Dog Train

Sandra Boynton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: CDBY
• ASIN: B000FTVZF0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,924 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Full of attitude, full of fun, and lit up with star power, and boasting a variety of Top 40 styles--rock and roll, blues, hip-hop, and power pop--DOG TRAIN features all original songs recorded by a mix of big-name acts and great voices: Blues Traveler, Alison Krauss, Hootie and the Blowfish, "Weird Al"Yankovic and Kate Wnslet, the Spin Doctors and more. It is also a full color book that features a portion of each song's lyrics set as a little story, accompanied by Boynton's irresistible hippos, cows, dogs, and more dogs. Full lyrics appear in the back. Dog Train A Wild Ride on the Rock-and-Roll Side by Sandra Boynton Full color illustrations throughout 64 pages Comes with music CDS in sleeve

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grown-up musicians with kid-friendly lyrics, November 7, 2006

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D's Mamma (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dog Train (Audio CD)

I like this CD. A friend gave it to me, describing it as (I think) "grown-up music with kid's lyrics." It's not harsh on the ears (which is how I'd describe the Wiggles most of the time) but I don't find it quite as kid-friendly as Laurie Berkner or kids music with more of a folky sound. It's not music my daughter or I can sing along to easily.

Some of the songs stand out more than others. She really liked "Tantrum", "Pots and Pans", and "The Penguin Lament". The only ones we didn't like were "The Boring Song" or "Thus Quacked Zarathustra". She loved the title song and "Cow Planet" which is good since each of them repeats.

There are some artists on this I really like and others I could live without but we definitely like far more of it than we dislike. This is more for parents who'd prefer to listen to their own CDs of these type of artists but find the lyrical content not really child-friendly. It may be a nice change of pace for those who have other CDs for kids and want something a little less saccharine. I don't find the songs to be "edgy" but they're not as bubble-gum as on most kids CDs. I'll definitely check out other Boynton CDs now.

Since it's currently missing here's a song/artist list:

1. Tantrum - Spin Doctors
2. Thus Quacked Zarathustra - The O.K. Chorale
3. Dog Train - Blues Traveler
4. Sneakers - Mark Lanegan
5. Cow Planet - Billy J. Kramer
6. Boring Song - Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme
7. Pots and Pans - The Bacon Brothers with Mickey Hart
8. I Need a Nap - Weird Al Yankovic & Kate Winslet
9. Evermore - Alison Krauss
10. Cow Planet episode 2 - Billy J. Kramer
11. Penguin Lament - John Ondrasik of Five For Fighting
12. (Don't Give Me That) Broccoli - The Phenomenauts
13. Dragonfire - Rob Hyman & Eric Bazilian
14. Cow Planet episode 3 - Billy J. Kramer & Mootopia
15. Wave Bye-Bye - Doshie Luther
16. Rock to Sleep 54 - Hootie & the Blowfish
17. Dog Train Midnight Jam - John Popper & Brendan Hill

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dog Train by Sandra Boynton, June 7, 2006

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S. Meltzer (Fitchburg, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Train (Audio CD)

This is an excellent package! The CD has wonderful, fun and irreverant songs that my son loves. All songs are performed by musicians/groups including The Spin Doctors, Blues Travellers, The Bacon Brothers...Steve and Edie Gormet, Wierd Al Yankovic and more. The book has typical Boynton illustrations and song lyrics... also, sheet music and info on the various musicians. Definately a good buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This item is just the CD., August 10, 2010

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E. Dunlavey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dog Train (Audio CD)

This item is for the CD only. If you search for this item in books Dog Train: A Wild Ride on the Rock-and-Roll Side (Book & CD), you can find that the book comes with the CD too. And if you buy the book/CD used, you can get it for a lot less than if you buy just the CD.