Promised Land (Dar Williams album) explained

Promised Land
Type:studio
Artist:Dar Williams
Cover:Promised Land Dar Williams.jpg
Genre:Folk
Label:Razor & Tie
Producer:Brad Wood
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Promised Land is the seventh album by Dar Williams released September 9, 2008 on Razor & Tie, the label that has released almost all of her albums. It was her first studio album in three years.

Track listing

All songs are written by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.

  1. "It's Alright" – 3:27
  2. "Book of Love" (Dar Williams, Lara Meyerratken) – 3:34
  3. "The Easy Way" – 3:31
  4. "The Tide Falls Away" (Dar Williams, Gary Louris) – 2:46
  5. "Buzzer" – 2:57
  6. "The Business of Things" – 2:31
  7. "You Are Everyone" – 4:30
  8. "Go to the Woods" – 2:54
  9. "Holly Tree" – 4:13
  10. "Troubled Times" (Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood) – 3:34
  11. "Midnight Radio" (Stephen Trask) – 4:27
  12. "Summerday" (Dar Williams, Rob Hyman) – 3:22

The song "Buzzer" was inspired by the Milgram experiment; "Midnight Radio" is a cover of a song from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, written by a friend of hers from college.[1] "Troubled Times" is a cover of a Fountains of Wayne song from that band's 1999 album Utopia Parkway.

Reception

Slant Magazine called Promised Land "perhaps her strongest start-to-finish album since 1996's Mortal City.[2] A review from The Washington Post said the album "lacks any musical growth" though a "newcomer to her music might appreciate the tunes."[3]

The album entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #95, making it the highest-charting album of her career.[4]

References

  1. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95082381 Dar Williams: Time, Tides And Empty Spaces
  2. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1499 Review of Promised Land
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600918.html Review of Promised Land
  4. http://www.razorandtiemedia.com/pressrel/JB%20and%20DW%20chart%20release%209%2017%2008%20final%20(2).doc ...Dar Williams Enters Top 100 with Highest Charting Album

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