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Track Listings
| 1. Fibber Island |
| 2. Four of Two |
| 3. Robot Parade |
| 4. No! |
| 5. Where Do They Make Balloons? |
| 6. In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle |
| 7. Violin |
| 8. John Lee Supertaster |
| 9. The Edison Museum |
| 10. The House at the Top of the Tree |
| 11. Clap Your Hands |
| 12. I Am Not Your Broom |
| 13. Wake Up Call |
| 14. I Am a Grocery Bag |
| 15. Lazyhead and Sleepybones |
| 16. Bed Bed Bed |
| 17. Sleepwalkers |
Product Description
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Hitch up your I-Pods, egg-headed hipsters of the future: They Might Be Giants, the out-there band that files its sound under the banner of "Can't We All Just Get Along" is speaking your language. What they're saying is No!, but in a way that's weirdly welcoming, especially to anybody who's over 3 and has a hard drive. No!'s computer enhancements (animation, games, and a sing-along scroll bar) don't assign the strictly audio experience to the so-what pile, but at certain moments they seem necessary--how else are you supposed to decipher a song ("Violin") whose only words are "violin," "hippo," and the ticking off of fractional segments of George Washington's head? Of course, to try to make sense of the 17 tunes contained here may be to miss the point. While TMBG's lyrical and vocal hijinks can be off-putting to grownups prone to self-consciousness about not getting the joke, the generation No! takes aim at needs nothing in the way of validation. Thus the brilliance of baggage-free ditties like "Fibber Island," where the natives strum rubber guitars and sew buttons on cars, "John Lee Supertaster," a rock & roll fantasy following a hero with heightened senses of sweet and sour, and "I Am a Grocery Bag," detailing what's bumping around in brown paper after a trip to the market. With their triumph over the tube (TMBG took home a Grammy for the theme to Malcolm in the Middle and perform and wrote the intro to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), frontmen John Linnell and John Flansburgh have already infiltrated the family market, sort of. No! finds the band bending to a level lots of other giants might overlook, but without cramping up. Given the right reach, They Could Be Kiddie Icons. -Tammy La Gorce
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great!,
By A Customer
This review is from: No! (Audio CD)
This CD is not only enjoyable for kids, but parents as well. It encourages kids to be silly and goofy and have fun. Isn't that the point?! My kids (4 and 1 1/2) love dancing and singing along with the CD and it's one that I encourage them to listen to.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for all ages,
By A Customer
This review is from: No! (Audio CD)
We bought this to have kids music in the house for my new son, but my husband and I love it!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Attuned to the mind of a child,
By A. Obata "ginghamtree" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: No! (Audio CD)
This album captures the triumphant exuberance of childhood in a way that few other children's albums do. Songs such as "Fibber Island" and "Robot Parade" encourage children to exercise imagination and creativity. In "Bed, Bed, Bed," watching TV is but one of many activities in a full day that includes meeting friends, riding bikes, and playing the guitar. Even better, some of the songs are educational ("Where Do They Make Balloons?", "The Edison Museum") with the spirit of play, not lectures. But best of all, the songs have both simplicity and sophistication to their goofiness to appeal to children and older listeners alike. "Violin" and "John Lee Superstar" are good examples of this.This album contains no bad language, violence, or encouragement of such, so most parents would not object to the material in this album. While some of the songs ("I Am Not Your Broom") may be interpreted as encouraging rebellion in children, I do not feel they are any more subversive than say, the poetry of Shel Silverstein. The whimsical interactive sequences mostly require only that you run your mouse over the images, so children who can't click the buttons can still enjoy them. My one-year-old nephew insisted on going to listen to the CD on the computer first thing in the morning for quite a while. I also bought this album for my TMBG fan friends who were soon to be parents, and they were delighted.
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