The Hit Crew

"The Hit Crew" is a name used by record label "Turn Up the Music" for their revolving group of session musicians, who perform Sound-alike covers of hit songs. These covers tend to use keyboards to replace instruments like Horns, Strings, and Drums. Their covers have been panned by websites like Allmusic. Hit Crew albums are not usually artist "tributes" but programmed around a theme to be used at a party, theoretically allowing the host to play one album without having to create their own mix CD or act as a DJ. The band, such as it is, receives virtually no credit on albums, unlike Countdown Singers or Stars at Studio 99.

Reception

Allmusic has said that "Hit Crew brag about unleashing 250 new titles each year, but that's not necessarily a good thing when the recordings often sound cheaply made with barely competent musicians" and that "This isn't an outright dreadful collection, but a similarly themed compilation with original tracks would probably better suit the needs of most listeners".

ee also

*The Countdown Singers
*Sound-alike
*Tribute album
*The Studio Sound Ensemble