The Promise is the third album by British pop group T'Pau

T'Pau (band)

T'Pau was a 1980s British Rock group led by singer Carol Decker. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe...

. It was released in 1991.

Overview

The album reached #10 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 and gave the group two charting singles - "Whenever You Need Me

Whenever You Need Me (T'Pau song)

"Whenever You Need Me" is a song by British band T'Pau, released from their album The Promise. The single peaked at #16 in the UK and became the band's last top 40 hit to date there...

" (a UK Top 20) and "Walk on Air". A third single, a remix of the track "Soul Destruction", failed to make the chart and a fourth single, "Only a Heartbeat", was released only in the USA and Japan

Japan

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. The group disbanded shortly after the release of this album and its singles.

Following on from the cover art for the bands previous albums, the artwork for the release included the word promise rearranged to form a face. Unlike Bridge of Spies & Rage

Rage (T'Pau album)

Rage is the second album by late-1980s British pop group T'Pau. It reached Number Four on the UK album chart and gave the group three hit singles - "Secret Garden" , "Road to Our Dream" and "Only the Lonely" .- Release background :The Canadian release came out later than the UK version with four...

, this face was less predominately placed.

Track listing

1. "Soul Destruction" – 3:46
2. "Whenever You Need Me
   Whenever You Need Me (T'Pau song)
   "Whenever You Need Me" is a song by British band T'Pau, released from their album The Promise. The single peaked at #16 in the UK and became the band's last top 40 hit to date there...
   
   " – 4:06
3. "Walk on Air
   Walk on Air
   "Walk on Air" is a song by British band T'Pau, released from their album The Promise. A music video was created to promote the single.The single peaked at #62 in the UK for a total of two weeks despite the fact that previous single "Whenever You Need Me" charted at #16.The b-side "Hold on to Love"...
   
   " – 4:35
4. "Made of Money" – 3:50
5. "Hold On to Love" – 4:18
6. "Strange Place" – 4:30
7. "One Direction" – 4:00
8. "Only a Heartbeat" – 4:40
9. "The Promise" – 3:59
10. "A Place in My Heart" – 3:59
11. "Man and Woman" – 4:38
12. "Purity" – 3:48

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position	Total weeks
Swiss Albums Chart	40	1
UK Albums Chart	10	7