To misquote Paul Simon on Graceland, every generation throws a chipmunk up the children"s charts. That"s what Hampton the Hampster is, an updated, dancing, cyber chipmunk that came to life as a Web site bet and has flourished as an unlikely children"s music pop star. His songs, like the Chipmunks" fare from their vintage 1950s days, are marked by a pinched vocal delivery that"s cute, if a bit tiresome after long exposure. Hampsterdance, the Album shows off Hampton"s one-upping of the Chipmunks with an irresistible panoply of dance-club beats. The music shuffles and kicks as Hampton goes from his own nonsense lyrics to the likes of "Thank God I"m a Country Boy" and a pair of bonus holiday tracks, "Jingle Bells" and "Deck the Halls." Sure, Hampton"s shtick is a mite one-dimensional--thumpety dance beats and all--but the kids love this stuff. --Andrew Bartlett