Promised Land

Promised Land

Track Listings

1. 9:28 a.m.

2. I Am I

3. Damaged

4. Out of Mind

5. Bridge

6. Promised Land

7. Disconnected

8. Lady Jane

9. My Global Mind

10. One More Time

11. Someone Else?

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Queensryche's follow-up to the double-platinum Empire is something of an acquired taste, but it's well worth the effort. There's considerable variety here; the heavy progressive-rock of "I Am I" and the ballad "Bridge" were hit singles, but there's also the funk-inflected "Disconnected", the edgy, spooky "Lady Jane", and the piano-and-vocals "Someone Else?". The title track is probably the strongest and least accessible song on the album; instead of rocking out, it's a slow, heavy song in the vein of "Anybody Listening?" from Empire. Listen to it at least five times before forming an opinion; each time, you'll hear something you didn't before. --Genevieve Williams

Promised Land,Queensrÿche,Capitol,Album Rock,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Progressive Metal,Rock

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McCoury Band at their best again.

Bluegrass at its best

The McCoury musical magic is first pew

McCoury Takes Listeners to 'The Promised Land'

God is in the details.

The Promised Land
Del McCoury Band
Manufacturer: Mccoury Music
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Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

I'm Bound for the Land of Canaan
I'm Poor as a Beggar
It's Surprising What the Lord Can Do
Jesus Carried Me a Cross
Five Flat Rocks
I'll Put on a Crown and Walk Around
Don't Put off Until Tomorrow
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It's an Unfriendly World
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We Know Where He Is
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Hopes were higher for the first all-gospel release by Del McCoury, perhaps the finest singer in bluegrass, whose a cappella "Get Down on Your Knees and Pray" has long been a show-stopping highlight of his live performances. Though the album showcases McCoury's keening tenor and the virtuosity of his band, the results fall short of divine inspiration. Most of the material tends toward the obscure; whatever the spiritual message, some of the music simply isn't as compelling as the range McCoury typically offers on his secular releases. Among the highlights are the bluesy retelling of David and Goliath on "Five Flat Rocks," the stately grace of a musical eulogy on "We Know Where He Is," and the call-and-response harmonies of "Gold Under My Feet." At his most moving, McCoury can send a spiritual jolt through the spine of an atheist; on Promised Land, he's mainly preaching to the choir. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

McCoury Band at their best again........2007-07-12

I love this new album of gospel or songs of the Lord. Again The McCoury Band has given us another great album to listen to and enjoy. Get this album you will love it.

Bluegrass at its best.......2007-01-31

If you love bluegrass and the Lord, then this is the CD for you. Great songs which get you clappin' and lift your spirit!!!!

The McCoury musical magic is first pew.......2006-11-24

Playing Time - 42:51

What They Do: They're on the top of the bluegrass game and play songs full of warmth and passion to celebrate the spirit of God. Del delivers each song with convincing emotion, and his lonesome highs are always piercingly clear.

Little Known Facts: This is the band's first all-gospel project, and I'm told that Del McCoury has never recorded a gospel music album in his five decade long career.

The Songs: The set draws heavily from the material of Oklahoma-born Albert E. Brumley, the most popular white gospel composer among rural southernerns in the 1930s. His songs present visions of a caring, personal Savior and of an abundant, pastoral Heaven where old acquaintances would be renewed. "I'll put on a crown and walk all around all over God's Promised Land." The album opens with Brumley's "I'm Bound For the Land of Canaan" and "It's Surprising What The Lord Can Do" has Del switching to his soaring tenor on the choruses. In fact, a number of their vocal arrangements have Del jumping up to the higher harmony on choruses. Halfway through the set, the band supercharges the music with Brumley's "Led By The Master's Hand" and the band's remarkably distinct vocals. Following that, in "It's An Unfriendly World" a beggar asks for some guidance in a world full of sorrow and sin. Other classics from Brumley include "I'll Put On A Crown and Walk Around"and the album closer "The Lord is Writing Down Names."

A beautiful duet with Ronnie and Del is is presented in the ¾-time "Gold Under My Feet," while the band's splendid quartet is illustrated in "Five Flat Rocks," that also showcases Ronnie McCoury's consummate guitar skill. A strong nod to tradition is Pete Pyle's "Don't Put Off Until Tomorrow" that kicks off with Ronnie's tremolo and downstrokes on his eight strings of fame. From Mississippi, Pete Pyle had been a soloist on the Opry who also was member of Bill Monroe's band. Del McCoury and Jerry Salley co-wrote "Ain't Nothin' Gonna Come Up Today" that suggests we fight Satan on our knees. Instrumentally, you won't find a band that is much more solid than Del's. The band's newest addition, Alan Bartram on bass, is rock solid and also contributes to some of the vocal harmonies.

