EDITORIAL REVIEWS Create your own world with Kidz Bop 12, and race to the finish with 18 HUGE kid-friendly tracks that are sure to entertain boys and girls alike! Now there's a KIDZ BOP CD for every month of the year, and this one is better than ever. .COM Scoff if you must, but the Kidz Bop gang clearly stepped up its game for 12. Song selection is the biggest factor--instead of popular but cryptic numbers kids can't relate to like "Black Horse & the Cherry Tree," from 11, here we have a gaggle of tunes ripe for kid-translation, Gwen Stefani's "Sweet Escape," Fergie's flouncy-flouncy "Glamorous," and Rihanna's "Umbrella" among them. Also excellent about this disc which, try though it may, is destined to be trashed by those who don't get it (that would be pretty much everybody over 9) is its timing: Its release comes on the heels of a bunch of Bop-related hoopla, including a "Kidz Bop World Tour" and a redesigned website that lets kids submit their own music videos. Let the bopping, and the grown-up groaning, begin. --Tammy La Gorce ABOUT THE ARTIST Kidzbop.com recently relaunched with a brand new broadband TV player and a video upload function for kids to show their stuff and share the spotlight with other talented kids just them! See more
