The Promiseland

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The Promiseland is the thirty-fourth studio album by country singer Willie Nelson. It reached #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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Track listing

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" (David Lynn 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, C. Williams) – 3:10
8. "Do You Ever Think of Me" (Earl Burtnett, John Cooper, Jerome Kern) – 2:17
9. "Old Fashioned Love" (James P. Johnson, Cecil Mack) – 2:47
10. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:09
11. "Bach Minuet in G" (Johann Sebastian Bach) – 1:36

Personnel

• Willie Nelson - guitar, arranger, vocals
• Biff Adam - drums
• Ritchie Albright - drums
• Bobby Arnold - engineer
• Jimmy Belken - fiddle
• Paul Buskirk - guitar
• Johnny Gimble - fiddle
• Bill Ginn - keyboards
• Larry Greenhill - engineer
• Dennis Hromek - bass guitar
• David Lynn Jones - guitar
• John Moran - assistant engineer
• Freddy Powers - guitar
• Denny Purcell - mastering
• Mickey Raphael - harmonica
• Dean Reynolds - double bass
• Randee Saint Nicholas - photography
• Bee Spears - bass guitar
• Spencer Starnes - bass guitar
• Clint Strong - guitar
• Virginia Team - art direction
• Mark Yeary - keyboards

Chart performance

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