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Listeners may never get to the bottom of who is actually cuter after spinning Mary-Kate and Ashley and Friends' I Am the Cute One, but they'll probably emerge more enamored of the tireless two. Here they let their inventive side hang out, spiking it with well-timed shots of silliness and sweetness. First cut "Double Up" is an image-heavy jump roper's anthem in which even the Dallas Cowboys dip in for a double dutch; "Broccoli and Chocolate" relates a Rastafarian-styled love affair between a vegetable and a candy bar to bouncy reggae beats ("This is the story of broccoli and chocolate / It make the people talk a lot"); and "Ida Know" brings to light who's responsible for dastardly deeds like sticking a finger in the strudel and vacuuming the poodle--the naughty Miss Ida Know, as the twins have long contended. In addition to this set's strictly-for-kids songs and sketches, the cute ones really come through for Mom in a two-song tribute. "Don't Let Your Mom Go Shopping" is a chuckle-inducing tune about a mother's mall expedition gone wrong ("The Day-Glo raincoat, it's uglier than sin / And about the Bambi lunchbox... Earth to Mom, come in!"), and "Mom's Song" piles on the platitudes ("You're funny and you're smart / If we could we'd elect you president of the mothers"). Another standout is "My Horse and Me," a sad, simple lament that would-be young riders won't want to miss. --Tammy La Gorce