The Musicians: Del sings and picks guitar with his sons Ronnie (mandolin) and Robbie (banjo), as well as with Jason Carter (fiddle) and Alan Bartram (bass)

The Bottomline: The 67-year-old Del McCoury shows no signs of slowing down. The McCoury musical magic is first pew.

Reviewed By: Joe Ross (staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

McCoury Takes Listeners to 'The Promised Land'.......2006-08-22

It's hard to believe that it took Del McCoury more than forty years to record his first all-gospel album, but THE PROMISED LAND was worth the wait. This 14-track collection is a treat for the ears as well as the soul.

The album kicks of with "I'm Bound for the Land of Canaan," one of seven songs composed by Albert E. Brumley. Best known for "I'll Fly Away" (not included here), Brumley wrote more than 800 songs during his lifetime and was selected to the Country Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Songs run the gamut from the stately "We Know Where He Is" to the bouncy "I'll Put on a Crown & Walk Around." Among the highlights are a bluesy version of "Five Flat Rocks" with stunning four-part harmony and Ronnie and Rob McCoury providing some wonderful guitar picking. "The Lord Is Writing Down Names" also showcases Ronnie's and Rob's guitar prowess.

There is not a weak track on this album. If you're a fan of traditional bluegrass and gospel music, this album will not disappoint. [Running Time - 42.55] VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

God is in the details........2006-06-28

As The Promised Land testifys. The best band in bluegrass soars in this encomium to the Lord. McCoury's plaintive vocals never sound better, and the rest of the Boys more than hold their own. Not to be missed.

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GREAT!
A relaxing journey into our Colonial past
Fantastic!
Cold Mountain type music that's great

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Spirited new sounds from across the sea to the shores of the New Land. From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus Early Music Ensemble's music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachians to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations. Introduction -The English Colonies in America were a patchwork-not just of territories whose boundaries became state lines, but of people from different places and classes with widely different values and experiences. This recording presents music from that patchwork; from England, the Colonial homeland; Scotland and Ireland, the homes of the largest groups of immigrants outside England; and France, the ally of the Patriots, and music written in the United States. More recordings by HESPERUS from Maggie's Music are Celtic Roots featuring Scottish fiddler, Bonnie Rideout and Early American Roots. Hesperus Ensemble is THE sought after musical group for period music that is both authentic, and most important fun, lively and spirited. They are frequent performers at the Smithsonian's Institute of American Music and can be heard on the soundtrack or the Paramount film with Johnny Depp entitled Sleepy Hollow! Excerpts from liner notes:2.A Set of English Country Dance Tunes: Maiden Lane, Jack O'Lent, Chestnut, Bonny Broom - The visionary London music publisher John Playford first published his English Dancing Master in 1651. It was reprinted 18 times over the next 77 years and is still popular today. 3. Parting Friends/Primrose - These tunes have come down to us in choral arrangements called shape-note hymns .

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GREAT!.......2007-05-20

This cd travels everywhere with me and you can easily imagine a ball at Monticello given by Mr. Jefferson when you hear it.
Try not to daydream too much while driving as i had done several times..lol..it's hard not to with this cd..:)
Perfect for a colonial reenactment or party.

A relaxing journey into our Colonial past.......2006-03-16

I bought this CD to provide me with another dimension to my studies of period events. It truly contains a wealth of music, and takes it place as an important addition to my musical library. Living in the Mt Vernon area, I often travel with the CD playing while visiting historical places, and it provides a wonderful companion to "set the mood" for the myriad locations in the area. The quality of the sound is remarkable, the musicians superb, and the breadth of song selection provides a musical landscape for the period. Highly recommended!!

Fantastic!.......2004-03-04

I first heard the "Colonial America" CD by Hesperus when I visited Monticello recently (the home of Thomas Jefferson) where they were playing the songs in the gift shop. Imagine my dismay to find that only one cassette tape was left of the fabulous music of Hesperus; however, that tape held me spell-bound all the way home, from Virginia to North Carolina.

It was an incredible journey from the past that has stayed with me since, and every day I drive that one hour back and forth to work. This music has changed everything about the trips, and I can't wait for more.

Thanks to Amazon.com I was able to buy all three CD's, including "Early American Roots," "Colonial America" and the incredible "Celtic Roots" with the most beautiful violas imaginable.

Thank you Hesperus! Please play more!

