Promised Land (Elvis Presley album)

Promised Land

Studio album by Elvis Presley

Released

January 8, 1975

Recorded

December 10–15, 1973

Genre

Rock

Length

28:17

Elvis Presley chronology

Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
(1974)

Promised Land
(1975)

Today
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
MusicHound	^[2]
Rough Guides	^[3]

Promised Land is a 1975 album by Elvis Presley on RCA Records. It was recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday. 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, "Its 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. In the US the album only reached number 47 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, but reached 1 in Billboard's Top Country LPs chart. The album also reached 1 in the Country Cashbox albums chart. In the UK the album reached 21.

In 2011, the FTD (Follow That Dream) collectors label released an expanded, 48-track version of the album including outtakes.

Track listing

Original release

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Promised Land"	Chuck Berry	December 15, 1973	2:57
2.	"There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"	Troy Seals, Denny Rice	December 15, 1973	3:01
3.	"Help Me"	Larry Gatlin	December 12, 1973	2:27
4.	"Mr. Songman"	Donnie Sumner	December 12, 1973	2:08
5.	"Love Song of the Year"	Chris Christian	December 12, 1973	3:33

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"It's Midnight"	Billy Edd Wheeler, Jerry Chesnut	December 10, 1973	3:21
2.	"Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming"	Rory Bourke	December 15, 1973	3:47
3.	"If You Talk in Your Sleep"	Red West, Johnny Christopher	December 11, 1973	2:35
4.	"Thinking About You"	Tim Baty	December 12, 1973	3:00
5.	"You Asked Me To"	Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver	December 11, 1973	2:52

Follow That Dream CD reissue

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
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)

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
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 - vocals, guitar
David Briggs - piano, organ
James Burton - guitar
Johnny Christopher - guitar
Doug Bartenfeld - guitar
Jeannie Green - backing vocals

Per Erik Hallin - piano, organ
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
Per Eric "Pete" Hallin ("Promised Land") - clavinet
Felton Jarvis - producer
Mike Moran / Dick Baxter - engineers

^[4]

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.
↑ "Elvis Presley Albums". Softshoe-slim.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.

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