Military Wives // In My Dreams

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If you haven’t heard of the Military Wives, where have you been? Not only did they get the 2011 Christmas number 1 with their track Wherever You Are, but now they present their 11 track debut album, In My Dreams.

First off, let us explain that these songs are NOT all sang by the same choirs. The album features the choirs from Chivenor, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Lympstone and Catterick Garrison. Opening the album is the choir from Chivenor with a rendition of  Adele’s Make You Feel My Love with Nicky Scott taking on soloist duties for parts. Next we have the album’s title track, In My Dreams, with soloist duties falling to  Jonjo Kerr. Name seem familiar? Maybe it’s because he’s the serving soldier who was eliminated on the first of the live X-Factor shows last year! Plymouth appears next with cover of U2’s With Or Without You.

Portsmouth show what they’ve got with a version of Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes duet Up Where We Belong (Love Lifts Us Up) before handing over to Lympstone CTC for their song, True Loves Ways. Plymouth returns with You’ve Got A Friend before making way for Chivenor and Eternal Father (Sometimes known as The Navy Hymn  or For Those In Peril On The Sea). Next we have the Catterick Garrison’s Military WAGs with a haunting rendition Coldplay’s Fix You. The Silver Tassie from Chivenor is up next with Sam Stevenson taking solo duties before Plymouth with soloist Emily Shipman perform the track  On My Own from Les Miserable.

Finally we have the Christmas number one, Wherever You Are, which features our last two choirs  (Chivenor & Plymouth) performing together with once again Sam Stevenson taking on soloist.

It’s maybe a little difficult to see how the songs would work for choirs, however they are all beautifully arranged and performed. With proceeds (according to the album, a minimum of £1) going to the Military Wives Choirs Foundation which helps to set up choirs in all military communities, you can’t help not buy this album and feel good about it. Quite possibly going to popular this Mother’s Day….

Rating: 5/5