Cheyenne Kimball

She does not have a Mariah Carey voice at all, but this is a very strong debut. Any of the first eight songs on the album could easily be singles. For those who say she is just another annoying bubble-gum pop singer, think again, her music is very original. It is actually much more of a rock album then a pop album, and filled with great guitar playing. I think her voice sounds great on the album, but I will agree that often when she performs live it sounds rough and sometimes strained. But in a way it makes her voice kind of unique. Never the less, her guitar playing is great and so are her songwriting skills. In order, the standout tracks are: THE DAY HAS COME, One Original Thing, I Want To, Hanging On, Hello Goodbye, Four Walls and Breaking Your Heart..Her rock sound is very appealing and it is great that all the young girls who follow her can be exposed to this type of music. Her MTV reality show was also a very good and intersting show for aspiring musicians and she did not come off like a know-at-all in the least. The show also helped her album become a success, despite the rumors that it flopped, the album charted at a very respectable #15 on the Billboard 200. Cheyenne's album is very good and look foward to see how her voice and styles develop on her next album. Even though it is slightly bizare that Cheyenne was able to win "America's Most Talented Kid," against great singers such as JoJo and Diana DeGarmo, I thinks she is very talented and has a promising career ahead of her.

When you have a name like Cheyenne Kimball, you have to get into the entertainment business. I first heard of her last year when I caught her video for "Hanging On" on MTV Hits. I thought that maybe she was trying to give Aly & AJ a run for their money, but with The Day Has Come, she proves that she's a more than adequate artist in her own right.

While most of the songs sound decent enough separately, the reason why I gave the album three stars is because eight of the twelve songs on here (excluding the intro) are about the same thing: heartbreak; and what's more, it's the last eight songs on the album. I mean, selections like "Mr. Beautiful", "Everything to Lose" and "Four Walls" aren't bad, but they really make things monotonous. Also, as a few other reviewers said, Cheyenne doesn't exactly have the strongest set of pipes (see the title track).

Speaking of that, things aren't a whole lot better when she DOESN'T talk about breakups either; case in point: I don't think "I Want to" is as great as other people do. It's admirable that Cheyenne co-wrote every song on here and performed all the lead acoustic guitar parts at her age, but there's too much redundancy in the subject matter, so for her next album, she should follow track 4 and create one original thing.

Anthony Rupert

OK. This CD was displayed somewhat prominently at the local Tower Records (RIP), and I picked it up on a whim (i. e., cute girl with guitar). I know nothing about Cheyenne Kimball, an apparent TV star. And I might not have ever known if not for an insert in the CD case advertising the release of the First Season DVD of her eponymously titled MTV series, "Cheyenne." Unencumbered by the usual small-screen-star-aspires-to-be-singer expectations, "The Day Has Come" actually comes across as a legitimate album on its own merits rather than as simply a cash-in product. Kimball raids the classic rock closet and pulls out the Black Crowes, Tom Petty, Heart, Def Leppard, and similar artifacts, circa late-'70s to early '90s. While the adult clothes fit a bit loosely on her -- what with her teen voice -- she sings with enough conviction and personality to show the promise that she might eventually fit them comfortably. There are the typical teen fare that resemble the output of Avril Lavigne and Michelle Branch, but what pushes Kimball's album above the others is that many of the tracks here do not pull their punches musically in favor of an overly saccharine, Disneyfied "polished-for-teen-consumption" sound. And more importantly, Kimball is able to keep up. The best songs here -- "I Want To"; "The Day Has Come"; "Good Gone Bad"; "Everything to Lose"; "Didn't I" -- retain their rough edges and would not sound out of place musically on an album alongside the tunes that influenced them.

not a single chord, note, or beat out of place, nothing that isn't utterly rigid, monotonuos and predictable. like maybe she/they could have switched up the strumming pattern from one chord to the next sometimes, or put in the occasional drum fill so you can at least tell it isn't programmed.

Cheyenne is a ver good singer this album is a very good album i would recomend this to anyone who likes pop/ pop rock this album just shows her potential....her second album being recorded in nashville as of now) should be even better andf this album is pretty amazing so if its better then this i really am anticipating it!!

The best songs:
i want to
hanging on
one original thin
the day has come
four walls
hello goodbye
good go bad
everything to loose
breaking your heart
full circle
wonderfull (ft josh hodge)