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"Don’t Make Promises" was the first track on Tim Hardin 's debut album Tim Hardin 1 , released in 1966. The song, along with "Reason to Believe ," was one of the two major songwriting hits from the album,[ 1]
with more than a dozen cover versions having been recorded following its release.[ 2]
British radio presenter and writer Charlie Gillett noted the song's ability to achieve "the elusive balance between personal miseries and universal sufferings,"[ 3]
while author Mark Brend praised the song's "fragile pop sensibilities" and how it contrasted with the "swaggering" R&B of album track "Ain't Gonna Do Without."[ 4]
The Beau Brummels version
The Beau Brummels released a cover version of "Don't Make Promises" as a single in 1967. The song later appeared on the band's 1987 compilation album The Best of The Beau Brummels 1964–1968 . The single's B-side , "Two Days 'Til Tomorrow," was a favorite of lead vocalist Sal Valentino , who called it the band's "greatest" song.[ 5] It was included on the 2007 compilation album Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 ,[ 6] and was called a "sublime bit of pop drama" by Pitchfork Media music critic Joe Tangari.[ 7]
Track listing
7" Vinyl
Title Writer(s) 1. "Don't Make Promises" Hardin 2:30 2. "Two Days 'Til Tomorrow" Elliott, Durand 3:50
Other versions
Bobby Darin included "Don't Make Promises," as well as four other Tim Hardin songs, on Darin's 1966 If I Were a Carpenter album.[ 8] In 1967, the song was covered by Marianne Faithfull , Scott McKenzie , Rick Nelson , and Gary Lewis & the Playboys .[ 9] Later versions were performed by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap as the B-side to "Woman, Woman " (1968), Three Dog Night (1968), Circus (1969), Z. Z. Hill (1969), Helen Reddy (1971), Joan Baez (1995 ), Chris Smither (1999), Cliff Richard (2002), Paul Weller (2004), and The Kingston Trio , whose version was recorded in 1967 but remained unreleased until it appeared on the 2007 compilation album, The Lost 1967 Album: Rarities, Vol. 1 .[ 10] Dave Alvin recorded the song for his 2009 release Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women .
References
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Eder, Bruce. "Tim Hardin 1 - Review" . Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation ). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
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Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books . p. 503. ISBN 978-0-87930-653-3 .
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Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Sound Of The City: The Rise Of Rock And Roll (2nd ed.). New York: Da Capo Press . p. 308. ISBN 978-0-306-80683-4 .
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Brend, Mark (2001). American Troubadours: Groundbreaking Singer-Songwriters of the 60s (1st ed.). San Francisco: Backbeat Books . p. 82 . ISBN 978-0-87930-641-0 .
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Farrar, Justin F. (2006-03-01). "Oh, Pioneers" . SF Weekly (New Times Media). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
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"Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970 - Overview" . Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation ). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
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Tangari, Joe (2007-09-21). "Album Reviews - Various Artists - Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970" . Pitchfork Media ). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
^ "If I Were a Carpenter - Overview" . Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation ). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
^ Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Listen! Retrieved October 1, 2011
^ "The Lost 1967 Album: Rarities, Vol. 1 - Overview" . Allmusic (Macrovision Corporation ). Retrieved 2009-10-24 .
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