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Perfect Day | Susan Boyle | 4:29 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Hallelujah | Susan Boyle | 3:51 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Do You Hear What I Hear? | Susan Boyle & Amber Stassi | 3:52 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Don't Dream It's Over | Susan Boyle | 3:45 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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The First Noel | Susan Boyle | 2:58 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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O Holy Night | Susan Boyle | 4:02 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Away In a Manger | Susan Boyle | 2:54 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Make Me a Channel of Your Peace | Susan Boyle | 4:22 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Auld Lang Syne | Susan Boyle | 2:44 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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O Come All Ye Faithful | Susan Boyle | 2:05 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Songs |
Album Review
If ever there was an ideal candidate for a holiday album it’s Susan Boyle, the reality TV show contestant who caused a sensation with her pretty, old-fashioned performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” in 2009. If ever there was a genre that calls for old-fashioned prettiness it’s the holiday album, a genre that cares not for the whims of fashion, a genre where predictability is cherished. For the most part, The Gift is indeed predictable in its sound — a continuation of the glassy, stately march of I Dreamed a Dream — and songs, relying on carols, not secular seasonal tunes. Well, that’s not entirely true. There is a very, very large exception to that rule and that is the inclusion of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day,” Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” and Neil Finn’s “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” These three modern standards are given the same somnolent treatment as the rest of the record and popped right into the thick of The Gift without explanation. Of course, since they sound like as the rest of the record, they don’t necessarily stand out, they merely meld into the album, providing an appropriately tasteful soundtrack to any holiday occasion you may choose.
Customer Reviews
Oh Susan, you need to rediscover the dream
Susan Boyle is a newcomer in the world of high-profit music-making. She is a valuable commodity, the dynamite sensation who stunned us with raw talent, sure musical feel, and that soaring voice. What does the global company fortunate enough to "own" this voice do with such talent? Well, apparently they play safe. They carefully define her market, and limit her opportunities to step out.
This is a pleasant album. But it is not as good as her first, when we might have hoped it would be better. Susan Boyle is all about courage - the ability to take the jeers of the sceptical crowd and judges and "sock it to them", with interest added!
There are some risks taken in this album: Perfect Day, Hallelujah, and Don't Dream. It is these that pay off, contrary to early music critics' reviews. In the first two in particular, we hear her emotion and hints of her power; just enough to make the album worthwhile. Some critics have written 'what does she know of the themes behind these songs?'. Rubbish! She is an artist who has had her own hard road and suffering to boot. Does every actor have to have personal experience of they stories they portray? Do we pan them for this?
But the remainder of the album...a Christmas album?! Oh no, Susan Boyle is so much more than this.
I hope as she learns the ways of the music industry she finds her way back to who she is, to "The Dream". It is not, and was never, about making money or just singing; and certainly not about Christmas albums.
It is about courage. It is about giving heart to people.
On the evidence of that first, soaring, searing performance on Britain's Got Talent, I think she just might find her way back...
Don't Dream it's over
Not bad--just everything the same, without the dynamic or rhythmic variety that makes music interesting. If she can't shake it up on her next album I fear the dream will be over for this inspiring talent. Come on, Susan, I know you can sing something up tempo!
Biography
Born: 01 April 1961 in Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland
Genre: Pop
Years Active: '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Susan Boyle
| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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I Dreamed a Dream | I Dreamed a Dream | 3:10 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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Wild Horses | I Dreamed a Dream | 4:53 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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Amazing Grace | I Dreamed a Dream | 3:33 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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How Great Thou Art | I Dreamed a Dream | 3:12 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hallelujah | The Gift | 3:51 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Perfect Day | The Gift | 4:29 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Silent Night | I Dreamed a Dream | 2:59 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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Who I Was Born to Be | I Dreamed a Dream | 4:08 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
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Cry Me a River | I Dreamed a Dream | 2:41 | $2.39 | View In iTunes |
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Daydream Believer | I Dreamed a Dream | 3:18 | $1.79 | View In iTunes |
