1) What Time Is It 2) Fabulous 3) Work This Out 4) You're The Music In Me 5) I Don't Dance 6) You Are The Music In Me (Sharpay Version) 7) Gotta Go My Own Way 8) Bet On It 9) Everyday 10) All For One 11) Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
1 of the most anticipated sequel of a soundtrack/movie released in recent times , it's the soundtrack of High School Musical 2 .
Debuting at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart , Amazon.com & iTunes Store , the album sold 615,000 copies which's the 2nd best 1st week sales of 2007 in US (just short of Linkin Park's Minutes to Midnight , which sold 623,000 copies in the 1st week) . The set also claims the biggest 1st week sales for a television soundtrack .
It's amazing sales wise as the 1st week sales of the 1st soundtrack was only 7,469 copies & it was released on Jan 10th '06 and debuted at No.133 on the Billboard 200 & it has since climbed all the way to No.1 & was the best selling album in US for 2006 .
& if you look at the 1st week sales for both soundtracks , it's a huge & stark difference in practically everything .
Movie wise , a total of 17.24 million viewers - almost 10 million more than saw the debut of High School Musical - tuned in to the August 17 broadcasts in US making it the highest rated basic cable broadcast of all time .
I'm a huge HSM fan & naturally expectations for the 2nd soundtrack & movie are higher after the unexpected huge success of the 1st soundtrack/movie which has since became a global phenomenon but I'm glad to say that both the movie & soundtrack of HSM 2 has exceeded my expectations !
& I honestly feel that the songs in the 2nd album are so much better than the 1st one as there's not a single bad song on the 2nd sountrack although some of the songs didn't grab me instantly but after watching the movie , I have no problem with that now !
Seriously all the songs are fanastic , there's something for everyone in here but if I were to pick just 1 song that I really like , it has to be Vanessa Anne Hudgens's emotional solo Gotta Go My Own Way . If you remember , she also did an emotional solo No. in the 1st movie called When There Was Me & You but I really like Gotta Go My Own Way in which Zac Efron sang a bit of the song with her unlike When There Was Me & You but Gotta Go My Own Way's highly recommended .
I also like the song that Ashley Tisdale & Lucas Grabeel did called Fabulous & I was actually hoping that they would do Humuhumunukunukuapua'a in the movie but I'm surprised that they didn't .
Humuhumunukunukuapua'a's a pretty comical song & it's pretty cheesy with funny lyrics & etc but it's a cute song if you look at it on whole & of course you cannot leave out the duets that Zac's character Troy Bolton & Vanessa's character Gabriella Montez did in the form of You're The Music In Me & Everyday .
Everyday didn't stuck in my head when I 1st heard it but after watching the movie where they performed this song at the Country Club , I really love it now & so's You're The Music In Me .
Just like in the 1st movie where you got the upbeat & ballad versions of What I've Been Looking For , you have the upbeat version of You're In The Music which Ashley's character Sharpay Evans did together with Zac's character Troy by force & honestly when I 1st heard the upbeat version of You're In The Music In Me , I got a shock as there's such a big difference between Zac & Vanessa's version as compared to Ashley's .
There's also a Zac solo No. in the form of Bet On It which I really like when I 1st heard it & compared with Get'cha Head In The Game which he did for the 1st movie & this one , I prefer Bet On It & unlike in the 1st movie , Zac did all the songs in the 2nd movie as Zac's voice was blended in together with Drew Seeley but this time , Zac confirmed that he sang for all the songs in the 2nd movie .
I don't know why his voice was blended in together with Drew but Zac can carry a tune !
Corbin Bleu & Lucas did a song together this time round in the form of I Don't Dance . I like that one & when they did this song in the movie , it's quite hilarious which you should check it out once the movie opens on Disney Channel in 2 Suns's time .
Last but not least , the whole cast of the movie come together to do 3 songs in the form of What Time Is It , Work This Out & the closing No. for the movie All For One .
What Time Is It was the 1st single to be released as a single from the movie & it debuted at No.6 in the Billboard Hot 100 single chart .
Now whenever I listen to the songs of High School Musical 2 , I can vision in my head where it takes place during the movie & I'm just glad that the 2nd movie/soundtrack has done so well , probably even better than expected since there was huge expectations to meet after the unexpected success of the 1st movie/soundtrack but glad to say that this time round , things are kicked up a notch or 2 higher than ever before .
Bring on the 3rd movie/soundtrack I say !
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Karen Pang
# 10th Jan
# #1 BREAKERZ fan in Singapore since 2008 debut single ♥
# My music blog consists of JPop/Rock singles & albums reviews that I put my heart , efforts & soul into writing them as I'm disgusted with the way that JPop/Rock music is being treated/written/reviewed in Singapore so to the local media (yes you TEENS , Teenage Magazine & The Strait Times) , screw you all . I basically can write better JPop/Rock reviews , period
