Soundtracks for these teen shows on Disney and alike are usually a goldmine for ingeniously written, infectious saccharine pop, so the bar was set high for this release.
Regardless of the franchise, or how cheesy it may well be, there are usually a couple of sold gold pop moments to really enjoy on soundtracks like this, not even in the way of guilty pleasure.
When it’s good, it’s very good, but the problem with Lemonade Mouth (a new series on the Disney Channel – group of teens meet in detention, form a band, yada yada yada) is that the songs are just not as good as some of their contemporaries.
Lead single Determinate, and perhaps She’s So Gone, are the only two moments here to really bother with. The former is the incendiary lead single which rides a beast of a hook, and when the chorus kicks in, knocks it straight into the stratosphere. It starts off slow with a delicate piano opening, but it is glorious pop once it explodes into life.
The “white boy rap” part towards the end is also legendary, and this record is worth listening to just for that moment alone.
She’s So Gone is another good pop moment, but elsewhere, the quality is really thin on the ground. It really needed better songs here, and the songwriters have really let the very capable cast down on this.
Not as good as I thought it would be (or as good as it clearly should have/could have been).
Disappointing.
3
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