Promised Land

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002W17
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Promised Land

2. There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In)

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

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Elvis's best 70's albums., November 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Promised Land (Audio CD)

Yes, this is one of Elvis's best 70's studio albums.He seems to be in great voice and mood, and the recordings are generally wonderful.I believe that Elvis's version of "Promised Land" is by far the very best of all I have ever heard (including Chuck Berry's version). It has a funky -countryish-RB sound that is all original. This is an ELVIS song tried and true! He had a knack of taking a song and making it his own. The other songs are mostly original country ballads with a "synthesizer" sound to them. This album is so powerful in it's quality and originality, It could stand alone as THE representative Elvis album of the 70's. Too bad "Burning Love" couldnt have been placed on here.! Listen to It! By the way,next year, RCA plans to redigitalize it again it on CD form, and add some masters of the album that have never been heard before. I cannot wait to hear it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The poor boy's on the line, January 31, 2004

By 

Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Promised Land (Audio CD)

This album by Elvis was recorded in December 1973. It was a productive recording session, resulting in some (mostly) good songs. The highlights include Elvis' last great rocker "Promised Land", the gospelish "Help Me", the powerful ballad "It's Midnight", and the underrated "If You Talk in Your Sleep". Fans of late period Elvis should enjoy this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Memphis Soul Stew, August 28, 1999

By 

Peter Letheby (Adelaide, South Australia Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Promised Land (Audio CD)

1973-74. Elvis, post-Aloha, and in the throes of divorce proceedings. Without the (waning) excitement of live concerts what other motivation was there to seek out new material?

Fortunately, the love of music. As this album testifies, the past still provided the adventurous artist with enough richness and diversity to excite even the most jaded performer. Chuck Berry's anthemic title track is the prime example, as Elvis pours all of his considerable energy into making this song his own. Add to this some beautifully performed contemporary numbers such as "Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming", "Thinking Of You" and Waylon Jennings's "You Asked Me To", and "Promised Land" delivers the sense of purpose and energy lacking in many of his other album releases.