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Girl Authority is the debut cover album by pop girl group Girl Authority. The album is a cover album of previous hit songs by other female solo singers and girl groups, with the exception of two songs, originally recorded by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles and ABBA. The album was successful on many album charts, including Billboard Top Kid Audio (a chart that records sales of children's music albums), where it reached #9. The album also managed reach #5 on the Top Heatseekers Chart, and eventually peaked at #167 on the Billboard 200, the main album chart.
[edit] Track listing
- "Hollaback Girl" – 3:21 (Hugo, Stefani, Williams)
- "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – 2:58 (Schwartz)
- "Material Girl" – 3:51 (Brown, Rans)
- "Pon de Replay" – 3:39 (Brooks, Nobles, Rogers, Sturken)
- "Beautiful" (Perry)
- "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" – 3:34 (Deere, Osborn)
- "Dancing Queen" – 3:36 (Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)
- "Get the Party Started" – 3:11 (Perry)
- "Shop Around" – 3:18 (Gordy, Robinson)
- "I Love Rock N' Roll" – 2:53 (Mamburg, Sachs)
- "Karma" – 4:16 - (Augello, Brothers, Cook, Smith)
- "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – 3:35 (Hazard)
- "Leave (Get Out)" – 4:03 (Cantrall, Kenneth, Schack, White)
- "Breakaway" (Benenate, Gerrard, Lavigne)
- "We Got The Beat" – 2:32 (Caffey)
[edit] Critical Response
Marisa Brown of AllMusic Guide called the album "too much too bear", criticizing "the fact that many of the songs are thematically inappropriate for kids" and "the semi-talented yet extremely puerile interpretations, with the intermittent giggling and nasally tag-team-like vocals".[1]
