Promised Land is the twenty-first studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records on January 8, 1975. It was recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday in January, 1975. In the US the album reached number 47 on the Billboard Top 200 chart and number 1 in Billboard's Top Country LPs chart. The album rose to number 1 in the Country Cashbox albums chart. In the UK the album reached #21.
Content
The material was the second pick from the December 1973 session, as the songs considered strongest had been issued on Good Times. The title track, a cover of the 1965 hit by Chuck Berry, was issued earlier as a single on September 27, 1974, and hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK top ten. Its flip side, "It's Midnight", reached 9 on the Country Charts. Another hit single from the album was "If You Talk in Your Sleep" reaching 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Promised Land" was used for the 1997 film Men in Black.
Reissues
In 2011, the FTD (Follow That Dream) collectors label released an expanded, 48-track version of the album including outtakes.
Track listing
Follow That Dream CD reissue
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1. | "Promised Land" | |
2. | "There's A Honky Tonk Angel" | |
3. | "Help Me" | |
4. | "Mr. Songman" | |
5. | "Love Song Of The Year" | |
6. | "It's Midnight" | |
7. | "Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming" | |
8. | "If You Talk In Your Sleep" | |
9. | "Thinking About You" | |
10. | "You Asked Me To" | |
11. | "Promised Land" (takes 3, 4) | |
12. | "There's A Honky Tonk Angel" (take 4/composite 5, 3, 8) | |
13. | "Help Me" (take 1 remixed) | |
14. | "Mr. Songman" (take 2) | |
15. | "Love Song Of The Year" (take 1) | |
16. | "It's Midnight" (take 7) | |
17. | "Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming" (take 10) | |
18. | "If You Talk In Your Sleep" (take 5) | |
19. | "Thinking About You" (take 4) | |
20. | "You Asked Me To" (take 3A) | |
21. | "Promised Land" (take 5) | |
22. | "Love Song Of The Year" (takes 3, 4, 6, 7) | |
23. | "It's Midnight" (take 11) | |
24. | "You Asked Me To" (take 2B) | |
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1. | "It's Midnight" (takes 1-4, 8, 9) | |
2. | "Love Song Of The Year" | |
3. | "Thinking About You" (takes 2, 3) | |
4. | "You Asked Me To" (take 1) | |
5. | "Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming" (takes 2, 3, 4) | |
6. | "Promised Land" (take 2) | |
7. | "Mr. Songman" (take 1) | |
8. | "There's A Honky Tonk Angel" (take 1) | |
9. | "If You Talk In Your Sleep" (takes 6, 9 undubbed) | |
10. | "It's Midnight" (take 10) | |
11. | "Thinking About You" (takes 5, 6) | |
12. | "Love Song Of The Year" (take 2) | |
13. | "You Asked Me To" (take 3B) | |
14. | "There's A Honky Tonk Angel" (takes 6, 7, 8 rough mix) | |
15. | "Mr. Songman" (takes 3, 5) | |
16. | "Promised land" (take 6 undubbed) | |
17. | "Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming" (takes 8, 9 unedited undubbed) | |
Personnel
- Elvis Presley – lead vocals
- David Briggs – piano, organ
- James Burton – guitar
- Johnny Christopher – guitar
- Doug Bartenfeld – guitar
- Jeannie Green – backing vocals
- Per Erik "Pete" Hallin – piano, organ, clavinet on "Promised Land"
- Mary and Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
- Susan Pilkington – backing vocals
- Norbert Putnam – bass
- Ronnie Tutt – drums
- Voice (Donnie Sumner, Sherrill Nielsen, Tim Baty, Per Eric "Pete" Hallin) – backing vocals
- JD Sumner & The Stamps (Bill Baize, Ed Enoch, David Rowland) – backing vocals
- Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals
Technical
- Felton Jarvis – producer
- Mike Moran, Dick Baxter, Al Pachucki, Mickey Crofford – engineers
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
- ↑ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 150. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
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