release date: Nov. 16, 2010
format: 2 cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,42]
producer: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt
label: Columbia Records - nationality: USA
2 disc compilation album by Bruce Springsteen consisting of 21 previously unreleased songs recorded from 1977-78 drawing from the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions. The album is sold separately but is also available as part of the box set The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, a 6-disc set, which includes 3 CDs and 3 DVD or Blu-ray discs. It contains a remastered version of the Darkness on the Edge of Town album, The Promise [this album], a documentary titled "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town", and 2 DVDs of live performances. Which is to say: pretty extensive material.
The Promise really documents Springsteen's gifts as a composer. The tracks are vivid and original leftovers that could easily have been released in '79 or '81 when he didn't release new material.
[ allmusic.com 4,5 / 5 stars ]
