The Promise (Mike Pinder album) explained

The Promise
Type:studio
Artist:Mike Pinder
Cover:Mike Pinder The Promise 1973.jpg
Released:11 April 1976
Recorded:1975–1976
Studio:Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, California
Genre:Rock
Length:31:00
Label:LP: Threshold THS 18/CD: Threshold 820776
Producer:Mike Pinder in association with Robert Margouleff
Next Title:Among the Stars
Next Year:1994

The Promise is a 1976 solo album by Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues, recorded during their sabbatical from late 1972 to 1977.

It was reissued on CD in August 1989.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mike Pinder except where noted.

Side 1

  1. "Free As a Dove" – 4:10
  2. "You'll Make It Through" (Mike Pinder, Jim Dillon) – 3:52
  3. "I Only Want to Love You" – 3:25
  4. "Someone to Believe In" – 3:09

Side 2

  1. "Carry On" – 4:16
  2. "Air" – 2:20
  3. "Message" – 2:46
  4. "The Seed" – 1:25
  5. "The Promise" – 6:02

The album was recorded in Pinder's studio at Malibu, Indigo Ranch.

There was a 1996 CD reissue of this album that had 2-bonus tracks:

  1. "One Step Into the Light" 5:44
  2. "Island to Island" 3:14

Personnel