"Last Night," the first track of Disney star Vanessa Hudgens' second full-length, shows such promise. It's a lightly produced bit of poppy blues in 5/4 time—somewhere between Christina Aguilera's big-band phase and Bonnie Raitt's 19-year-old acoustic twang—that Hudgens manages to pull off with some level of soul.

First single "Sneakernight" is in a similar vein, with some upright piano and an organ providing a uniquely smart backdrop for what is essentially a paean to hip-hop-styled dance. The rest of "Identified," though, panders to the preteen demo with stop-start pop that ranges from pleasant (the title track) to dull ("Amazed") to off-putting ("Hook It Up"). But for little girls, this is one nonstop singalong. —Kerri Mason