The Promiseland

The Promiseland
The Promiseland
Studio album by Willie Nelson
Released	1986
Genre	Country
Length	33:56
Label	Columbia
Producer	Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson chronology
Singles from The Promiseland
	"Living in the Promiseland"; Released: February 1986;

The Promiseland is the thirty-fourth studio album by country 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.

Professional ratings
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Track listing[]

"Living in the Promiseland" (David Lynn Jones) – 3:18
"I'm Not Trying to Forget You" (Willie Nelson) – 3:17
"Here in My Heart" (Jones) – 3:50
"I've Got the Craziest Feeling" (Floyd Tillman) – 2:54
"No Place But Texas" (Alex Harvey) – 3:22
"You're Only in My Arms (To Cry on My Shoulder)" (Steve Nelson) – 3:16
"Pass It On" (Steve Bivens, Dub Dickerson, Clarence Williams) – 3:10
"Do You Ever Think of Me" (Earl Burtnett, John Cooper, Harry D. Kerr) – 2:17
"Old Fashioned Love" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) – 2:47
"Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:09
"Bach Minuet in G" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:36

Personnel[]

Willie Nelson - guitar, arranger, vocals

The Strangers:

Biff Adam - drums
Jimmy Belken - fiddle
Dennis Hromek - bass guitar
Clint Strong - guitar
Mark Yeary - keyboards

and

Ritchie Albright - drums
Johnny Gimble - fiddle
Mickey Raphael - harmonica
Bee Spears - bass guitar
Bobby Arnold - engineer
Paul Buskirk - guitar
Bill Ginn - keyboards
Larry Greenhill - engineer
David Lynn Jones - guitar
John Moran - assistant engineer
Freddy Powers - guitar
Denny Purcell - mastering
Dean Reynolds - double bass
Randee Saint Nicholas - photography
Spencer Starnes - bass guitar
Virginia Team - art direction

Chart performance[]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1

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