Customer Reviews

Dreamosaurus

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I have to wonder if the Grammy voters actually have kids, or if they merely vote for Name Brand as reflex. What a shame, when there's so much more creativity around than strictly Sesame Street. This album is a case in point. Not only is it stylish, catchy, well-performed and well-written musically, it is also uniquely educational. We were fortunate enough to have been able to attend some live performances by this talented group, but I know many families who haven't and whose kids still adore this album. The theme is dinosaurs, of course, but there's a sensitively-handled subtext about handling fears and nightmares. I can't recommend this one too highly, we're giving it as gifts all the time, along with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer's "Changing Channels" (which was also nominated for a Grammy and lost out to Sesame Street).

Okay, so I don't have kids. But this record has some great tunes that are fun to listen to (and sing along with).

It reminds me of "Starlight Express", with its introduction of different characters, each singing his or her own distinctive and individual song. There's an actual plot, which sweeps you along with it. And the singing is great.

I think kids (and other adults) will love this record. By the way, did you know that it was nominated for (and may have won) a Grammy? It's definitely worth the price.

This whole series is fantastic! They are done by real musicians with talent and excitement. It's fun for the kids and not annoying for parents. Some children's music is so out of tune and poorly done. Also, a lot of things for children include lots of potty humor or focus on characters who are rude or mean. These CDs do not include such traits and they are educational. They are really great quality entertainment for your children. You will be very pleased with them.

We received this CD as a gift and played it for our kids without previewing it first. We started to get leery as it mentioned Nelson's nightmares, but there was no need to be concerned -- this CD is AMAZING!

It has wonderful characters, excellent use of different musical styles, and you can learn more about dinosaurs as well. The concept of the dreamweavers helping you deal with your dreams has been adopted by our son (he lets his dreamweavers come on vacation with us).

As other reviewers have said, these DinoRock productions are great for kids. Each one has several songs that I love to sing along with, and I often sing or hum the catchiest parts off and on during the day.

But I must offer an opinion differing from all the other reviews I have read -- the narration is kind of annoying. And I feel bad expressing this opinion, because I really do like these works, but I would like them so-o-o much better if they had hired professional actors to do the spoken parts. I'm sorry, the tunes are great, but the spoken lines fall flat! Very amateur sounding. I'm pretty sure that even I could do a better job reading the lines. So, if you are easily annoyed by that type of production flaw, be fore-warned. But of course, the kids don't mind, and most assuredly don't even notice.