Bianca Ryan - Bianca Ryan
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Artist: Bianca RyanEdition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 0
CD Release Date: 2006-11-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- The Rose
- Awake
- I believe I can fly
- Pray for a Better Day
- Dream in Color
- I Wish That
- And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
- Superstar
- I Will
- Pure and Simple
- You Light Up My Life
- Why couldnt it be christmas every day?
Music reviews of Bianca Ryan
Music Review: Little Girl, Big Voice, Powerful Debut
Rating: 4 Stars
Kid wins talent competition. Kid rushes out CD three months later. By all rights, your kids should play it twice and let it gather dust forevermore.
So, how does 12-year-old Bianca Ryan make her debut? With a voice beyond her years, a heart some singers can never show, and some of the biggest names in the business (including David Foster) begging exec-producer Simon Cowell to work with her, Ryan has "rushed" out a powerful debut that's true to her gospel/R&B roots while appealing to her age group.
Or, mostly, their parents.
Ryan opens with "The Rose", the Bette Midler classic (from 15 years before Ryan was born) that is given a dusting off and a slightly more pop-music feel. Same goes for the R. Kelly tune "I Believe I Can Fly" (until it takes a sharp, unabashed turn back into gospel at the end). Other covers include Regina Belle's "Dream In Color"--a powerful gospel ballad rewritten especially for Ryan ("When I dream, I dream in color/There is so much I want to discover/Somewhere I know there's a rainbow waiting for me")--and "You Light Up My Life", an otherwise unremarkable remake that adds a little heart to a ballad that has always seemed forced.
Original songs written for Ryan include "Awake" (a mid-tempo pop tune for the Hilary Duff set), "Pray For A Better Day" (a laid-back funk ballad) and the Diane Warren-penned "I Wish That" (a mid-tempo yet intense vocal showcase that screams "listen to me, world, here's how things ought to be").
Kicking up the tempo, "Superstar" is straight-up, Britney-ish pop that's admittedly infectious (and not just a little corny) but could be sung by anyone; "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?" is an instant holiday classic.
Not unexpectedly, the album also features the full version of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", the Broadway Show tune that helped her win 'America's Got Talent' in August.
Established artists struggle with albums that are appealing while staying true to their roots; Bianca Ryan takes her first huge step into a tough world and makes it seem easy. Like Brandy said, "you were born to do this."
Description of Bianca Ryan
Hailing from Philadelphia, 12 year-old Bianca Ryan is the winner of NBC's summer hit series America's Got Talent. "Bianca Ryan is potentially one of the best singers I have ever heard in my life," said Simon Cowell, executive producer of the show. Bianca Ryan showcases her incredible vocal ability on her self-titled debut album, which features such covers as "The Rose," "I Believe I Can Fly," and "You Light Up My Life." The album also boasts original songs written and produced by the best in the business, including the very catchy "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Everyday?"America's got talent, sure, but nobody who tuned in to that Simon Cowell-produced TV show could have guessed it was quite so pure and unblemished. Bianca Ryan, like LeAnn Rimes before her, is an absolute baffler--a voice this big and expressive shouldn't belong to a 12-year-old. As anybody who watched the apple-cheeked starlet make her way across the "Talent" stage knows, though, it does--there's no dismissing this slam-dunk of a debut on studio wizardry (note to skeptics and naysayers: take it somewhere else). Part Celine Dion, part Christina Aguilera, and part untapped country crooner, Bianca inhabits each of these songs with the kind of vocal dexterity pop hopefuls twice her age take pokes at but never quite nail; she's all past-her-years wisewoman on the pretty "I Wish That," a Diane Warren composition, and all skillful but lighthearted chanteuse on "Pray for a Better Day," a David Foster and Kara DioGuardi number. Sad movie lovers and moms will want to scoop her up and hug her for "The Rose," "You Light Up My Life," and "I Believe I Can Fly," but her seventh-grade peers will skip straight to the sugary "Superstar," the Simpson-sisters-esque "Pure and Simple," and "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day," a joyful carol that, come December, could elevate her to the superstar orbit of her idol, Hilary Duff. --Tammy La Gorce
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