The parade of pop queens features Ashlee Simpson, Rihanna, Natasha Bedingfield and even Britney's debut song 'Hit Me Baby One More Time,' while My Chemical Romance's 'Helena' is a nice, noisy alternative. Let's start with the trio that most highbrow music lovers will run away from: Hoobastank's 'The Reason,' Daniel Powter's 'Bad Day,' and James Blunt's 'You're Beautiful.' Was there any reason to include three songs that many an American ended up hating after the carpet bombing done by every pop radio station for months? When I reviewed 's release in Italy, I thought that I had seen the worst of the series, but now I have to admit that Sony always finds a way to fulfill one's expectations, either in a good or bad way. Why then does its score sink compared to SingStar Rocks? The reason is, of course, the soundtrack itself, a mismatched assortment of tracks ranging from the cheesiest pop music to some '80s hits, to a couple of good but completely out-of-place rock songs.
From a technical perspective, SingStar Pop is nothing less than the original American installment released in November 2006.