Cold Mountain type music that's great.......2003-11-15

Novels and movies like Cold Mountain, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? and Song Catchers are showing the growing interest in traditional music and this recording hits the mark. It is music from the days of early America--the time when the first colonists come to America. You can hear the fiddle playing tunes still popular in the Appalachian mountains today and also hear shape note music arranged by Hesperus as wonderful instrumentals. The music takes you to a time when folks were making music in their homes-before TV, before the internet! This recording is good for teachers or educational purposes too- with informative liner notes. All the music is played on folk and early music instruments and it's lively and an enjoyable listen.

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Perfect starter CD!.......2005-02-12

I'm surprised that no one has reviewed this CD yet. Released in conjuction with the Nationally-released PBS documentary "America's Choir" - this album is a perfect starting place for people who wish to have a sampler of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Serving as both a latter-day "greatest hits" and a stand alone album, this CD gathers six tracks from the Choir's recently released albums "Consider The Lilies," "Spirit Of America" and "Peace Like A River" and adds TEN brand new tracks recorded specially for this project, creating a perfect sampler of both the Choir's magnificent history and it's current sound. It highlights the strengths of the Choir's repetoire, from well-known hymns ("Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing") to patriotic standards ("Battle Hymn Of The Republic") to folk songs ("Shenandoah," "Bound For The Promised Land") and even some surprises, like the traditional Welsh anthem "O Home Beloved" and the "Fugue In C Major (Jig)" for organ and orchestra. A wonderful, wonderful CD, with startling changes in mood and tempo, but with the unifying artistry of the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Sqare.

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Heightened Promises
Their last progressive album
Jumping the Shark....
Another polished Queensryche album
The beginning of the post blues Queensryche;

Promised Land
Queensrÿche
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Customer Reviews:

Heightened Promises.......2007-07-31

After the killer 'Empire' cd came out you just expected another dynamite album from Queensryche. Sorry to say, didn't happen here and really hasn't happened since. Maybe, Tribe did it a little because DeGarmo was somewhat back in the fold, but with 'Promised Land' you did expect so much more. The album is okay, don't get me wrong, but a vast departure from 'Empire' Where each song on 'Empire flowed, the songs here kind of stumble around colliding with each other. The radio friendly 'Bridge' is good and I've always liked the title track and the full band version of 'Someone Else'. If you're a Queensryche fan and love Tate's voice there is something here for you to like and probably a must for your collection.

Their last progressive album .......2007-06-23

Sometimes its sad to see bands stagnate. In all honesty, though I love the man and all his albums, can we as fans really distiguish one newer King Diamond album from another? Is there really that much difference between House of God and Puppet Master? Nothing wrong with sticking with your guns, but sometimes it can get stale.

As this example exemplifies, there is also another extreme at the end of the spectrum, an end where a band like Amorphis will make an album like The Karelian Isthmus, then a few years later, Tuneola. "Progression" can be a dirty word for fans, but some bands are EXPECTED to make albums that sound different from the others, and one of these bands is the mighty Queensryche.
Thankfully though, they inhabited a halfway point (before Hear in the Now Frontier) where their sound was ENHANCED by progress, not hampered by it, and the core was always there.

Promised Land is probably the last album done by Ryche that qualifies as "Progressive metal" (Mindcrime II may qualify but just barely), and in fact, it may be the most progressive thing they ever did.
Its also some of the best material they ever did, not to the standards of the previous three albums (that may change as I listen to it more), but definitely better than any album afterward, and possibly to the level of "The Warning" and the first EP.

The album is truly progressive in scope, with epic somewhat "symphonic" passages intermeshed with textured guitar parts and vocals as godly as usual. Its the beginnings of the band going fully on into more of their "retro" territory, but thankfully in this case, its Pink Floyd rather than Louder than Love.

It also has some of the strange electronic touches that were on Rage For Order previously (Remember this is before most NIN clone bands) and still retains much of their twin axe attack like on previous records. It is truly a masterpiece, their last stab at a genre that they helped invent and took in a new direction on this one. In fact, some of the passages remind me of the metal prog/psych mix that was later explored by latter day Porcupine Tree, in a way.

I don't know what happened to the band after this album, the kidnapped by aliens and replaced by evil clones story works just as good for this band as Metallica.

On this album, the band reached for a very ambitious height that unfortunately, seemed to spell disaster for any commercial viability, especially compared to previous releases. Musically, its incredible, but listening to it is sort of sad because of the decline that was to follow.

Jumping the Shark...........2007-04-26

This album was, at the time, a great infusion of the Ryche at the very point when Corporate Amerika was taking over the music scene. Queensryche tried very hard to mesh with what was popular on the radio and didn't do too good of a job at all. Promise Land has some very strong music and lyrics, but for the most part, it feels alot like the producer and the the label tried to take every good song from every album and reinvent it, which was disastrous for the band.
I really tried to like this album, and there is some really good music and lyrics, but in the end, this is the swan song for Queensryche....

