Considering that she hasn't released a new album of original material in 17 years—a music-industry eternity in which many of her fellow vets have turned to singing standards and such—you might expect Donna Summer to reinvent herself as a breathy-voiced chanteuse on "Crayons." No dice. This surprisingly lively set finds the former disco diva teaming with a crew of young collaborators—including Greg Kurstin, Danielle Brisebois, Ziggy Marley, J.R. Rotem and Lester Mendez—for a series of uptempo forays into stomping dance-pop, juke-joint blues-rock, breezy Latin jazz and African-accented soul. Standouts include "I'm a Fire" (which recently topped Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart) and "Stamp Your Feet," where Summer beseeches listeners to "make a big-ass sound" over an improbable "Hollaback Girl"-like beat.—Mikael Wood