A.N.T. Farm (soundtrack)

A.N.T. Farm is the soundtrack album for the Disney Channel television series A.N.T. Farm. It was released on October 11, 2011 by Walt Disney Records. Most of the soundtrack features songs performed in the first season of the series by the lead actress China Anne McClain, as well as new songs performed by cast members Carlon Jeffery and Stefanie Scott, and China Anne and her two sisters, known as the McClain Sisters. The soundtrack was successful, spending five weeks on the Billboard kids chart in 2011. It sold 14,000 copies within the first week of release.

Overview
Most of the songs on the soundtrack are performed by the show's lead actress, China Anne McClain, including the show's theme song, "Exceptional," and covers of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite" and Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". "Dynamite" and McClain's original song, "Calling All the Monsters," were released as singles from the soundtrack. "Calling All the Monsters" was the first single to chart, peaking at number 86 on America and charting in two more countries.

There are also two songs by cast member Carlon Jeffery: a kid-friendly cover of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's "Summertime" and an original song, "Pose," with fellow cast member Stefanie Scott. There are two songs performed by McClain and her sisters Lauryn and Sierra, together known as the McClain Sisters. All of the songs by McClain are solely featured in the first season of the series whereas the other songs did were not featured in the series.

Critical reception
James Christopher Monger of Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, referring to the theme song as "catchy".

Commercial performance
The soundtrack peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard 200. It has also peaked at number 2 on the US Top Soundtracks and topped the US Kid Albums chart.

Other uses
So far, two songs from the soundtrack have been used in other Disney Channel works besides A.N.T. Farm: "Calling All the Monsters" was used in "Beam It Up", a season 2 Halloween episode of the series Shake It Up. "Pose" by Stefanie Scott and Carlon Jeffery was featured in the Disney Channel Original Movie Frenemies (2012), which Scott starred in.

Personnel
Credits for A.N.T. Farm adapted from Allmusic


 * 1984- mixing, producer
 * Ali Dee- mixing, producer
 * Johan Alkenäs- composer, producer
 * Robert Bell- composer
 * Ronald Bell- composer
 * George Brown- composer
 * Taio Cruz- composer
 * Kara DioGuardi- composer
 * John Fields- mixing, producer
 * Toby Gad- composer, mixing, producer
 * Steve Gerdes- art direction
 * Lukasz Gottwald- composer
 * Paul David Hager- mixing
 * Wes Jones- composer
 * Spencer Lee- composer
 * Benjamin Levin- composer
 * Jon Lind- A&R
 * Lamar Mahone- composer
 * Stephen Marcussen- mastering
 * Dani Markman- A&R
 * Max Martin- composer
 * Charlie Mason- composer
 * China McClain- composer
 * Lauryn McClain -composer, guitar
 * Michael McClain- composer, producer, programming
 * Sierra McClain- composer, guitar


 * Bonnie McKee- composer
 * Robert "Spike" Mickens- composer
 * Niclas Molinder- composer, producer
 * Dave Pensado- mixing
 * Linda Perry- composer
 * Joacim Persson- composer, producer
 * Lindy Robbins- composer
 * JD Salbego- additional production
 * Mathew Sherman- composer
 * Craig Simpkins- composer
 * Claydes Smith- composer
 * Michael "Smidi" Smith- mixing, producer
 * Michael Dennis Smith- composer
 * Will Smith- composer
 * Steve Sterling- design
 * Alton Taylor- composer
 * Louie Teran- mastering
 * Cory Thomas- composer
 * Dennis Thomas- composer
 * Steven Vincent- executive in charge of music, soundtrack executive
 * Windy Wagner- composer
 * Richard Westfield- composer