Disney Princess Golden Christmas

Disney Princess Golden Christmas



Disney's Princess Sing-Along Album
Rarely has an album surfaced with this much raw ability to repel dads, pesky little brothers, and teens with reputations to protect. Then again, rarely will gift-giving grownups find a CD better suited to 3- to 8-year-old divas in the making. Princesses presents 10 melodramatic movie-derived favorites, from as far back as 1948's Cinderella to modern-day hits like Mulan, performed by a handful of lovely sounding if barely distinguishable studio artists; the singing along part is supposed to take place during an instrumental version of each track that directly follows the vocal rendering. Thus, packs of pretend Pocahontases, Belles, and Ariels secure the spotlight for karaoke-style belt-outs of "Colors of the Wind," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Part of Your World." A fit-for-a-princess purple and pink liner note leaflet unravels to present printed lyrics. --Tammy La Gorce
Customer Review: Great Instrumental CD!
Before I start reviewing this album, I want to clarify a few things: 1) This is NOT a karaoke CD. It will NOT work in your karaoke machine. This CD is only for singing-along with, as the the title of it says. It doesn't claim to be anything else 2) The original singers do NOT sing in the songs. Take a look at the $8 price tag. A CD with the actual singers will cost more, don't buy this CD as a cheap way to just own these songs without buying a more expensive CD, because you won't get what you're looking for. 3) No, this CD doesn't have an exhaustive list of Princess songs. There are 20 tracks, 10 with vocals, 10 without. So that means that some beloved songs aren't on this album. If someone is looking for a complete princess instrumental collection, I would suggest buying more than just one karaoke CD. That being said, I really enjoy this CD. I know of at least two other Princess instrumental CDs out there, and this one is my favorite. This CD has more tracks than the others and less filler tracks. This collection does include Candle on the Water from Pete's Dragon for whatever reason, but the other songs are exactly something I'd expect from a Disney Princess CD. In my opinion, all these particular 10 tracks were chosen to be on the CD as to be the easiest to sing solo to. So some memorable Disney Prince & Princess duets aren't on here, but those kinds of songs aren't easy to sing along with anyway. As other reviewers have pointed out, this CD doesn't retain the original vocals. The singers who do sing the songs (Leslie French, Robin Huston, Amy Baker Stinson, Chris Martin, Meredith Robertson, Meredith McCall, Joe York, Rebecca Schoolar, & Laura Benedict - whoever they are) don't sound terrible, but they certainly won't ever replace the original singers. These vocals tracks are just on the CD so you'll know how the song is supposed to sound. The real purpose of this album is the instrumental tracks, but if that's not what you want, then maybe you should reconsider buying this CD. Most karaoke CDs do not use the original voices if they do have vocal tracks, so that's something to keep in mind when looking at these kind of CDs. I gave this CD a 5 because it's good for what it is. If you want a CD that can be used on a karaoke machine, find another one. If you want a CD because you want the original princess vocals, find another one. If you want a sing-along CD that contains instrumental tracks that retain their original arrangement, then buy this CD and skip over some of the others out there.
Customer Review: Princess favorite songs
The track list has all the favorites of the Princess songs. First the songs are sung, then the music-like in karaoke as you read the words on cd cover-alone plays next for your "little singer" to sing along. The only drawback is that the "original singers" from the movies or sing along dvds are not singing in this album, or, at least most of them.