Disco de Billy Ray Cyrus: “Home at Last”

I am a relatively new fan of Billy Ray Cyrus' work, and I think this album is marvelous. Original material, such as "Ready, Set, Don't Go," sits alongside excellent covers of such classics as "Brown-Eyed Girl." Cyrus' pleasant baritone and energetic style on each of the songs make this a piece a classic.

Ignore any negative reviews you have have read about Billy Ray over the years -- it's sour grapes. You'll be very glad you bought this CD...heck, buy his other CDs as I did a short time ago (after having rediscovered him after his stint on Dancing with the Stars) and I can't get enough! As you'll find, not all his songs are 'country'. He performs a lovely variety of arrangements. I love the sound of his voice..not only vocally, but I can hear his honesty and love for his fans and family through his voice.

This is a really a great album. I saw the video on the Disney channel and had already fallen in love with Ready, Set, Don't go and then heard The Beginning and fell in love with that one and it just kept going. I really hope he can get some air play with radio and video channels this time. His last album, Wanna Be Your Joe was equally good but couldn't get any air or video play in the US. I hope Billy Ray gets the recognition he deserves with this album. I would love to see him at the top of the charts again.

In 1992 when Some gave All came out, I was a fan of nothing but Rock and Roll and was very close minded about all other types of music. I couldn't stand Billy Ray Cyrus and country music.

Flash ahead to 2006,I am now a huge fan of country music since 2003, and Billy Ray is now Starring with his daughter Miley in Hannah Montana, and has a new album out called Wanna Be Your Joe.

I have three daughters who love Hannah Montana and Love Billy Ray Cyrus, and they have passed it on to me, I love watching the show with them and Love his new album Home At Last as well as Wanna Be Your Joe which I bought last year. I have now started buying other Cd's by Billy Ray and plan on having the whole collection soon. I sure missed out on a lot of great music and for those of you who are thinking about getting Home At Last, race out and get it!!! It is worth every penny, love Ready Set Don't Go, The Beginning, Time Flies....I love all the songs!!!!

Who would have thought that at the ages of 10, 7 and 4 my kids would turn me on to someone who was popular when I was 22 and didn't appreciate him!!! Glad to be a fan now and forever!!!

OK, I admit I haven't followed my own advice (yet) and bought this cd, but I have downloaded this song from iTunes and thoroughly enjoy it. It relates the reluctance all fathers feel over facing the reality that kids grow up and will leave home to pursue their dreams. But for Cyrus it's more than just that. As his daughter Miley steps off the starting line to the rest of her life the song, in a way, reflects the worry he feels about the pitfalls her chosen profession definitely has. Cyrus knows full well that stardom can chew up and spit out these young stars and the aftermath is not easy to deal with. As he stated in his interview with Glen Beck on CNN when talking about this song and his daughter's career he prays every day that this won't happen to Miley, and Billy, I'm praying with you. With strong Christian and family values present in her life, and his, he still knows that sometimes the desire to go your own way can lead to bad choices that lead to scandal and wrecked careers. Even then, however, those same values will help those that have them bounce back faster. I speak from experience, and Billy does too.

I first heard this song on the Hannah Montana episode "I want you to want me... to go to Florida" in which she runs off to Florida on her own, albeit it with bodyguard Roxy, after Robby Ray (Cyrus) hurts his back and can't go with her to a charity event in which Hannah is supposed to sing with a bitter rival. After forbidding her to go without him she angrily reminds him that he always told her and brother Jackson to pursue their dreams with gusto, ready set go! and also says she thinks she's now ready to make a trip like that without him. Without turning this into a review/synopsis of that episode let me just conclude by saying that in the end, as in real life, he knows deep down she is ready because of what he taught her and how he raised her. Ahhh, but there's that reluctance again a father feels in letting his little girl go, especially into stardom... ready, set, don't go.

After listening to clips of the other songs on this cd I see that this song is in very good company musically as well as vocally. Cyrus has a winner with this album and I'll be placing my order with Amazon soon. Some might say Cyrus is living in his daughter's shadow now but this set proves there's still great music in this man and it's because it comes from his heart and soul.