Customer Reviews

Songs from Instant Star 3

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

If you are buying this cd cause you loved how the songs sounded in the show just stop. Most of the songs are sung by different people and they are hardly recognizable. After seeing the show the rifts from Love to Burn stuck in my momeory but it is Cory Lee who sings the song on the cd not Alexz, and she did not come close to pulling it off and has no where near the amount of life and passion Alexz gives the song. I am an Alexz Johnson fan and was upset to find out that only four songs on this cd are hers, Cory Lee sings far too many of them. After hearing what the songs can sound like getting this watered down version was a total rip off.

I bought this CD- against my better judgement- because I really loved the song Don't You Dare from the show. Thankfully, this song is on the soundtrack and sung by Alexz. I also liked Unraveling. This song is also on the soundtrack, but sung by Tyler Kyte. Do not get my wrong, he has a good voice, but the song isn't even sung right. All the songs (except What You Need, Don't You Dare, and I Don't Know If I Should Stay, and Karma's songs) are changed, the music is practically rewritten. Why is this a problem? Because this is supposed to be a soundtrack of the thrd season. Not a who-can-mess-up-these-songs-the-most contest! And I don't like Cory Lee's vocals. I think they should have worked out the legal issues and let the people who's characters sang the songs in the show sing them on the soundtrack. Otherwise, don't bother. I was really sad that I didn't have Jude's songs sung by JUDE (Alexz Johnson). Spiederman (Tyler Kyte) got to sing his songs and Karma (Cory Lee) go to sing hers. It is not right. This CD go two stars because the four tracks Alexz does sing are phenomenal.

There are 14 songs on this CD, and only 4 are sung by Alex Johnson! This does NOT qualify as a soundtrack because these songs have ben completely changed from how they were on the show.
Also, the description for this says that all songs were originally sung by Alexz, and that's not true. Cory Lee recorded No Shirt No Shoes for her CD, it was never on the show, and Cory Lee's character Karma recorded I Will Be the Flame for the show with a partial duet with Alexz in an episode. Cory also re-recorded Waste My Time which was a song on the FIRST season's soundtrack featuring a rap part. I would have MUCH rather heard Alex's version without the rap part which I had to edit out on my ITunes. <sigh>
Don't buy this and maybe they won't get away with this for the season 4 soundtrack.
Go request this on Itunes!

The soundtrack of the 3rd season of Instant Star features less songs sung by star, Alexz Johnson, and more of the other songwriter/singer castmates. True IS fans will enjoy the songs because of their assignment to each episode, but all Alexz fans will agree that it would have been SENSATIONAL with her vocals.

Instant Star 3 Soundtrack is wonderful for what it is, but Alexz fans will be disappointed that the songbird isn't showcased more.

I have the 2 previous soundtracks & i really Love Alexz's voice, which is why i bought this to hear the full length versions of what i heard on the show! I knew there was going to be one song by Cory Lee, one by Tyler Kyte & one by Lindsay Robins, which was totally fine, but Alexz only sings 4 of the 14 tracks!!! And 2 of my favorite songs she isnt singing, Love to Burn (Cory Lee) & Worth Waiting For (Tyler Kyte). I dont want an R&B version of Love to Burn, I want to hear the original! And in my opinion a guy singing Worth Waiting For doesnt make any sense. Cory is a good singer, but i want to hear the songs i was expecting not remixes. I would have given 4 stars if 11 of the 14 songs had been sung by Alexz!

I am such a instant star/ alexz johnson fan that I would have bought the cd if she only sang one song, so I am thankful for the 4 songs she did sing... they were amazing... as for the other 8 songs and artists they are not bad to listen to but they are not captivating like they would have been if alexz sang them how she sang them on the show, my favorite out of that bunch would be "love to burn" sang by Cory Lee, still though I am desperate for a alexz edition... I am disapointed but I do not regret buying the album, I am just hoping they will come out with alexz versions of the songs......

I love this show and Alexz Johnson's singing. I also love Tyler Kyte. I wish they would have had Alexz on a couple more songs. But its still a really great CD.

I've never seen an episode of Instant Star... my friend had me start listening to Alexz Johnson and I loved her song "Skin". So I decided to listen to the Instant Star albums and I came across Season 3. The mixture of the lyrics and talented musicians to go along with it really just sold this album to me. Many people are outraged saying that, 'There isn't enough Alexz", or "This is nothing like the show", and I do not have that perspective. All I know is that it is amazing.

And for everyone who wants Alexz to come out with her own CD... I've listened to some of it... and it is heavily over-produced. She's talented but it's nowhere near as good as the sound she puts out for Instant Star.

Alexz Johnson is one of my favorite singers. There's just something about her voice that gets under my skin in a good way. Haunting ballad, upbeat pop songs, whatever type of song, she does it well and that's why I bought this album. That said, like the other reviewers, I was disappointed that only 4 songs were sung by Alexz. I don't dislike Corey Lee, as a matter of fact, I like the sassy edge her voice has, but at the same time she's no Alexz and this CD would've been better if more songs were from Alexz Johnson. Overall, the CD is good though and I don't regret buying it.

I must agree that the songs for this season were amazing. It seems like every year the writing just gets better. However being a huge Alexz Johnson fan I was very disappointed. Besides the four songs she sung the album sounded like a night at a karaoke bar. Great songs with mediocre singers. This soundtrack was really an injustice if you want to hear amazing songs sung by an amazing singer. Download the four songs Alex sung and let the rest go.