| 词条 | Promised Land (Dar Williams album) |
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| name = Promised Land | type = studio | artist = Dar Williams | cover = Promised Land Dar Williams.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2008|09|09}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk | length = | label = Razor & Tie | producer = Brad Wood | prev_title = My Better Self | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = In the Time of Gods | next_year = 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 listingAll songs are written by Dar Williams if not noted otherwise.
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{{Album ratings|rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[2] |rev2 = Paste 75/100 |rev2score = (commendable)[3] |rev3 = PopMatters |rev3score = {{Rating|6|10}}[4] }} Slant Magazine called Promised Land "perhaps her strongest start-to-finish album since 1996's Mortal City.[5] A review from The Washington Post said the album "lacks any musical growth" though a "newcomer to her music might appreciate the tunes."[6]The album entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #95, making it the highest charting album of her career.[7] References1. ^[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95082381 Dar Williams: Time, Tides And Empty Spaces], from the website of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday {{Dar Williams}}2. ^[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1409996|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] 3. ^Paste 75/100 review 4. ^PopMatters review 5. ^Review of Promised Land from Slant Magazine 6. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110600918.html Review of Promised Land] from The Washington Post 7. ^...Dar Williams Enters Top 100 with Highest Charting Album, a September 2008 Razor & Tie press release 4 : 2008 albums|Dar Williams albums|Razor & Tie albums|Albums produced by Brad Wood |
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