With his background distilled from a lineage of different careers, Chris St. John finally arrives with his long-awaited debut solo album entitled “I’m Dreaming”. Heavy on production that is expertly tailored to the singer’s vocal range, I’m Dreaming collects a series of catchy, melodic arrangements in the spirit of late 1960s pop singers like James Taylor, Brian Wilson and Paul Simon and the all original songs more than fit the bill. In this way, the 15 track CD is kind of a throwback to the sounds of the late 1960s with influences like James Taylor for example (especially his 1968 album on the Beatles’ Apple label). Although starting off ostensibly as a Country & Western type album with a song about the artist's horse, I’m Dreaming is actually a stellar example of a singer-songwriter with lots of ideas. With its wide range of musical styles, the album is enhanced by the excellent work of producer Mike Hogan as well as the music direction of Kati O’Toole. With this three-way partnership of artist, producer and music director, I’m Dreaming showcases the artist's excellent ideas with musicianship supplied by a number of studio session players that further shapes the artist’s vision by way of a very exquisite studio sound. What’s more, the overall vision of the album is quite eclectic, especially the way the more peaceful tracks merge into a more aggressive electric pop direction and again the 1960s provides the reflective backdrop. Ethereal, pop-rock friendly tracks like “The Winds They Blow”, the dreamy pop twist of “Your Baby Loves You” (sounding at least to my ears like Fear- era John Cale), the bouncy country-rock sound of “The Chance I Gave To You”, as well as the lush and fascinating instrumental “Pacific Sunrise”, are just several good reasons to check out the album debut from Chris St. John.