With Promised Land, they jumped the shark and never looked back.

Another polished Queensryche album.......2007-03-20

While you could rename this to "Music to kill yourself to", I did find the album to be ridiculously polished and produced. It's not a bad thing, really, because it fits the theme. It's classic Queensryche moving out into yet another frontier, and worth a listen.

The beginning of the post blues Queensryche;.......2007-02-02

That Queensryche should turn back to the Blues inspired progressive metal that they started with.

Seems to me that Queensryche felt a little pressure from Nirvana amongst others to play less bluesy material, but despite lots of good stuff(and I include 'from the now frontier', 'Tribe' in that list), seems to me that all that post Empire material(including 'Promised Land!') doesn't have the richness and deepness that previous Queensryche records had.

Call me biased, but I've always noticed that if you want to play deep stuff, play the blues. I remember thinking Joe Satriani's "Surfing with the Alien" was going to be so great; i bought it and Jeff Beck's "Guitar Shop"; i listened to Joe first and tried to think it was so cool; i turned on Jeff Beck's lp second and never bothered with all this neo-classical rock guitar again!

I'm not going to say that Dream theatre isn't any good, or that Tate shouldn't combine his operatic vocals to the Blues like he did back in the day . . . ope, I think I proved my point!

If you listen to Operation Mindcrime one and two, you should notice two things; Operation Mindcrime 1 is bluesy compared to Operation Mindcrime 2, and 2) the second half of Operation Mindcrime 2 is bluesy're and the more emotional ride than the first part of the album.

Queensryche, get back to the blues if you want to play such heavy stuff! If your trying to play such heavy topics, the Blues is where it's at; the Blues is the deeper higher substance version of rock and roll!

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Still moving after 12 years...
For Some But Not All
Another decent album for the Ryche fan
One record the world overlooked
The last Queensryche album and one of their best

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Queensryche's follow-up to the double-platinum Empire is something of an acquired taste, but it's well worth the effort. There's considerable variety here; the heavy progressive-rock of "I Am I" and the ballad "Bridge" were hit singles, but there's also the funk-inflected "Disconnected", the edgy, spooky "Lady Jane", and the piano-and-vocals "Someone Else?". The title track is probably the strongest and least accessible song on the album; instead of rocking out, it's a slow, heavy song in the vein of "Anybody Listening?" from Empire. Listen to it at least five times before forming an opinion; each time, you'll hear something you didn't before. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

Still moving after 12 years..........2006-11-22

I still recall the first time I listened to this cd 12 years ago. Skipping school to write a paper, I made a little side stop on my way to the college library to a store then called Disc N Tape to pick it up on release day. From the first listen, the cd took a special place in my life...and hasn't changed since. Songs like "Bridge" and "Someone Else" highlight a solidly moving and emotional ride, something that in my opinion, Queensryche has not been able to match since. For a high school senior, still struggling with identity issues, decisions on colleges and all the associated problems dealing with severe depression, "Promised Land" became an escape...a sort of comfort, a way of dealing and coping with those problems. Even today, there is an emotional sense that washes over me as I listen to the cd. Well worth the investment, gets better each time you listen.

For Some But Not All.......2006-09-14

I OWned All Of The Rike's CD's Through Empire And I Figured That They Would Be All That I Would Buy (Besides Mindcrime II for the story) And I Saw The Price That I Could Get This In Good Shpae For So I Bought It And Well It Wasnt What I Thought It Would Be (I Hadn't Herd Much About This Comparaed To Hear IN The now Frontier & Q2K which I hear Are horrible)So I Gave This A Listen And relaized That There Is Actual Metal Someplace On This CD (Alougth It Is VERY VERY VERY Hard To Find) I'd Do A Track By Track Thing But I Fell The By Classifing The Songs Into Groups Would Be Simpiler.

9:28 a.m - Damaged = Sorta Metal Any Metal Fan Would Probably Be Able To Sit Through these.
Out Of Mind - Silent Lucidity Version 2 (AND I HATE Silent Lucidity)
Bridge = ARRRGGGH NOOOOOOOO!!!!! This Song Is Almost Country
Promised Land = Alright Track (Better Than Bridge Which I Somehow Was Able To Keep The CD Going And Not Throw It Out The Window), Little Long Though Bu it Was LIke A Soft Version Of The Long Tracks On Empire.
Dissconnected - Pretty Much Like The Above Only Shorter
Lady Jane - Of All The Slower Traks On This One Id Say That This On Is The Best
My global Mind - My Favortie Track on This Thing, It's Baically About A Guy Sitting Down And Watching he 10 o' clock news or something
One More Time - Someone Else? = Slower Tracks

This Album Isnt Really For Metal Fans, But If You Wanna See Queensryche Evlove This Is Probab ly Where You Would Need To Start Looking, Ill Still Probably End Up Buying Hear IN The Nwo Frontier & q2k to see how bad they really are -_-

Another decent album for the Ryche fan.......2006-07-05

Queensryche were really on a hard task with this album. They created a fine meisterwork in Operation Mindcrime that prog metal, hair metal and generic hard rock fans loved and then followed it up with the totally different Empire, an album that spawned a ballad that was a huge hit in the US and helped the album shift even more units than Mindcrime.

