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{{Infobox album
| Name         = Dream Too Much
| Type         = studio album
| Artist       = [[Amy Lee]]
| Description  = Studio album by [[Amy Lee]]
| Cover        = Dream_Too_Much.jpg
| Released     = September 30 2016
| Recorded     = 2016
| Genre        = Children's music
| Length       = 27:31
| Label        = Amy Lee Music
| Producer     = Will B. Hunt
| Last album   = ''[[Recover, Vol. 1]]''<br />(2016)
| This album   = '''''Dream Too Much'''''<br />(2016)
| Next album   = ''[[Love Exists]]''<br />(2017)
| Misc         = 
 {{Singles
 | Name = Dream Too Much
 | Type = studio album
 | single 1 = [[Dream Too Much (song)|Dream Too Much]]
 | single 1 date = September 7, 2016 <br>
 | single 2 = [[If You're a Star]]
 | single 2 date = September 22, 2016 <br>
 | single 3 = [[The End of the Book]]
 | single 3 date = December 23, 2016
}}
}}
{{lang|Dream Too Much}}

'''''Dream Too Much''''' is [[Amy Lee]]'s first children's album that was released exclusively through Amazon on September 30, 2016. The album is available digitally and on CD and was released under Amy's own label: ''Amy Lee Music''.

The bass player on the album, Jeremy Hull, posted to Facebook that he'd been working with Amy Lee on "her upcoming kids' album" on April 15, 2016. The post was then taken down some hours later as the album hadn't yet been announced by Amy.

The album was officially announced on August 17, 2016 through an exclusive interview with Rolling Stone<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescences-amy-lee-details-kids-album-dream-too-much-w434313</ref>. The release date was confirmed to be September 30th and the pre-order link was made available in CD and digital format. The official audio for the self-titled single was released on YouTube at the same time<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6lcZCY9G1k</ref>.

==Concept and recording==
With inspiration from her two-year-old son Jack, the album started as a studio-time present to her father, a guitar player and one-time Gong Show champion, who always played music in the Lee home<ref name="rollingstone">http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescences-amy-lee-details-kids-album-dream-too-much-w434313</ref>.
{{quote|Dad has always been talking about making some kid songs for Jack to have later in life. [My husband suggested,] 'You guys should just do it, get in the studio together, you've never been in the studio together, you're both musicians.<ref name="rollingstone"/>}}

Lee and her father joined forces in Fort Worth, Texas, for a few sessions that promptly grew into a project that enveloped much of her family. Her dad played ukulele, dobro and banjo; Lee teamed with sisters Carrie and Lori for some Andrews Sisters–style harmonies; her uncle Tom plays guitar, bass and harmonica; and her son Jack even makes a cameo<ref name="rollingstone"/>.

{{quote|We've been saying, even if we're the only ones who ever heard it ... it was worth it because it means so much to us as a family and we love it. So, I'm very proud of it and it was very fulfilling to be able to do that together. ... I'm always looking for ways that I can expand myself creatively and this was a surprise. This kind of came out of a very random place and a very pure place. It was just for ourselves and it turned into something really beautiful.<ref name="rollingstone"/>}}

<gallery>
Image:Amy Jack DTM.png|Amy and Jack, the main source of inspiration for this album
Image:Amy sis DTM.png|Amy and her sisters during the recording session at ''Spaceway Productions''.
Image:John Tom DTM.png|John and Tom Lee. The father and uncle of Amy played an important role during the recordings.
Image:Will DTM.png|Will Hunt, the producer.
</gallery>

==Release and promotion==

==Tracklist==
{{Track listing
| writing_credits = yes
| extra_column    = Producer(s)

| title1          = [[Stand By Me]]
| note1           = Ben E. King cover
| writer1         = Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
| extra1          = Will B. Hunt
| length1         = 2:18

| title2          = [[Dream Too Much (song)|Dream Too Much]]
| writer2         = [[Amy Lee]], [[Lori Lee]]
| extra2          = Will B. Hunt
| length2         = 3:05

| title3          = [[Bee and Duck]]
| writer3         = Amy Lee
| extra3          = Will B. Hunt
| length3         = 0:36

| title4          = [[I'm Not Tired]]
| writer4         = Amy Lee, Lori Lee
| extra4          = Will B. Hunt
| length4         = 2:15

| title5          = [[Little Bird]]
| writer5         = Amy Lee, John Lee
| extra5          = Will B. Hunt
| length5         = 3:23

| title6          = [[Alice]]
| writer6         = Amy Lee
| extra6          = Will B. Hunt
| length6         = 0:47

| title7          = [[Rubber Duckie]]
| note7           = Sesame Street cover
| writer7         = Jeff Moss
| extra7          = Will B. Hunt
| length7         = 2:08

| title8          = [[Hello, Goodbye]]
| note8           = The Beatles cover
| writer8         = John Lennon, Paul McCartney
| extra8          = Will B. Hunt
| length8         = 2:59

| title9          = [[Donkey and Chicken]]
| writer9         = Amy Lee
| extra9          = Will B. Hunt
| length9         = 1:23

| title10         = [[The End of the Book]]
| writer10        = Amy Lee, Lori Lee, John Lee, Josh Hartzler
| extra10         = Will B. Hunt
| length10        = 2:58

| title11         = [[If You're a Star]]
| writer11        = Amy Lee, John Lee, Josh Hartzler
| extra11         = Will B. Hunt
| length11        = 2:56

| title12         = [[Goodnight My Love]]
| note12          = Jesse Belvin cover
| writer12        = George Motola, John Marascalco
| extra12         = Will B. Hunt
| length12        = 2:43
}}

==Credits==
*[[Amy Lee]] - voice, piano, harp, composing
*Jack Lion Hartzler - piccolo cameo, inspiration source
*[[Will "Science" Hunt|Will B. Hunt]] - producer
*[[John Lee]] - voice, ukulele, guitar , banjo
*[[Carrie Lee]] - second voice
*[[Lori Lee]] - second voice
*Tom Lee - guitar, bass, harmonica
*Jeremy Hull - bass<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BEOnWBlpN0Q/</ref>

==Note==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Amy Lee}}
[[Category:Amy Lee discography]]