The Promise

Deborah Cox | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deco Recording Group
• ASIN: B001GIN3BI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,601 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Platinum-selling recording artist Deborah Cox returns with her first new studio album in six years, The Promise. The album marks the former Clive Davis protege's return to the world of R&B, wher her song 'Nobody's Supposed To Be Here' broke the record for the longest-running number one singele on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip Hip Songs chart. Top-flight production help from Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jon Legend, and Devo Springsteen assure that The Promise will be Deborah Cox's biggest release yet!

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My Lovely Deborah, November 19, 2008

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Ensaeshah "j73ce" (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Promise (Audio CD)

The new cd by Deborah Cox is good from beginning to end. What makes this cd so wonderful to me are two songs in particular, Beautiful U R with it's pulsating beat, great message, and great vocal especially when she holds the note halfway through. The other dimepiece on the album is Did you really love me. It's a subtle song production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis where they let her vocals take center stage as it should. The way she sings "Was there ever really love at all" in the songs chorus is very haunting to me. I really felt those words as if she was singing them to me. The whole cd is just plain good. It also reminds me of another singer that I adore "Tamia" on her latest indie release. I'm so happy to see talented artist not letting the big business of record labels stop them from making beautiful music. If you are a Deborah Cox fan you will like this cd. I can listen to this cd all the way through and I couldn't say that for "The Morning After" so it's definitely a winner. I'll have to check out Destination Moon just to hear more of her beautiful voice. Go get it, I doubt you'll be disappointed.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good with one problem, November 16, 2008

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barry (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Promise (Audio CD)

The songs on this cd are excellent. It is a welcome return from Deborah Cox. The theme here is relationships and feelings. Most of the tracks are slow. be they ballads or slow r@b jams. Deborah is more emotive here than I think she ever has been. The songs are raw with emotion and she uses her full range to great effect. There are many standouts. THE PROMISE, LOVE IS NOT MADE IN WORDS and DID YOU EVER LOVE ME are vocal revelations yet I find ALL HEARTS AREN'T SHAPED THE SAME to be my favorite.

The uptempo tracks like BEAUTIFUL U R fit in fine. But there is one problem here and it is not a small one. This cd is only 40 minutes in length. That is unheard of these days and not really fair to buyers. We know that cds hold up to 80 minutes of music and this is only half. It is not necessary to use all 80 but in the liner notes it is clear that Deborah has tried to put together a cohesive set here that explores the ups and downs of all aspects of relationships. This isn't really achieved for the set is so short. Honestly, it reminds me of when there were albums and not cds and artists tended to put 15 minutes of music on each side.

I have to give this cd 4 stars for Deborah, who is an amazing talent, is vocally at her best but when I listen to it I must put the cd on repeat. If I do not it ends so abruptly that I feel a true letdown. It's hard to get fully incvolved in this project due to its length. If more effort with more quality tracks added had been included this could have been a masterpiece. Instead it is 40 minutes of Deborah's great vocals but it is lacking.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Comeback, November 12, 2008

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roygbiv426 (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Promise (Audio CD)

Last year Ms. Deborah Cox tried her hand at Jazz and was quite successful. She has returned after six years (her last R&B album) with an awesome comeback. If you enjoyed her first album you will definitely enjoy this one. The first time I played the CD, I liked it, but it wasn't until I listened to the lyrics and felt the music that I realized how wonderful this album is. If you like R&B, you will enjoy this album.....