Kidz Bop 29

Personnel: Alexander Almgren, Michael "Fish" Herring, Gary Philips (drum programming).
Audio Mixer: Gary Philips.
Recording information: Wild Honey Studios.
Editors: Alexander Almgren; Gary Philips.
With each release, the Kidz Bop Kids seem to sound more and more adult, even though their ranks are replaced every few years with a new set of tween-age singers. Their mission statement of "sung by kids for kids" remains in effect on their 29th volume, which features fresh young voices taking a crack at 2014-2015 chartbusters like Maroon 5's funky "Sugar," Fall Out Boy's comeback hit "Centuries," and a cleaned-up version of Flo Rida's "GDFR." As with the first 28 volumes, it blends together pleasantly innocuous lite pop and slightly creepy, age-inappropriate karaoke. ~ Timothy Monger