Beyond a Dream is the tenth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Twila Paris, released in late 1993 by Star Song Records.[1][2][3] Paris reunited with producer Brown Bannister, who produced her 1990 album Cry for the Desert and also with Paul Mills who produced two tracks from her 1992 compilation albumA Heart That Knows You. The album topped the BillboardTop Christian Albums chart, giving Paris her first number-one album. In 1995, Paris won her third-consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year title and also won Song of the Year for writing her number-one Christian AC hit "God Is in Control" at the 26th GMA Dove Awards.[4] Music videos were made for "God Is in Control" and "What Am I Without You?"
Thom Granger of AllMusic said that Paris "spun a few heads with this one, featuring her most contemporary material to date, and a bit of a new and more confident vocal approach to match it."
Chris Berry of Cross Rhythms said that with a little help from Brown Bannister, Paris "has re-invented herself as a CCM, rather than a MOR, singer and surged back with a brilliant, hook-filled set of radio-friendly songs which will surely prove to be her most successful album ever." Berry also said that Paris' "best songs have always been those intimate, baring the soul numbers and she doesn't disappoint. 'Neither Will I' is as surefire a No 1 hit in the US CCM chart as I have heard in ages. If you've grown up thinking Amy Grant held all the aces in this department then think again, Twila's up there too."
^Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (1999). CCM Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio - 20 Years of Charts, Artist Bios and More. CCM Books. p. 132. ISBN0-8230-7718-7.