Promised Land (Dar Williams album)

Promised Land
Studio album by Dar Williams
Released	September 9, 2008 (2008-09-09)
Genre	Folk
Label	Razor & Tie
Producer	Brad Wood
Dar Williams chronology
My Better Self (2005) Promised Land (2008) In the Time of Gods (2012)

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. "Troubled Times" is a cover of a Fountains of Wayne song from that band's 1999 album Utopia Parkway.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Paste 75/100	(commendable)
PopMatters

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.