So what could they do after that? Well unlike the difference between Mindcrime and Empire which really was somewhat of a reinvention, the difference betwixt Empire and Promised Land isn't so drastic. In fact it seems to sit somewhere in the middle and actually is a lighter album than either of it's two predecessors.

The album starts off with an interesting little intro track and then seques into I Am I and Damaged, two straight ahead hard rockers. The fourth track, Out of Mind, is almost a repeat of Silent Lucidity in terms of it's mellow execution married to an off centre concept and haunting vocal lines by Tate. Things get even more Freudian during Bridge wihch deals with issues between fathers and sons.

As the album progresses the tracks get less and less special though Disconnected is an interesting direction for the band. Much of side two - in the old money - is very desultory and mellow. Not sure if the band wanted to be taken more seriously as generic musicians rather than hard rock knuckleheads or if this is really the album that was on their minds at the time.

All the production values are as you'd expect and overall this is a good album though not a great one. The newcomer to Queensryche should perhaps wrap their ears around Empire first and if they like that then try this on for size. More metal minded people would be better serviced by grabbing one of the Mindcrimes or their quite early discs.

One record the world overlooked.......2005-11-06

It has been a number of years since I purchased a copy of Promised Land and I remember the excitement and anticipation that led up to the record and the release of the first single I Am I. After a long wait following Empire, the group delivered with this offering. I went to the tour back then and it was truly an electric atmosphere. Queensryche played nearly all of the songs on the record during the tour on almost any night and the crowds just loved it. Then to my surprise the record was somewhat disregarded...perhaps because it was released about the same time as a number of popular grunge records were coming out of Seattle. Whatever the situation, the record wasn't a commercial giant. But don't let that fool you. This record has a number of classic cuts such as I Am I, Damaged, Bridge, Out of Mind, Lady Jane, One More Time and the haunting piano ballad Someone Else. This record explores some different sounds and styles than earlier Queensryche records, but there is something here for everyone..epecially if you are a fan of the band....There are very few misses here as all of the songs bring something new to the table. This isn't a one theme record like previous efforts (Operation Mindcrime)but it still tackles tough social issues like Mental Illness in the song out Out of Mind. The one song that can be a bit difficult to swallow is the title track Promised Land which is over 8 minutes long and worked much better in a concert format. Still its a mere hiccup to an outstanding record with great musicianship. This record can hold its own with any of Queensryche's top records..and I should know because I own most all of them :-)..Sure I'm biased towards the group a bit....but this really is good stuff..honest!

The last Queensryche album and one of their best.......2004-06-12

First things first. Promised Land was the last Queensryche album that I liked and they have released nothing that I enjoyed much since 1994. As a matter of fact, whatever they did post-PL sounds nothing like the Queensryche we all discovered in the 80's and grew to love so much over the years. Unfortunately they took a completely different direction after this record obviously going for a more commercial sound alienating some of their die-hard fans along the way, myself included. Well, so be it. To me Promised Land was the last nail in the coffin of Queensryche and they will never be the same band again.

I'm all for change and progression. I do not expect my favourite bands to carry on walking on the same musical path for ever. The self-titled debut was great as was The Warning. With Rage for Order they were onto new soundscapes and Mindcrime was the pinnacle of their success. With Empire they also managed to sell their albums. And all of this happened in a space of eight years always pushing their limits a bit broader and developing their mindset. As years passed by, the brilliance of Mindcrime and Empire was even more evident, so the guys took a long time -- 4 years -- to write their ultimate follow-up to these magnificent records. And Promised Land proved to be a completely different, more mature in a way and unexpected Queensryche album. While it surprised some fans, it eventually began to grow on those who were open-minded, particularly with "I Am I" getting a lot of airplay and MTV support.

