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“Glee: The Music, Volume 1” (Columbia) : B-

If you love Fox’s hit “Glee,” you already love the songs on this soundtrack (and you probably already downloaded the tunes individually). But if you haven’t tuned in yet, this album will likely just make you want put on some Queen and Journey records. The songs on “Glee” are great because, well, the songs are great. The best covers here - “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Somebody to Love,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” - are among the best pop songs ever written. Having them performed by a cheeky chorus of misfit (and uber-talented) kids doesn’t change that. But it also doesn’t add much, the big exception being the swing version of “Dancing With Myself.” Without the show’s visuals, the weaker material is boring. The ballads are bland and the hip-hop is vanilla - or even more vanilla than the original in the case of “Bust A Move.” Download: “Don’t Stop Believin’,” because any version of the song rules.

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