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List Price: $15.98 | | Label: Lightyear
Salesrank: 172657
Released: February 1, 2000 |
| Our Price: $232.24 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: Greatest Hits Track Listing:
1. Dancing Your Dreams - Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
2. Ice Cream Crazy
3. Meet You at the Mall
4. Makeover Machine
5. Pool Party
6. Bare Necessities
7. Pullin' an All Nighter
8. I'd Rather Be Surfing
9. Dare to Dance
10. I Am the Cute One
11. No One Tells the President What to Do
12. Brother for Sale
13. I'm Still Me [*]
14. Fashion Jr. High [*]
15. We're Gonna Start Something New [*]
16. It's Not Me, It's You [*]
Editorial Review:
The lovable twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, have been growing up since their playful Brother for Sale. So it's no surprise that this Greatest Hits collection's opening frame of tunes (from Ballet Party) features them discussing the history of the sleepover party and their desire to travel to see the New York City Ballet. They're reaching adolescence, with richer voices and more precise articulation, and this becomes all the more clear when they sing Brother's title track in very young, cutesy voices. The twins have obviously captured more children's imagination since their debut and so this collection's emphasis is understandably on their later work. It's this work that makes this set best for kids 10 and older, especially the closing 4 songs--all of which relate to fashion, junior high school, and the mall. Many parents are pining for stuff this innocent for their near-adolescent kids and this collection is golden for that set. For parents of younger kids interested in the dynamic duo, start with the funny Brother for Sale or I Am the Cute One. --Andrew Bartlett
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen: Greatest Hits Reviews:
It's cute 
2005-01-30 - It's a good cd i've a realy big fan of mary-kate and ashley but i must admit there not that good at singing they've got sweet vocies in some of there song but my mum can't stand there music.
Very cute
2004-12-28 - This is a very cute CD, and the best of Mary-Kate and Ashley's Greatest Hits series. "Brother For Sale," "I Am the Cute One," and "No One Tells the President What to Do" are three of my favorite kids songs.
"Brother for Sale" explores the mixed emotions of having siblings: they are both a bane and a blessing. The song takes a clever twist on that long-acknowledged truism by setting up a scenario where Mary-Kate and Ashley are trying to sell their "slightly used" big brother to anyone who will take him. But in the process of touting his good qualities to potential buyers, they realize that they really don't want to give him up.
"I Am the Cute One" has a cool calypso sound, and the twins sound absolutely adorable. The lyrics are simple...a debate between the sisters over which of them is "the cute one." It's not terribly deep, but cute and very pleasant to listen to.
"No One Tells the President What to Do" took on new meaning for me as George W. Bush was ignoring the United Nations a few years back and insisting on going into Iraq alone. Prophetic words from the Olsens. It's a funny song, though, in its own right, as Mary-Kate and Ashley dream about being president as a way of avoiding all of their chores (because there's no responsibility involved in leading the free world!).
The other songs are enjoyable, too, if not as memorable or clever as those three. The bonus tracks are pretty forgettable, but needed to be included as a selling point to those who already have the 5 CDs/videos from which the "greatest hits" are drawn.
It's a good CD for anyone who has kids who wants to be a kid again.
Cute 
2003-04-01 - It's really a cute compilation of their coolest songs. I like it a lot. Are you an Olsenfan? If yes,buy this stuff!
Blood curdling 
2002-06-28 - My daughter loves the Olsen twins and all their videos, so she had to have their CD too. She really likes it, but I have to leave the house whenever she puts it on. The cat won't even stay in the room.
I have to believe that Mary-Kate and Ashley have the worst voices ever recorded, coupled with braindead lyrics and instrumention that sounds like it was created on a $19.99 keyboard from Kmart.
They're talentless little zombies who are dumbing down the world, starting with my daughter. Someone should sue them for emotional distress. Their parents must be awful people.
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR!!!
2001-12-27 - I rate this CD a full 5 stars because it is very effective in providing a BREAK from all the modern female adult recording artists, the "techno-...", who feel that they must dress in tight plastic pants, low hip hugger jeans, get breast enlargements, get plastic surgery, wiggle their butts, show off their breasts, and generally use their body and sex appeal to PEDDLE THEIR ... MUSIC. And in most cases (a) Their voices are electronically altered (b) You hear that same techno-beat in the background.Thank God for the innocent and clean Olsen Twins! I love all their sweet cute music! My favorite song on this CD is "I'd Rather Be Surfing". Other songs that I like best include: "Dancing your Dreams", "Ice Cream Crazy", "I am the Cute One", and "Brother for Sale". The others songs are good also! I just named my favorites. UNFORTUNATELY: If the Olsen's want to continue in the music/entertainment industry they better plan on in a few years or so (a) getting breast enlargements (b) getting married and divorced every other year (c) wearing cloths that show A LOT MORE FLESH (d) flashing that "Eve-bit-the-forbidden-apple" sexually alluring expression look, as they sing their songs. (e) of course shake their butts and show some breast.....YES, OLSEN TWINS, in a few more years it will be time to unfortuately, and I repeat in all sincerity, UNFORTUNATELY GROW UP TO BE "ADULT" ENTERTAINERS!Thank God I have this beautifull music of your "Greatest Hits" preserved on CD to last my lifetime!!!
