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Disney Channel Holiday
Release Date: October
16, 2007
Tracks: 14
Length: 44 minutes
Rating: 3 out of 4 stars
Audio
CD
1. Miley Cyrus - Rockin' Around The
Christmas Tree
2. Jonas
Brothers - Girl Of My Dreams
3. The Cheetah Girls - Have Yourself A Merry Little
Christmas
4. Ashley Tisdale - Last Christmas
5. Corbin Bleu - This Christmastime
6. Keke Palmer - Home For The Holidays
7. Christy Carlson Romano - Best Time Of Year
8. Billy Ray Cyrus - Run Rudolph Run
9. Jordan Pruitt - Celebrate Love
10. Lucas Grabeel - Let It Snow
11. Kyle Massey - Jingle Bells (A Hip-Hop Carol)
12. Aly & AJ - Greatest Time Of Year
13. Monique Coleman - Christmas Vacation
14. Drew Seeley - I'll Be Home Christmas
The opening number
features a pop rock heavily produced version of the classic,
Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Miley
Cyrus as Hannah Montana. As usual, you can expect the
classic Miley vocal fills… ‘oh yeah!’
It’s fun, fun, fun! Coming your way next is the
Jonas Brothers with a high octane power pop/punk original
song, Girl of My Dreams. With heavy drums and
gang vocals, once again imagine the club packed wall to
wall and the bands going nuts. Jonas Brothers fans will
not be disappointed. On track three the Cheetah Girls
emerge with a previously unreleased song Have Yourself
A Merry Little Christmas. It’s on par with
tracks from their Cheetah-liscious Christmas CD and is
one that deserves a listen. In 2006, Ashley Tisdale released
a cover of Wham’s Last Christmas –
this year it’s a nice addition to Disney Channel
Holiday, possibly a track that will bring a smile from
Mom. Up next it’s Corbin Bleu with a smooth version
of This Christmastime that vocally could draw
comparisons to Jesse McCartney. Keke Palmer follows with
a fun mid-tempo of Home For The Holidays. After
several film projects we see Christy Carlson Romano returns
with the track Best Time Of The Year, which is
a fun upbeat rocker with a catchy chorus that borrows
a melody from Jingle Bells. Just after the midpoint
of the CD the appearance of Billy Ray Cyrus adds some
flair with Run Rudolph Run. It’s a nice
change of pace and a little bit of muscle for Dad to rock
out to. Once again, Jordan Pruitt brings an amazing delivery
with what could easily be an inspirational classic on
Celebrate Love. She definitely has the voice
for these slower emotional songs. One other thing that
stands out is after a track like this, you’ll be
wondering why this CD features the ‘Holiday’
label. Isn’t that so 2006? Lucas Grabeel follows
with a vocal performance of Let It Snow that
features his strong theatrical singing also found on the
most recent DisneyMania CD. While he may not be known
for his voice, you gotta love the spirit that Kyle Massey
brings to Jingle Bells. The track is nothing
but Kyle showboating with the attitude that’s made
himself the funny guy on Disney Channel. For those of
you that didn’t get Aly & AJ’s Acoustic
Hearts Of Winter release last year, you’ll
enjoy hearing the best track The Greatest Time Of
Year. It’s one of the last tracks from the
Aly & AJ version 1.0 era (aka Into The Rush) and will
have you hooked to the chorus from the get go. Making
her solo debut, it’s Monique Coleman with Christmas
Vacation. Fun and catchy! Finishing up the CD is
Drew Seeley with his R&B cover of I’ll Be
Home For Christmas that starts off with a tip of
the hat to Christmas records from previous generations.
As the song gets going, you get the trademark vocals of
Drew that stands out in this classic.
- T2
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