Released two weeks before
Greyson Chance’s 14th birthday, this debut album casts a wide net, throwing power ballads, dance-pop, and
Fray-ish rock into the same pot. When the songs stick, they deliver the fizzy, adolescent kick of a younger
Justin Bieber, replacing
Bieber’s urban swagger with
Greyson’s piano-based arrangements and dramatic, theater kid vocals. He’s a better singer than most boys his age, and he gets songwriting credits on more than half of the track list. As a result,
Hold on ‘Til the Night functions equally as a sign of what’s to come, setting
Greyson up for a bigger album somewhere further down the road. ~ Andrew Leahey