The Promised Land (track)
by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1978
From the album Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track #6)
The Promised Land appears on the following album(s) by Bruce Springsteen:
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town (track #6) (this album) (1978)
- The Essential Bruce Springsteen (track #11) (compilation) (2003)
- The Album Collection: 1973-1984, Vol. 1 (track #30) (compilation) (2014)
- Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 (track #23) (2015)
- King's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 (track #23) (2017)
- Collection: 1973-2012 (track #5) (compilation) (2013)
- St. Rose Of Lima School, Freehold, New Jersey, November 8, 1996 (track #24) (2018)
- Springsteen On Broadway (track #12) (2018)
- Van Andel Arena, Michigan 2005 (track #24) (2018)
- Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton NJ 2005 (track #25) (2019)
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90/100  | 09/12/2025 21:11 |  genialbibi | | 92/100 |
85/100 | 07/19/2025 14:41 | machiaj | | 74/100 |
100/100 | 06/23/2025 03:28 | syd1967 | | 100/100 |
100/100 | 06/23/2025 03:25 | curtis80jd | | 100/100 |
90/100 | 06/09/2025 10:20 | ShenBapiro | | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.3/100, a mean average of 84.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.2.
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Pretty much the spitting image of heartland rock right here. Guitar, horns and harmonica are all here, alongside Bruce's nostalgic lyrics. Not one of my very favorites from this album, but still a great song.
ffudnebbuh 06/30/2019 11:43
I love the line
"the dogs on the main street howl
cause they understand
if I could take one moment into my hand"
who write lyrics like that..just amazing.its too bad that the album was so poorly produced
Again, a little similar to Meat Loaf's Bat album, especially with the horns and the backing vocals. And the style Bruce is singing in, not the sound, is similar to how meat sings. But it's not an ultimate Wagnerian sound or anything as the song mostly resembles heartland rock.
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