Track Listing

1. Four Tet featuring Princess Watermelon - Go Go Ninja Dinosaur
2. Rasputina - A Skeleton Bang
3. Franz Ferdinand - Jackie Jackson
4. Snow Patrol - I am an Astronaut
5. The Divine Comedy - Three Cheers For Pooh, Cottleston Pie, Piglet Ho
6. The Kooks - The King & I
7. Half Man Half Biscuit - David Wainwright's Feet
8. The Barcelona Pavilion - Tidy Up Tidy Up
9. Jonathan Richman - Our Dog is Getting Older Now
10. Ivor Cutler Trio - Mud
11. Belle and Sebastian - The Monkeys are Breaking Out the Zoo
12. Kathryn Williams - Night Baking

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29544 in Music
• Released on: 2006-10-16
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

An Instant Children's Classic
If, as a parent, you are sick of the fact that "children's" albums seem to consist solely of muzak versions of nursery rhymes, and you'd secretly prefer to be playing the latest Killers album, then this should be top of your purchase list. It seems such a simple concept - get some of the country's top bands, ask them to write and record a song for children, and put out the resulting compilation for charity - that you wonder why it has taken until now to do it.

And what a fantastic bunch of songs they are too, a selection to please everyone from toddlers to 10-11 year olds, and equally importantly will keep parents happy that their offspring are listening to good quality music.

So we have silly sing-along songs (Four Tet, The Divine Comedy, Ivor Cutler); cautionary tales of the dangers of eating too many cakes (Franz Ferdinand) or not wearing correctly sized shoes (Half Man Half Biscuit); lullabies (Kathryn Williams); sad songs (Jonathan Richman); and songs to feed their imagination (Snow Patrol).

Each of the songs works well on a number of levels - Franz Ferdinand's hilarious contribution will also help with counting and maths, for example.

Special mention must be made of Belle and Sebastian's brilliant "The Monkeys are Breaking Out the Zoo". Apart from being the band responsible for pulling together the compilation, they have (for pre-school children at least) the outstanding track on the album, a wonderful sing-along with great sound effects.

In a perfect world, every child would get a copy in its Christmas stocking. So do your bit to make the world better and buy your child/niece/nephew/grandchild a copy.

Great album, but not an original idea.
I have heard bits of this album on their web site and it sounds great. I will be buying this album.
If you like this kind of music and want more, then check out the They Might Be Giants album called 'NO'.This was recorded a few years ago now but is another album of original songs for children and its great.

Tremendously Fantastic
A very clever auntie got this for my 4yr old son for christmas, and it's not been off the CD player in the car since. He (and i) love singing along to Franz's Jackie Jackson and Belle and Sebastion's Monkey's breaking out of the zoo!!! It's ssssoooooo much fun (half man half biscuit) and a welcome break from some of the twee kid's cd's out there. I'm buying it for children of friend's and i'm sure they'll thank me for it, as well as for being a worthy cause!!