The CD "Phineas and Ferb Across the 1st and 2nd Dimensions" is the second compilation of music from Disney's Phineas and Ferb animated cartoon, now in it's third season on Disney XD. It contains 22 songs, most of them from the recently released "movie", "Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension", and the extended episode "Rollercoaster - The Musical". (There is also a third compilation of Christmas music, but the songs on that CD aren't from the show, it's just the characters singing Christmas songs.) In addition to the 22 songs, if you boot up the CD, it also has a music video (the concluding song/scene from the movie), as well as a link to the Disney music store, and a link to register the CD.
If you're a P&F fan, you've undoubtedly aware of just how good many of the songs on the show are. Most of them are written by, paraphrasing their own words, "four over-40-year-old white guys" in less than an hour per song. The songs on the CD range from pop, heavy medal, 60's/70's rock, and several other genres I can't even describe. :-) While not every song is a winner, most are. The only fault is that most of them are only 60 to 90 seconds long, so just when you're starting to bounce along, they're over. But this a function of having to fit the songs into the show. As always the vocals and instrumentation are top notch. I really think that many of these songs, if rewritten slightly, lengthened, and recorded by "real" artists, would crack the top 40.
My favorites on the CD include "Everything is Better with Perry", "Mysterious Force", "Come Home Perry", "What'cha Doin' ", "Carpe Diem", and the extended version of "Perry the Platypus".
As an aside, I was a little disappointed that none of the songs from "Summer belongs to you" were included, although the songs from that extended episode are available as a digital download.
Overall this is a five-star effort and is in my player as I write this. Luckily my wife and kids also enjoy the music. To quote one of the characters from the show, "Phineas and Ferb Rock!"