Kidz Bop Christmas! [2012]

Personnel: Gary Philips (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); John Deaderick (piano, organ, glockenspiel); Mark Piro (piano); Alexander Almgren (drum programming).
Audio Mixer: Gary Philips.
The Kidz Bop Kids' Kidz Bop Christmas (say that ten time really fast) collection features 15 effusive Yuletide jams that almost always start out by sounding like a Demi Lovato or Green Day song. Harmless, fun, catchy, and silly, it's hard to get too excited about more versions of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "Winter Wonderland," especially when they come out sounding like karaoke night at the North Pole, but the generation that this set of holiday classics is geared toward is probably sick of hearing Burl Ives, Dean Martin, and Bing Crosby every time they have to walk through the department store on the way to Hot Topic anyway. ~ James Christopher Monger