title: Promised Land (Dar Williams album)
text: # Promised Land (Dar Williams album)
  
  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.
  
  * "It's Alright" – 3:27
  * "Book of Love" (Dar Williams, Lara Meyerratken) – 3:34
  * "The Easy Way" – 3:31
  * "The Tide Falls Away" (Dar Williams, Gary Louris) – 2:46
  * "Buzzer" – 2:57
  * "The Business of Things" – 2:31
  * "You Are Everyone" – 4:30
  * "Go to the Woods" – 2:54
  * "Holly Tree" – 4:13
  * "Troubled Times" (Adam Schlesinger, Chris Collingwood) – 3:34
  * "Midnight Radio" (Stephen Trask) – 4:27
  * "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.
  
  