Pop 'Til You Drop

1	Floorfiller 3:14
2	Can't Help Falling in Love 3:04
3	Let Your Heart Do All the Talking 3:24
4	Closer to Perfection 3:11
5	Hi and Goodbye 4:13
6	This Year 2:52
7	Slam 3:04
8	Cross My Heart 3:35
9	Singled Out 4:13
10	Oh, Oh...Yeah 3:04
11	In the Blink of an Eye 3:30
12	School's Out 3:03

Barnes & Noble

They made an initial splash with a disc of sugary-sweet ABBA covers, 2000's The ABBA Generation, but the A-Teens have since broadened their songbook to include sugary-sweet tunes from other sources. With Pop 'Til You Drop!, the youthful Swedes match the ear candy of their last disc, Teen Spirit, once again dividing vocal duties among the members of the gender-balanced quartet, echoing both ABBA and more recent Swedish predecessors Ace of Base. The resulting sound spans both breezy, Britney-like ballads ("This Year") and more beat-driven N*Sync-ish dance jams ("Slam"). Whichever style they're attempting, the Teens make the most of their gorgeous harmonies, whether on the electro-funk lite "Floorfiller," the soaring Latin-flavored ballad "Cross My Heart," or "Closer to Perfection," a synth-heavy, Human League-reminiscent track. This fresh-scrubbed quartet even put their stamp on a perky cover of the Elvis Presley smash "Can't Help Falling in Love" -- also included on the Disney soundtrack for Lilo & Stitch -- and a campy remake of Alice Cooper's "School's Out," complete with Michael Jackson-like whoops, Vocoder-drenched vocals, and bubbly rhythms. With Pop 'Til You Drop, the A-Teens get an upgrade to the A-list of contemporary pop acts. Dave Gil de Rubio

All Music Guide

When the A-Teens paid tribute to ABBA on 1999's The ABBA Generation, it was obvious that none of the group's members had great voices. But they had great material to work with; "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," and other ABBA hits are Europop classics. So, despite their limitations as vocalists, the A-Teens were able to provide a pleasant, if unremarkable, tribute to Sweden's most famous Euro-popsters. But Pop 'Til You Drop, the A-Teens' third album, is another matter; this time, they are saddled with a lot of pedestrian material. While The ABBA Generation had more of a Hi-NRG/Euro-dance outlook, Pop 'Til You Drop isn't as consistently European-sounding. The ABBA influence has not disappeared altogether -- "Closer to Perfection," for example, is full of ABBA-isms -- but overall, this bubblegum CD favors more of an American teen pop approach along the lines of Britney Spears, *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. And more often than not, Pop 'Til You Drop has a mechanical, assembly-line quality. Nonetheless, the CD has its moments. The A-Teens' dance-pop remake of Alice Cooper's "School's Out" (which features Cooper himself) may offend some '70s rock devotees -- some Cooper fans may be horrified that the influential shock-rocker would have anything to do with a teen pop act. Regardless, the A-Teens' "School's Out" cover is fun and is arguably Pop 'Til You Drop's best track. And the mildly funky "Floorfiller" (one of the album's more European-sounding tunes) has a somewhat Silver Convention-ish charm -- the high-tech production is early 2000s, although the hook has a "Get Up and Boogie"/"Funky Party" type of Euro-disco vibe. But the memorable tracks are the exception instead of the rule. The ABBA Generation is still the A-Teens' best album, and Pop 'Til You Drop is, for the most part, a forgettable exercise in Britney Spears/*NSYNC/Backstreet Boys worship. Alex Henderson