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.

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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Paste	(commendable)[2]
PopMatters	[3]

Slant Magazine called Promised Land "perhaps her strongest start-to-finish album since 1996's Mortal City.^[4] A review from The Washington Post said the album "lacks any musical growth" though a "newcomer to her music might appreciate the tunes."^[5]

The album entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #95, making it the highest-charting album of her career.^[6]

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.^[7] "Troubled Times" is a cover of a Fountains of Wayne song from that band's 1999 album Utopia Parkway.