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Susan Boyle

I Dreamed A Dream

And lo, it came true. A debut album. For real. In the shops and everything.

ADM rating[?]: 5.0
Label: Sony
UK Release date: 23/11/2009

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8.0 6685
8.0 | The Irish Times

Sure, everything here is drenched in syrupy strings and lush middle-of- the-road production values but, wow, the lass can really interpret a song
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7.0 6714
7.0 | The Observer

In a world where Leona Lewis does Snow Patrol, curveball covers are no surprise, but Boyle's spartan version of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" is no travesty. Gospel-tinged and shivery, "Up to the Mountain" is a bigger shock
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6.0 | The Scotsman

The camera may not have loved her on her initial TV appearance but, on this evidence, the recording studio does seem to. I Dreamed A Dream is certainly better than it needed to be for such a sure commercial thing
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4.0 | Scotland on Sunday

...works best when Boyle's voice is stretched on the gospel-tinged Up To The Mountain
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4.0 6905
4.0 | The Independent

...karaoke is the key to Boyle's approach, which is why the best performances here remain the title-track and "Cry Me a River"
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4.0 18609
4.0 | The Scotsman

Is it not time she was given some new songs written for her to tackle?
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4.0 6690
4.0 | The Guardian

...will undoubtedly be bliss to fans of musical theatre; anyone else will be gnawing the sleeve in frustration after five minutes
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4.0 6708
4.0 | The Times

The cosy, closing rendition of Silent Night shows that her future is assured in the Christian market, where she should maintain a profile long after the Cowell-hyped bubble has burst
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Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream

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1. Wild Horses N/A

2. I Dreamed a Dream N/A

3. Cry Me a River N/A

4. How Great Thou Art N/A

5. You'll See N/A

6. Daydream Believer N/A

7. Up to the Mountain N/A

8. Amazing Grace N/A

9. Who I Was Born to Be N/A

10. Proud N/A

11. The End of the World N/A

12. Silent Night N/A

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