Disco de Billy Gilman: “Dare To Dream”

Billy Gilman, a strong singer and inspirational performer, has done it again! Dare to Dream includes selections of beautiful songs appropriate for a young boy with an awesome voice. The songs are of first kisses, my girl, almost in love, and mom. The ballads include beautiful, simple lyrics. Perfect choices for Billy's flawless voice. There are some jazzy, fun songs as well, sung with enthusiasm and a style unmatched by any other performer. All of the songs have grown on me, as I'm sure they will for anyone who listens to the CD a few times. You'll love it!!

I feel the editoral review above is horrid! This is a great CD!!! Some of us like the youthfulness of Billy Gilman's music and image. Why expect the kid to grow up too fast?! Anyway, this CD displays Billy's immense talent. Many of the songs will either bring a tear to your eye or a smile to your face! "God's Alive and Well" and "The Woman in My Life" are extremely well performed. If it's true (which I don't think it is) that Billy's musical career will be short lived, it will all be worth it, because of the joy he has brought to others through his music!! I'll be the first one running to the store when he comes out with a new album!

If you haven't listened to the clips above, DO SO! IF you need convincing, Billy's voice will do it without the aid of reviews! Astounding control, well placed inflection, professional insertion of vocal emotion, a strong unwavering voice, clear as a bell tones. . . Billy Gilman is not just another child artist. He stands out with his ability to actually SING, truly SING, and far from playing it safe, he tackles tough songs and adult endeavors with gusto and success. A real winner. I'm not a fan of ballads, but Some Things I Know could not do a better job showcasing his beautiful voice. You Dont You Wont shows better breathing control than most adults have mastered, and Elisabeth & The Woman In My Life are sweetly touching. I personally really enjoyed Almost Love and She's Everything You Want. Our First Kiss may appear to just be a cute song, but listen close and hear the strength in his voice, and the careful control of each note.

Oh Billy, Oh My!.... He opens with the first single She's My Girl and just rides right on from there, fearless and honest and free.... It's Billy Gilman. And it ain't anywhere else. Spirit and soul... and some rock and roll.... Two__ the tempo primer Our First Kiss, a vocal extravaganza that gives you the taste of what this voice can do. Can you do it? No. Can ya love his? Ya betcha.... Elizabeth, a tribute to a challenged person, for real, enters the get-the-sense get-the-feel period, warming you up like an opening act, and the sweet lyrics and soaring vocal performance of My Time On Earth touches and powers ya... then, the first hint__ but no hint, you're slammed!.... You Don't You Won't.... Ya just Gotta hear this! no one, no record, no artist, no other, no day, no way... gives ya this__ they musta rolled their faces around tracing circles in the air chuckling, Oh This Is Billy, this one right here really is!.... How can one put this? the vocals are challenging for anyone and yet from his small frame rip right out in a staccato summoned from some unseen (yet we all see it's there) nuclear power plant deep inside. Who else? who where, how why, not I! no, this one is his, all His! You want jazzy fun? O sure. You ain't heard it like this!.... Then the party turns to gentle cuts like the soothing God's Alive and Well, and this soft vocal-in-front-of-guitar The Woman In My Life, and ode that sweeps you along on Billy's special trip. A little window into some angle of himself? Oh, That's what that photo is, with him staring out the window pane on the cd booklet!.... There are also rousing songs like the rocking She's Everything You Want__ catch the way his vocals match the new yet old guitar rifs evoking the best of the true blue old rock and roll? did ya?.... Then a perfectly paced teen essay that is really no kid's stuff, Almost Love You, the foot-tapping tempo and rolling melody of this just screams Radio Cut. Why don't they? and, can't imagine anyone but Billy nailing this tune. Billy's timing can't be beat.... You know what? the first times you hear She's My Girl you think, Teen Pop tune, run of the mill. Now, listen the third time. See it? this actually is a Country cut__ and fun. Now I know why they made it the first single. He does too. How much does he like singing, 'angel baby'? I wanna too.... All in all this collection is smooth and rousing, often country and sometimes a bit jazzy, but honest and open and__ Billy. Now I have to admit that no track here totally dropped my jaw and made me, Wipe Out! like he did with Spend Another Night Without You In My Dreams on his first album. But then, that is a one of a kind. Did ya have to pick up the broken glass? I couldn't see for two minutes after the last note of that faded out the first time I heard it. And don't Even get me started on his classic christmas thing, the best vocal holiday disc this side o Santaland. No one was ever more born for singing holiday songs.... But that's not the point. The point is this:.... __This is Billy Gilman. This is his Dream. And he gives it to us, besides himself. And even when his producers are having fun with him, like on the last track, Shamey Shame__ that is so cool I have to chuckle with it__ you still get the sense__ this kid is Just Billy. And Billy is for real.... There is no other. There will never be. So jump on in Now! This is only now, only once this century, you will never see this again in your whole life. No teasing. This is BILLY. So... __Jump on this Billy Bandwagon. And get this thing. Right now!... RCS__

Billy Gilman's Dare to Dream is the best CD I've ever listened to. I own it, and since I first put the disk in my CD player, I have not taken it out once. It normally plays constantly when I'm home, and when I stay at my aunts house, I just take the plug out of the outlet, and take my CD player with me.