Keep The Faith was released in 1992, four years after New Jersey's commercial success. Time and tastes had changed in the meantime, and bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam had taken the spotlight. Keep The Faith reflects this change. The straightforward Springsteen rock had transformed into a more adult-oriented sound. Even the long hair was cut! Serious songs like I Believe are interspersed with
… old-fashioned rockers, like the title track. There are also pop songs (In These Arms), perfect ballads (Bed Of Roses), epic rock (Dry County) and blues (Little Bit Of Soul). Keep The Faith is very different from the early work and shows that the rockers did not want to get stuck in the sound of 1986. Mature, good-humored rock & roll.more