This is not a concept album or as unified a release as Mindcrime was; however it has its own unique traits to it and is possibly the most balanced album in their entire catalog. Everything runs so smoothly satisfying both the old metalheads and the ones who lean towards Ryche's proggy roots. The Pink Floyd influence was never so prevalent before. There are spots on this disc that are very reminiscent of Floyd's A Momentary Lapse in Reason for all I know. The opening tracks "I Am I" and "Damaged" both penned by DeGarmo and Tate are the heavier sides of the album with nice hooks and remarkable vocal harmonies. They are followed by "Out of Mind" and "Bridge" which are both stamped by Chris DeGarmo's trademark sound and feature the more laid-back and their softer moments. DeGarmo's solo in "Out of Mind" is perhaps the LAST guitar solo I liked on a Queensryche album. Its slow progression and minimal writing charged with tons of emotion make this solo a masterpiece all on its own standards. Too bad this guy got all the unfair crap from his very own fanbase and was always overlooked one way or another among prog metal listeners. Too bad because Chris DeGarmo, whether his musical style nowadays appeals to me or not, is one of the most prolific songwriters ever. He was always regarded the 'second' man of the band because of Tate, but it showed hideously how important his role in the band is when he left the band. And as for the albums that he played on, they weren't bad albums because of DeGarmo, they were bad because DeGarmo played on them without having his heart in it. That's my take at least. If Ryche was so good on their own, they wouldn't have asked him to co-write on their last album Tribe, would they?

The title track, also the longest song on the album, is neatly placed right in the middle of the record and is my favourite song on the album. It was composed by all members in the band together and there is room for everyone to show how great they function together. "Promised Land" is an integral part of the way they all express themselves so well. The Floydan atmosphere is there, Tate does his lower register vocals flawlessly as well as he lets out his killer screams. I think this album was when his voice was its best. A perfect smooth tone with a lot expression. The rhythm work is top notch with solos played in random all over it. "Disconnected" is one of those songs I would despise if I heard it on their post-PL records but it sounds okay on this CD as it's the only one following the album's most complex track. It is very alternative sounding as it's the only tune that DeGarmo had no hand in writing. Still there's a nice solo towards the finale which makes it listenable. It is however sad that Ryche decided to ground their 'new' work on this song taking the easy way out instead of the title track with its layered melodies and intricate musicianship.

"Lady Jane" is another personal favourite of mine and while I have always enjoyed listening to "My Global Mind" as it's the next heavy tune to keep things in order I always believed it fell a little short in the lyrical department. As for the last two songs here, "One More Time" and "Someone Else?", the latter of which became another radio single, I have to point out that no Queensryche album has had such amazing album closers, that includes their masterpiece Mindcrime. I can't stop listening to this disc without hearing these two songs. Only then do I feel complete, hence the "perfectly balanced album" thing I mentioned previously. This album is so successfully produced and recorded it almost brings me to tears when I think of all the CDs they released after it. Why did all their brilliant ideas go down the drain all of a sudden?

Promised Land is one of my top 3 Queensryche albums always changing places with Empire. Mindcrime is unquestionably their best moment, but I also highly recommend their earlier stuff if you like good heavy metal with progressive overtones. If you don't like metal and prog, but just simple alternative pop-rock, then maybe their newer material would be more up your alley.

Bound for the Promised Land: The Best of Andy Griffith Hymns
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Wonderful!

To love Andy Griffith is to love his voice.

Bound for the Promised Land: The Best of Andy Griffith Hymns
Andy Griffith
Manufacturer: Sparrow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00074CC8M
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

Shall We Gather At The River/Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Precious Memories
Sweet Prospect/I Am Bound For The Promised Land
Amazing Grace/Grace Greater Than All Our Sin
I Love To Tell The Story
When We All Get To Heaven/We'll All Understand It Better By And By/When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
There's Power In The Blood/Down At The Cross (Glory To His Name)
We're Marching To Zion/When The Saints Go Marching In
There Is A Fountain/Are You Washed/Nothing But The Blood
Church In The Wildwood
Just As I Am/Jesus, I Come/I Need Thee Every Hour
When I Can Read My Title Clear
I'll Fly Away/A New Name Written Down In Glory
Does Jesus Care/His Eye Is On The Sparrow
God Will Take Care Of You/Just A Little Talk With Jesus
What Wonderous Love Is This/Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
It Is No Secret
Beautiful Savior
Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2006-12-14

This CD is just wonderful! Listening to the songs take me back to when I was child sitting in church. These songs and Andy Griffith singing them are just great.

To love Andy Griffith is to love his voice........2005-09-12

I returned the CD unopened because it did not arrive in time for the occasion it was intended. We had to scout one out from a local store. My husband had expressed his wish for one of Andy's gospel hymns, Amazing Grace, to be played at his graveside burial service. It was exactly the perfect rendition for our private service, though one would have to be a huge fan of Andy Griffith, which my husband was, to appreciate his voice over some other more powerful ones.

