8, 2010The Promise is as compelling an advert for the Boss's beautiful, blue-collar soul as you're likely to find outside of the hits; an indispensible portrait of an artist at the top of his game. File this one under American Greats.
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Dec 23, 2010The Promise demonstrates how wide-ranging Springsteen's musical interests and abilities were when he was 27.
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Dec 8, 2010The Promise stands on its own as a great Bruce Springsteen record; it feels finished, focused, and, above all, offers more proof that Springsteen is one of the greatest rock and pop songwriters.
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Dec 8, 2010The Promise is also a good demonstration of how Springsteen mines his unused songs from material, and shows how many ways he tried to record things before figuring out how they worked best.
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Jan 4, 2011In the end, the artificial pop of The Promise makes it, as a whole, a more realistic album.
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Dec 8, 2010The Promise hits a ceiling just below what you'd call essential listening, but it's still more than just a fan-only release. These 22 songs show a band at the height of their powers stretching out and trying new things, indulging in their musical loves to bright and catchy results.
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Nov 17, 2010
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Dec 28, 2010The deluxe boxed set is a revelation in several ways. First, thereâ
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Apr 20, 2011
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Feb 23, 2011Bruce Springsteenâ
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