Kidz Bop Halloween Hits!

Personnel: Dave Giorgio, Alexander Almgren, Todd Haberman, Gary Philips (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); John Deaderick (piano).Audio Mixer: Gary Philips.Kidz Bop Halloween Hits! features 14 All Hallows Eve-themed radio hits as performed by the impossibly upbeat Kidz Bop Kidz and their merry band of session musicians. As with all Kidz Bop releases, the Kidz provide the vocals, dutifully rapping, talking, harmonizing, and shouting their way through versions of "Werewolves of London" (Warren Zevon), "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr.), "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead" (the Munchkins), "Thriller" (Michael Jackson), "Somebody's Watching Me" (Rockwell), and, oddly enough, "Disturbia" (Rhianna). The collection concludes appropriately with a five-minute montage of "Spooky Party Sounds" featuring a lot of screaming, growling, groaning, and witches laughing into an effects processor. ~ James Christopher Monger