Girl Authority (album)

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 peaked at No. 167 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, No. 9 on the Billboard Top Kid Audio chart (a chart that records sales of children's music albums)and No. 5 on their Top Heatseekers chart.

Track listing

1. "Hollaback Girl" – 3:21 <small>(Hugo, Stefani, Williams)</small> (Gwen Stefani)
2. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" – 2:58 <small>(Schwartz)</small> (Pat Benatar)
3. "Material Girl" – 3:51 <small>(Brown, Rans)</small> (Madonna)
4. "Pon de Replay" – 3:39 <small>(Brooks, Nobles, Rogers, Sturken)</small>
5. "Beautiful" <small>(Perry)</small>
6. "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" – 3:34 <small>(Deere, Osborn)</small>
7. "Dancing Queen" – 3:36 <small>(Andersson, Anderson, Ulvaeus)</small>
8. "Get the Party Started" – 3:11 <small>(Perry)</small> (Pink)
9. "Shop Around" – 3:18 <small>(Gordy, Robinson)</small>
10. "I Love Rock N' Roll" – 2:53 <small>(Mamburg, Sachs)</small> (Joan Jett)
11. "Karma" – 4:16 - <small>(Augello, Brothers, Cook, Smith)</small>
12. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – 3:35 <small>(Hazard)</small> (Cyndi Lauper)
13. "Leave (Get Out)" – 4:03 <small>(Cantrall, Kenneth, Schack, White)</small> (Jojo)
14. "Breakaway" <small>(Benenate, Gerrard, Lavigne)</small>
15. "We Got the Beat" – 2:32 <small>(Caffey)</small> (The Go-Go's)

Critical response

Marisa Brown of AllMusic 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".

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