Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a star vehicle for
Lindsay Lohan in every sense: it's not only
Lohan's first movie after her success in Freaky Friday, its soundtrack also features several songs by her as well. Songs like "What Are You Waiting For" and "Drama Queen (That Girl)" build on the musical persona
Lohan began on
Freaky Friday's "Ultimate," offering some of the sassy empowerment of
Avril Lavigne with a lot less sullenness. While she may not have the pipes to completely carry off the medley of "Don't Move On/Living for the City/Changes" (yes, the
David Bowie song), on tracks such as "A Day in the Life" (thankfully not the
Beatles classic)
Lohan does have enough presence to work as Disney's answer to
Avril, just as
Hilary Duff is their response to
Britney. Overall, the sound of the album is so sweet that it might as well be called Confections of a Teenage Drama Queen, although there are some attempts at originality within its teen pop sound.
Atomic Kitten and
Kool & the Gang turn in a not half-bad version of "Ladies' Night"; Superchic(k)'s "Na Na" sounds like a
Sugar Ray song covered by teenage girls; and fan_3's "Boom," a slice of girl-driven hip-hop, might not be as brilliant as anything by
Fannypack, but it's still pretty fun anyway. However, the soundtrack's required dashes of testosterone sound lost in the sea of pink that makes up the rest of the album: the acoustic version of
Simple Plan's "Perfect" borders on sappiness, while Wakefield's "Un-Sweet Sixteen" and
Diffuser's "Only in the Movies" are both pleasant-enough but slightly bland punk-pop singles. But, of course,
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is really all about the girls, and it revels in its celebration of all things fierce and frilly. ~ Heather Phares