Center Stage [Sony]

1	I Wanna Be With You / Mandy Moore 5:01
2	First Kiss / International Five 3:52
3	Don't Get Lost In The Crowd (From Center Stage) / Ashley Ballard 3:35
4	We're Dancing / P.Y.T. 3:35
5	Friends Forever / Thunderbugs 3:43
6	Get Used To This / Cyrena 4:09
7	A Girl Can Dream / P.Y.T. 4:09
8	Cosmic Girl / Jamiroquai 4:03
9	Higher Ground / Red Hot Chili Peppers 3:23
10	Come Baby Come / Elvis Crespo 4:09
11	The Way You Make Me Feel / Michael Jackson 4:57
12	If I Was the One / Ruff Endz 4:28
13	Canned Heat / Jamiroquai 5:32
14	I Wanna Be with You / Mandy Moore Soul Solution Remix 4:20

Barnes & Noble

Beautiful dancers, romance, and New York City -- "Center Stage" is a flick with all the makings of a modern girl's fairy tale -- the ultimate fantasy indulgence for any woman who has ever dreamed of being the prima ballerina, with all the inherent beauty and glamour it entails. The soundtrack, too, has an assortment of guilty pleasures; the first half of the tracks are swoony, girly pop tracks in the vein of the Spice Girls' catchy dance anthems, mostly performed by generic unknowns. The star of the soundtrack is Mandy Moore's "I Wanna Be with You," a breathy, heady ballad from Moore's 2000 album of the same name. But the real action kicks in on the second half of the soundtrack with older tracks, including Jamiroquai's disco-esque "Cosmic Girl"; the Red Hot Chili Peppers' bass-rockin' cover of the Stevie Wonder classic "Higher Ground"; Elvis Crespo and Gizelle D'Cole's merengue crowd-mover "Come Baby Come"; and Michael Jackson's sexy BAD-era funk track "The Way You Make You Feel." CENTER STAGE may never match the torrid and tailor-made dance movie soundtracks of, say, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, but the ear-candy adds up to a mix-tape of sugary goodies -- and that, after all, is a breakfast of champions for all prima ballerinas. Ganda Suthivarakom

All Music Guide

The original soundtrack to Center Stage, a musical drama about aspiring dance students, features songs by Jill Scott, Cyrena, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Michael Jackson. Mandy Moore's "I Wanna Be With You," Jamiroquai's "Canned Heat," International Five's "First Kiss," and Ruff Endz "If I Was the One" are some of the high points from this eclectic collection, which also includes songs by Elvis Crespo & Gizelle, P.Y.T., and Ashley Ballard. Heather Phares