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beautiful patriotic music
All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme

Spirit of America

Manufacturer: Mormon Tabernacle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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America's Choir

ASIN: B0000A4G6H
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

America the Beautiful
Bound for the Promised Land
This Land Is Your Land
Shenandoah
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Distant Land
They, The Builders of the Nation
House I Live In
America, The Dream Goes On
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Hymn for America
Pledge of Allegiance
Cohan's Big Three: Yankee Doodle Dandy/Give My Regards to Broadway
Goin' Home
God Bless America - Craig Jessop, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, The Orchestra
Star-Spangled Banner
Call of the Champions

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beautiful patriotic music.......2003-08-28

This is an excellent CD. The music, both voices and orchestra, is superb. The content of the lyrics is inspiring. It reminds me of so many reasons I'm proud to be American.

All new recordings, with a strong patriotric theme.......2003-07-16

Surprised that no one has reviewed this yet. Amazon.com doesn't give much info on this release, so I thought I'd rectify that. This is the second brand-new release on the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" label, following their April 2003 release of "Consider the Lilies." Again, several of the arrangements are by Mack Wilberg, with direction by Craig Jessop and accompianment by the Orchestra at Temple Square. The track list is as follows:

1 America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A. Ward

Text: Katherine Lee Bates
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:30

2 Bound for the Promised Land
Music: American folk hymn.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 2:35

3 This Land is Your Land
Music: Woody Guthrie
Text: Woody Guthrie
Arrangement: Percy Faith & Michael Davis 2:40

4 Shenandoah
Music: American folk song.
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:48

5 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Music: William Steffe
Text: Julia Ward Howe
Arrangement: Peter J. Wilhousky (Carl Fischer, Inc.) 5:19

6 Distant Land
Music: John Rutter
Text: John Rutter
Arrangement: John Rutter (Hinshaw Music, Inc - ASCAP) 4:41

7 They, the Builders of the Nation
Music: Alfred M. Durham
Text: Ida R. Alldredge
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Deseret Book Co.) 3:28

8 The House I Live In
Music: Earl Robinson
Text: Lewis Allen
Arrangement: Michael Davis 3:26

9 America, the Dream Goes On
Music: John Williams
Text: Alan and Marilyn Bergman 3:18

10 Give My Your Tired, Your Poor
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Emma Lazarus
Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:01

11 God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand
Music: George W. Warren
Text: Daniel C. Roberts
Arrangement: Mack Wilberg (Oxford University Press) 4:12

12 Hymn for America
Music: Stephen Paulus (Paulus Publications)
Text: Michael Dennis Browne 3:08

13 The Pledge of Allegiance
Music: Charles Osgood
Text: Francis Bellamy
Arrangement: Michael Davis 2:39

14 Cohan's Big Three (Yankee Doodle Dandy, +below)
Music: George M. Cohan
Text: George M. Cohan
Arrangement: Floyd E. Werle
+Give My Regards/Brdway, You're a Grand Old Flag 3:53

15 Goin' Home
Music: Antonin Dvorak
Text: William Arms Fischer
Arrangement: Jay Welch 4:36

16 God Bless America
Music: Irving Berlin
Text: Irving Berlin

Arrangement: Roy Ringwald (Shawnee Press, Inc. - ASCAP)
Orchestration: Michael Davis 3:44

17 The Star-Spangled Banner
Music: John Stafford Smith
Text: Francis Scott Key
Arrangement: Robert Russell Bennett 2:21

18 Call of the Champions
Music: John Williams
Text: Olympic Motto 4:47

The sound on this release is, if anything, even cleaner than the previous release, with the Choir and orchestra very evenly balanced. The programming includes a mix of both traditional and brand new songs, a couple of which (Stephen Paulus's "Hymn For America," and Charles Osgood's "The Pledge of Allegiance") were commissioned especially for this recording. Additional note: several of these songs were included on the Choir's 2003 Northeastern States tour, which was a huge success. I highly recommend this recording!

Promised Land
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A gem from Stax

Mostly country crooning

Best of Elvis in the mid-70's is great

Some of his best seventies recordings

a mix of country and rock

Promised Land
Elvis Presley
Manufacturer: RCA
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ASIN: B00004T0UR
Release Date: 2000-05-16

Tracks:

Promised Land
There's A Honky Tonk Angel
Help Me
Mr. Songman
Love Song Of The Year
It's Midnight
Your Love's Been A Long Time Coming
If You Talk In Your Sleep
Thinking About You
You Asked Me To
Loving Arms
I Got A Feelin' In My Body
If That Isn't Love
She Wears My Ring
My Boy
Spanish Eyes
Talk About The Good Times
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues

Customer Reviews:

A gem from Stax.......2007-07-08

This was another album produced from Elvis' recording sessions at Stax studios in Memphis.Elvis' voice gives no indication of let up.He sounds strong as he often did on these late 70s tunes.The title track lets Elvis have some fun and It's Midnight lets him tell a story.The stand alone track from this set is If You Talk In Your Sleep.That song was a real show-off piece for Elvis.He makes it his own.Solid album.As Elvis neared the end of his life...his music and his voice were as strong as ever.

