Customer Reviews
It's Bad - By: Acartartanius, 26 Aug 2007 
High School Musical is being talked about by teenager's everywhere, so I was determined to see what it was like. I asked someone I knew (who is obsessed with it) If I could borrow their copy of the soundtrack - And now I wish I hadn't. For staters the actual music is just over-used up beat dance tracks. With some weak mordern R & B thrown in. The things kicks of with a song entitled "Start of Something New". The song is merely just a badly written, horribly sang pop song. The vocals are very poor, there are signs of lack of emotion (in all the tracks). The second one, which is more of an R & B tune, is well irritating. The whole trainers squeekingin the back ground is simply annoying beyond beliefe. The "Gota getcha getcha getcha headin the game" just proves how weak & simplistic these lyrics really are. There is nothing fantastic about any of the songs - the ones sang by the blond girl are deffinatly the worst - she can sing...she's just horrible at it. I can't understand why something with such weak music, singing & lyrics has become to popular. I'm a pretty open minded person when it comes to music I listen to Metal, Rock, Rap, Punk, Pop, Dance, Classical, Reagge, World music, Folk, Eletronic ect but I can honestly say this should be left as a mat for your cup of tea.
A great start to this wonderful sequel! - By: InsideMyVelvetRope, 13 Aug 2007 
Original premieredin Americanin January 2006, the first version of High School Musical made its way to UK TV screensin mid to late 2006, & boy was it hyped! People were going crazy about it, & it would soon prove to be the start of a so far brilliant sequel.
1/ Start Of Something New/ 3:16
The opening song, & one of the best known. Performed by the wonderful Gabriella & Troy, Start of Something New is an awesome ballad basically about love or friendship. But you've heard it anyway.
2/ Get'cha Head In The Game/ 2:27
Performed by Troy, despite its hype & popularity, this is actually one of my least favourites, but it's incredibly catchy & still loveable.
3/ What I've Been Looking For/ 2:03 & 4/ What I've Been Looking For (Reprise)/ 1:19
The former, performed by Ryan & Sharpay; my second favourite on the set. A wonderful, catchy sing-a-long tune & you'll find yourself tipping your toes to. The latter is the same track performedin ballad form by Troy & Gabrielle, though the full song is not used. My least favourite out of the two.
5/ Stick To The Status Quo/ 4:28
Yet again one of the more popular songs. This was not released as a single, yet still managed to enter the UK Top 75 on downloads alone due to its insane popularity. It's the only album track on the set to have achieved this.
6/ When There Was Me & You/ 3:00
This seems to be one of the most hated songs on the soundtrack with critics & even fans alike, yet I don't understand it because Gabriella's vocals are absolutely astounding.
7/ Bop To The Top/ 1:47
Ryan & Sharpay's second song on the album, & my favourite. Awesome song.
8/ Breaking Free/ 3:27
The first single from the set & the one that got everyone going crazy about the soundtrack. This started off as my favourite song on the set, but as I got to learn other songs I quickly grew tired of it. Performed by Gabriella & Troy, it's still an appaulsable track.
9/ We're All In This Together/ 3:51
The final track usedin the actual film & the 'party' song of the album. Great closure to the film.
10/ I Can't Take My Eyes Off You/ 2:51
Despite not being usedin the film, this is still a favourite of mine.
11/ Get'cha Head In The Game (Performed by B5)/ 2:45
The instrumentation is a little different from the original performed by Troy, noticably the introduction. I find the song on the whole a little pointless, I don't think it should be included.
12/ Start Of Something New (Karaoke)/ 3:20 & 13/ Breaking Free (Karaoke)/3:26
Title says it all.
Overall, although as not as good as the follow-up, High School Musical 2, this is still one hell of a soundtrack & I advise you buy the film along with this. Originally sparking controversy when critics found out Zac Efron (Troy) was not actually singing (the high notes on his parts are performed by Canadian singer-songwriter & actor Drew Seeley), Zac would go on to use his own - improved & excellent - vocalsin the second soundtrack.
FOR KIDS not for adults - By: Mummy J, 02 Aug 2007 Get over being miserable! There's a lot of feel good tunes on this album! Toe tapping & enjoyable tracks. The film is quite witty & makes me quite pleased that there is finally something available for kids that doesn't invovle any competitiveness about being better than anyone, looking better than anyone - the songs are encouraging & have a background theme of working together. No swearing - no innuendo's nothing that could be considered a bit dubious. I did hesitate buying this for my 7 year old because of it being High School - but it's so good & teaches a very good lesson about teamwork! I'm afraid that reviewers like Mrs Doorly need to get a life! This is a fantastic album - SUNG BY KIDS FOR KIDS! It's not a talent quest nor is it aimed at impressing the grumps. It's the new 'Grease' cleaned up & done very well so! It's a feel good soundtrack & all adults I know say their kids (7-12 yrs) LOVE this album! Admittedly, I prefer other music, but - this wasn't targeted at me - it was targeted at the age range that actually admit to loving it!
High School musical is Alsome - By: Mr. B. Jones, 03 Jun 2007 This Soundtrack is Amazing the Best musical film Ever Why buy Grease This is much better Dont Waste you time buy it it is catchy
why buy this? - By: Mrs. Christine Doorly, 26 Apr 2007 
When i think of over hyped the only thing other than this that springs to mind is the PS3 & guess what traits they both share? They are both terrible . for me listening to even 10 seconds of this song was like hearing Elton John throw up on a one of his so called "classics" seriously why buy the soundtrack unless you enjoy hearing talentless hacks sing about the most inane things for what an hour hears a simple idea forget about buying crap & go for something good which this cd is completely lacking in
