A.N.T. Farm (soundtrack)


A.N.T. Farm is the first and only soundtrack album for the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm. It was released on October 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Records. Most of the soundtrack features songs performed in the first season of the series by the lead actress China Anne McClain, as well as new songs performed by cast members Carlon Jeffery and Stefanie Scott, and China Anne and her two sisters, known as the McClain Sisters. The soundtrack was successful, spending five weeks on the Billboard kids chart in 2011. It sold 14,000 copies within the first week of release.

Overview

Most of the songs on the soundtrack are performed by the show's lead actress, China Anne McClain, including the show's theme song, "Exceptional," and covers of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". "Dynamite" and McClain's original song, "Calling All the Monsters," were released as singles from the soundtrack. "Calling All the Monsters" was the first single to chart, peaking at number 86 on America and charting in two more countries.
There are also two songs by cast member Carlon Jeffery: a kid-friendly cover of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's "Summertime" and an original song, "Pose," with fellow cast member Stefanie Scott. There are two songs performed by McClain and her sisters Lauryn and Sierra, together known as the McClain Sisters. All of the songs by McClain are solely featured in the first season of the series whereas the other songs did were not featured in the series.

Critical reception

James Christopher Monger of Allmusic made a review: The soundtrack for Disney's A.N.T. Farm, a television sitcom that follows the misadventures of a group of gifted middle school students as they navigate their way through high school, features ten tracks, including the program's catchy theme song, "Exceptional." Most of the tunes, all of which fall into the teen pop/rock genre, feature China Anne McClain, who portrays an 11-year-old musical prodigy named Chyna Parks, as well as cast members Stefanie Scott and Carlon Jeffery. The last two cuts, "Perfect Mistake" and "Electronic Apology,” are performed by China and her siblings, who have their own album under the McClain Sisters moniker.

Commercial performance

The soundtrack peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard 200. It has also peaked at number 2 on the US Top Soundtracks and topped the US Kid Albums chart.

Other uses

So far, two songs from the soundtrack have been used in other Disney Channel works besides A.N.T. Farm: "Calling All the Monsters" was used in "Beam It Up", a season 2 Halloween episode of the series Shake It Up. "Pose" by Stefanie Scott and Carlon Jeffery was featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies, which Scott starred in.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for A.N.T. Farm adapted from Allmusic