Mostly country crooning.......2006-09-16

This is not a bad album, however titling it after one of Elvis' great rock songs (Promised Land) may give people the impression that it is a rock album. It is not. "Promised Land" is the only real rocker on the album and it does include the pop hit "If You Talk In Your Sleep", but the rest of the songs are mostly 70's era country ballads. That doesn't make it bad, in fact several of them were hits on the US country charts, including the moving "Help Me".

This CD is made stronger by the inclusion of bonus tracks from his "Good Times" album. They include the powerful "My Boy" (which was a Top 20 hit on the Pop chart and number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart) and the rocking country song "Talk About the Good Times", which in my opinion should have been released as a single. It closes out with a moving performance of "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues". But buyer beware. If you are not into country, you will probably not be into this CD.

Best of Elvis in the mid-70's is great.......2005-11-28

PROMISED LAND is one of the two or three best studio albums Elvis made in the last seven years of his life, that is, after 1970. The emphasis is on slower country ballads, but as with any Elvis album there's a mix of styles, from the infectious rocker "Promised Land" to the exotic romance of "Spanish Eyes." Several are spiritually oriented: "Help Me," "I Got a Feelin' in My Body," and "If That Isn't Love." Though Elvis's health had declined some by 1973, there's little evidence of that here - his voice was still strong and he sang with much conviction. Still, the material and Elvis himself seldom equal the benchmark he set in his great 1969 Memphis sessions (check the CD SUSPICIOUS MINDS), but that was perhaps the peak of his career.

As with most of his '70s recordings, PROMISED LAND has a very "lush" background of instrumentals and vocals, but in my opinion this is seldom excessive ("My Boy" being an exception) and never is Elvis himself hard to hear. The stereo sound quality is very good, apart from an occasional background hiss.

PROMISED LAND is one of three albums that came from Elvis's 1973 "Stax Sessions" in Memphis. Tracks 11-18 on this CD were not on the original album, but are the best songs from the album GOOD TIMES, making this a really great deal. The weakest of the Stax albums, but still well worth having, is RAISED ON ROCK. Together, they disprove the common notion that Elvis was no longer making good music by 1973. Listen to these recordings and hear that he was still The King.

Some of his best seventies recordings.......2005-02-21

There are plenty of people who think that Elvis recorded nothing worth listening to during the seventies, but while I'll concede that his seventies music was not always great, he did make plenty that I enjoy. This set, made up of the eighteen tracks that Elvis recorded during a six-day period in December 1973, is as good as anything that Elvis recorded in the seventies. The first ten tracks were originally released on an LP titled Promised Land, while the remaining eight tracks appeared on an LP titled Good times - this album contained two other tracks recorded at a different time, which are omitted from this set.

The songs are a mix of covers (drawn from pop, country and gospel sources) and originals. Among the covers are Promised land (Chuck Berry), Loving arms (first recorded by Dobie Gray), Help me (Larry Gatlin), Talk about the good times (Jerry Reed), Good time Charlie's got the blues (Danny O'Keefe), If that isn't love (Dottie Rambo), Spanish eyes (Al Martino), She wears my ring (Ray Price), There's a honky tonk angel (Conway Twitty) and You asked me to (Waylon Jennings).

However, the cover with the most interesting history is My boy, which was originally co-written and first recorded by French singer Claude Francois in 1969 as Parce que je t' aime mon enfant. Translated into English in 1970, Richard Harris recorded the song and it is this version that Elvis covered. You've never heard of Claude Francois? He also co-wrote and first recorded Comme d' Habitude, a song that later became My way (and which Elvis also recorded, but not in 1973).

The original songs are mostly of a very high quality, especially It's midnight, I got a feeling in my body, Your love has been a long time coming.

If you are interested in Elvis Presley's seventies music, this is definitely for you. If you enjoy his late sixties music but remain to be convinced that he did anything worthwhile thereafter. Give this a listen.

a mix of country and rock.......2005-02-05

Elvis had plenty to offer in the 70s. This cd is basically a combination of the Promised Land and Good Times albums. This is a chance to hear Elvis songs other than the greatest hits that keep getting re-released. Elvis was ahead of the curve when it came to blending country and rock. This cd is a perfect example. Listen to Mr. Songman and Love Song of the Year. Elvis makes tremendous use of the backup singers with great results. This is most evident in the cuts from the original Promised Land and unlike most of Elvis' 70s material.