The Promiseland | ||||
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Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 33:56 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Willie Nelson | |||
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Singles from The Promiseland | ||||
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The Promiseland is the thirty-third studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson. It reached No. 1 on the US Country Albums chart. He was backed by Clint Strong (guitar,) Mark Yeary (keyboards,) Dennis Hromek (bass,) Biff Adam (drums,) and Jimmy Belken (fiddle) of The Strangers.
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Allmusic | link |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Living in the Promiseland" | David Lynn Jones | 3:18 |
2. | "I'm Not Trying to Forget You" | Willie Nelson | 3:17 |
3. | "Here in My Heart" | Jones | 3:50 |
4. | "I've Got the Craziest Feeling" | Floyd Tillman | 2:54 |
5. | "No Place But Texas" | Alex Harvey | 3:22 |
6. | "You're Only in My Arms To Cry on My Shoulder)" | Steve Nelson | 3:16 |
7. | "Pass It On" | Steve Bivens, Dub Dickerson, Clarence Williams | 3:10 |
8. | "Do You Ever Think of Me" | Earl Burtnett, John Cooper, Harry D. Kerr | 2:17 |
9. | "Old Fashioned Love" | James P. Johnson, Cecil | 2:47 |
10. | "Basin Street Blues" | Spencer Williams | 4:09 |
11. | "Bach Minuet in G" | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1:36 |
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Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
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