Disney's Princess Sing-Along / Sing-Along [Import]

I bought this for my newly minted princess groupie without having a knowledge of all of the movies. I mistakenly believed from the title and the picture on the CD that ALL of the music was from Disney princess movies. Of 10 tracks, only 8 are from Disney princesses (only 5 if you don't count Mulan and Pocahontas as princesses as I'm told Disney doesn't always count them.) GREAT SONGS and my daughter LOVES them but I would have preferred that it included a song from Snow White and Jasmine who are pictured on the cover rather than a song from Hercules and a song from Pete's Dragon. (I feel like a victim of false avertising.)

There are 10 Princess songs and instrument in this album.I felt that the instrument is perfect, Sometimes I can do some sing-along, and I love singing. I don't like the vocals in this album, Because I love the original Princesses' vocals.I think that I bought it only because it's Disney's.

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.

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