The Chipmunks - Chipmunk Adventure (CD)

All Music Guide

Of the several Chipmunk albums transferred from record to CD, Chipmunk Adventure is a most deserving one; it spins lightweight fun with sentimentality and values the Chipmunks as feeling and wistful creatures, not just vocalists on high speed. Composer and lyricist Randy Edelman lends a great hand in shaping the world through their eyes, and because the film plot is based on a hot air balloon ride across the continents, it really does involve the world. Songs like "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi" and "Mexican Holiday" will appease fans of the old Chipmunks records. A duet face-off between Chipmunks and Chipettes for the purpose of topping each other is epitomized on "The Girls of Rock N Roll" which became a modern classic. The soft ballads sung by Chipettes, "My Mother," "Flying With the Eagles," and "Off to See the World," are inviting and shockingly emotional. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra provides the beautiful theme song.

- Peter Fawthrop, All Music Guide