The Promise (Mike Pinder album)

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

The Promise
Studio album by Mike Pinder
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
Mike Pinder chronology
The Promise (1976) Among the Stars (1994)

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

• Mike Pinder – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, mellotron, vocals
• Fred Beckmeier – bass guitar
• Steve Beckmeier – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bill Berg – drums, percussion
• Joel DiBartolo – double bass
• Jim Dillon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, sitar, vocals
• Jimmy Johnson – bass guitar
• Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone
• Jeannie King – vocals
• Steve Madalo – trumpet
• Susann McDonald – harp
• Dean Olch – flute, shakuhachi
• Tom Peterson – flute, tenor saxophone
• William D. "Smitty" Smith – organ
• Mike Azevedo - congas
• Julia Tillman Waters – vocals
• Maxine Willard Waters – vocals

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[1]	133