Road Trip (Girl Authority album) explained

Road Trip
Type:Album
Artist:Girl Authority
Cover:Road Trip (Girl Authority album).jpg
Recorded:2006–2007
Genre:Rock, pop, children's music, teen pop
Label:Zoë Records
Producer:Scott Billington, Samantha Hammel, Liza Levy
Prev Title:Girl Authority
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Halloween Party Songs
Next Year:2007

Road Trip is the second and final album from American girl group Girl Authority. Unlike the first album, Road Trip is a mixture of cover songs and original songs performed by Girl Authority. Road Trip is also featured with a DVD, documenting a behind the scenes glance into the production of the album and the girls.

In the February, "Girl Talk" featuring "Urban Girl" Gina, she explains a few of the upcoming songs and the meaning behind the title of their second album.

Featured on this album is also a version of the early previously unreleased Depeche Mode song called "Let's Get Together" that Vince Clarke re-wrote for Girl Authority. Cyndi Lauper wrote "Shine", a ballad, featured on the album. Tanya Donelly wrote four tracks for the album, including the group's new signature song titled "This Is My Day". The album reached No. 30 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and No. 10 on the Top Kid Audio chart. With the release of Road Trip, the group's EP, Halloween Party Songs was sold along with the album at iParty stores as a promotion.

Track listing

  1. "Let's Get Together" (Vince Clarke) 2:53
  2. "Holiday" (Curtis Hudson) 4:41 – Madonna
  3. "Life Is a Highway" (Tom Cochrane) 3:54 – Tom Cochrane
  4. "Rhythm of the World" (Savan Kotecha, Nadir Khayat, Darryl Zero, Calanit Ledan) 3:44 – Ch!pz
  5. "We Are Family" (Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards) 3:42 – Sister Sledge
  6. "Reach" (Gloria Estefan, Diane Warren) 3:49 – Gloria Estefan
  7. "My Wild Side" (Andrea Wasse, Rob Wells, Christopher Ward) 2:56
  8. "This Is My Day" (Tanya Donelly) 3:10
  9. "The Loco-Motion" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) 3:18 – Little Eva, Grand Funk Railroad, Kylie Minogue
  10. "Vacation" (Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin) 2:53 – The Go-Go's
  11. "Car Wash (Girl Authority Mix)" (Norman Whitfield) 3:50 – Rose Royce
  12. "Shine" (Cyndi Lauper, William Wittman) 4:08 – Cyndi Lauper
  13. "Walking On Sunshine" (Kimberley Rew) 3:51 – Katrina and the Waves
  14. "Here to Stay" (Christina Aguilera, Heather Noelle Holley, George Henry Jackson) 3:14 – Christina Aguilera
  15. "Dancin' in the Streets" (Ivy Hunter, Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson) 2:59 – Martha and the Vandellas
  16. "This One's for the Girls" (Chris Hunter, Hillary Lindsey, Aimee Mayo) 4:01 – Martina McBride
  17. "Perfect Day" (Timothy James Price, Antonio Armato) 3:30 – Hoku
  18. "Don't Stop" (Christine McVie) 3:29 – Fleetwood Mac
  19. "Girl Authority (Theme)" (Scott Billington, Steve Bonner) 3:35