- Listen UP!
Listen UP!
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Featuring Jim Babjak of The Smithereens, Kurt Reil of The Grip Weeds and Kevin Kammeraad of The Tomato Collection, Listen UP! is a fresh new collection of songs great not only for your children but for the whole family!
This CD was produced to bear in mind not only young listeners, but fans of One Size Fits All who are now six years older then when that CD first came out. This is unmistakably three dimensional real rock and roll - a hallmark as Danny's friends & fans know. Adlerman and crew continue to push the envelope with this new offering. You have not heard this before, yet you will be comfortable with the first spin. In the tradition of One Size Fits All, Listen UP! is respectful of a child's intelligence, great rock & roll, and a terrific good time! Parents will love it as much as kids.
This CD was produced to bear in mind not only young listeners, but fans of One Size Fits All who are now six years older then when that CD first came out. This is unmistakably three dimensional real rock and roll - a hallmark as Danny's friends & fans know. Adlerman and crew continue to push the envelope with this new offering. You have not heard this before, yet you will be comfortable with the first spin. In the tradition of One Size Fits All, Listen UP! is respectful of a child's intelligence, great rock & roll, and a terrific good time! Parents will love it as much as kids.
Review:
Danny Adlerman assembled a group of talented musicians for this eclectic collection of kid-friendly music. Most of the 12 tunes were either written by Adlerman or co-written with Jim Babjak. The Buddy Holly-inspired “When I Grow Up” leads right into the contemporary pop rock “In the Future”; both songs focus on thinking about the singer’s future. Standouts include “The Veggie Song” (a rock tune about how yummy veggies taste), “Sweet Pea Emily” (a Caribbean-flavored tribute to a girl, featuring tight harmonies and percussion), “Too Much Pizza Blues” (a blues song about the effects of eating too much pizza), and “Hundred’s Day” (a country-flavored number celebrating the 100th day of school). The traditional call-response chant, “Flea Fly,” is a crowd-pleaser as it speeds up each time it is repeated.
Closing the recording, Alderman sings “Rock-a-bye Baby” (a lullaby that channels the sound of the Beatles) from his book of the same title (Charlesbridge, 2004). The album’s humor and playfulness will appeal to the school-age crowd who are looking for music with just a little more sophistication than Raffi.
–Stephanie Bange, Wilmington-Stroop Branch, Dayton Metro Library, OH
Closing the recording, Alderman sings “Rock-a-bye Baby” (a lullaby that channels the sound of the Beatles) from his book of the same title (Charlesbridge, 2004). The album’s humor and playfulness will appeal to the school-age crowd who are looking for music with just a little more sophistication than Raffi.
–Stephanie Bange, Wilmington-Stroop Branch, Dayton Metro Library, OH