AMG Review of Disney Girlz Rock

Heather Phares
All Music Guide

Collecting songs by Disney's stable of young female singer/actresses -- including teen queens Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan -- Disney Girlz Rock gathers the highlights from Disney movie soundtracks ranging from Freaky Friday to Ice Princess. There's not really much "rock" on the album; Lohan's "Ultimate" from #Freaky Friday and "Drama Queen (That Girl)" from #Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen -- both of which conjure visions of Avril Lavigne fronting Josie & the Pussycats -- are as about as close as the collection gets to rocking out, along with Caleigh Peters' slightly edgier "Reach." However, Aly & A.J.'s "Rush," Rayven-Symoné's "This Is My Time," and the A-Teens' "Can't Help Falling in Love" show that there is life in teen pop beyond Britney, Jessica, and Mandy. "Reflection," the song from #Mulan that launched Christina Aguilera's career, is another of Disney Girlz Rock's highlights. Though the collection is a little samey, it has enough fun and attitude to become a fitting slumber party soundtrack.