Promised Land (Dar Williams album)


Promised Land is the seventh album by Dar Williams, released on September 9, 2008, on Razor & Tie. It was her first studio album in three years.

Reception

Slant Magazine called Promised Land "perhaps her strongest start-to-finish album since 1996's Mortal City. A review from The Washington Post said the album "lacks any musical growth" though a "newcomer to her music might appreciate the tunes."
The album entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #95, making it the highest-charting album of her career.

Track listing

All songs are written by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.
  1. "It's Alright" – 3:27
  2. "Book of Love" – 3:34
  3. "The Easy Way" – 3:31
  4. "The Tide Falls Away" – 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" – 3:34
  11. "Midnight Radio" – 4:27
  12. "Summerday" – 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. "Troubled Times" is a cover of a Fountains of Wayne song from that band's 1999 album Utopia Parkway.