Sending listeners to dreamland

If you’re wondering what to get your grandmother for Christmas, look no further. Susan Boyle reaches out to elderly adults everywhere with her debut album, “I Dreamed A Dream.”

While Boyle’s voice is certainly refreshing, warm and distinct, the target audience seems to be forty-plus, maybe even fifty.

The album is basically all covers well suited for Boyle and the way she sings. Her two most well known performances — “Wild Horses” and “I Dreamed A Dream” — lead off the album as attention grabbers. The studio recordings are virtually the same as her performances on Britain’s Got Talent, which doesn’t mean they disappoint, but it’s not as if we haven’t heard them before.

Boyle’s tendency to stretch syllables and slow it down doesn’t mesh with some of the tracks, including “Daydream Believer” and the contemporary composition “Who I Was Born To Be.”

The album provides some interesting material, but without anything too exciting, what’s more fascinating is what she will do in the future.