Emily Songs

Ben Rudnick | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 31, 2001)
• Original Release Date: November 25, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bartlett Ave. Records
• ASIN: B00005OCZF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #501,277 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Like Silver, I Like Gold

2. I Need A Hand

3. DaDaLaDa

4. Cowgirl Song

5. Salt Creek

6. Skip To My Lou

7. Rainy Day

8. The Window

9. El Cumbanchero

10. Monkey and the Engineer

11. Brad's Polka

Editorial Reviews

Publisher's Weekly, April 9, 2000

Peppy blend of banjo, guitar, mandolin and other instruments give Rudnick's debut children's recording buoyant sense of fun.

Product Description

"Emily Songs" is happy, bouncy, bluegrassy music for kids and their parents. Winner of a Parent's Choice award, a Dr. Toy Best Vacation Product Award and a John Lennon Songwriting Award, "Emily Songs" features Jeff Bird of the Cowboy Junkies, and blends great, upbeat music with healthy doses of silliness and messages that ring true for kids and parents alike.

Conceived while creating music for a kid's birthday party, the tunes are fun and engaging for children of all ages. "I Like Silver, I Like Gold" blends children's love of colors with rhymes and an infectious rhythm. Children and parents alike will relate to "I Need a Hand," a song that has some serious fun with what it means to cross the street and to just get through the day.

Mixed with the originals are classics such as "Skip to My Lou", done as you've never heard them before: kids will be unable to resist singing along. A couple of good old-fashioned fiddle tunes round it all out; if they don't get you dancing, nothing will!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give Raffi a Rest, April 2, 2002

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David Wright (Arlington, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Emily Songs (Audio CD)

My daughter liked Raffi and the other classics when we put them on, but she never asked for them. This is one she asks for--a lot. It's lively and fun, and treats kids like sophisticated listeners who can enjoy layers of sounds and catchy rhythms, just like adults--which is why I think it appeals to all ages. This is a CD that stays on the carousel at our house.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of fun even for grownups, January 28, 2002

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Shirley Braley "ravenous reader" (Arlington, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emily Songs (Audio CD)

Rudnick's songs are geared towards children, but that doesn't tell the whole story. It is simply impossible to be in a bad mood listening to this music, and I'm pretty much fully grown up. The instrumental renditions of traditional songs are particularly catchy, and "The Window", "I Need a Hand", and "Cowgirl Song" had me singing along and making up my own verses. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Ben Rudnick and Friends - great entertainment!, October 16, 2003

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Robert T. Trabucchi Jr. "blather" (Nashua, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Emily Songs (Audio CD)

Finally, an album that parents can admit to liking and not worry that their friends will laugh. 12 toe tapping tunes that kids love and parents can enjoy as well. Bought for a car trip for our 2,4,and 6 year old. All of them love it. It is now part of the permanent collection we keep in our car. Also great for kiddie dance sessions that we have to break the bordum of a rainy day. Highly recommend. Better than Raffi in my opinion.