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**Description**
Album: Bethany Dillon
Artist: Bethany Dillon
Genre: Folk, Pop
Year: 2004
**Track List**
1. Revolutionaries (4:17)
2. Great Big Mystery (3:47)
3. Beautiful (4:01)
4. Move Forward (3:47)
5. For My Love (3:13)
6. All I Need (3:15)
7. Aimless (4:34)
8. Lean Me On (3:34)
9. Exodus (Faithful) (3:31)
10. Why (4:33)
11. A Voice Calling Out (5:14)
**Review**
This is an inspirational debut album. The album starts off with a powerful song called Revolutionaries.
I just love the line, "And who am I, just a youth - but why has this become the excuse."
Being so young has definitely not been an excuse for Bethany, releasing the album at only sixteen years old. Throughout
the album, she shows an incredible maturity, not only in her singing, but also in her writing. Having written or
co-written all but one of the tracks on this album, she is able to relate fully to the meaning of her songs, and
sing them with the deepest passion.
Bethany's debut single, All I Need is an up-beat, positive tune, which shows her complete devotion to God.
Her second single release Beautiful brings out what a talented song writer she is.
The words show a vulnerability that is needed in today's music scene.
Exodus is one of my favourite two songs on the album. "Come fallen ones, dance in the healing stream"
is such a fantastic line that shows an undignified freedom that many of us long for. It also shows how
talented she is at the guitar. The other song that stands out to me is Move Forward, which really shows
off her mature voice and vocal range.
Overall, this is a incredible album from such a gifted young woman gripped firmly into her foundations,
who is a great example to young people, encouraging us not to underestimate God.
[Written 12/2005]
