Farkle & Friends

John Lithgow | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: June 15, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00005LPRS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #512,090 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Animal Crackers In My Soup

2. Marsupial Sue

3. The Bandshell Right Next To The Zoo

4. I'd Rather Lead A Band

5. I Got Two Dogs

6. Carmencita

7. The Hippopotamus Song

8. The Remarkable Farkle McBride

9. The Wrong Note Rag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music For Fun, August 27, 2002

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This review is from: Farkle & Friends (Audio CD)

I purchased "Farkle and Friends" before even knowing about "Singing in the Bathtub". After reading reviews that this CD was a disappointing second children's album for him, I was shocked!! "Singing..." must be an extraordinary album. I will definitely buy "Singing.." after hearing "Farkle.." My 1 year old absolutely loves "Farkle and Friends". She has been a music lover since the day she was born. John Lithgow's lyrics entertain me and my baby. The sometimes big band sounds, sometimes orchestral sounds are absolutely enthralling.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this CD!!!, September 25, 2002

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This review is from: Farkle & Friends (Audio CD)

I am going to have to buy Lithgow's first CD because I can't believe everyone is saying this one isn't very good compared to the first one. I absolutely loved this CD. Definitely something very original compared to other kids CD's. I highly recommend purchasing this one if you aren't sure about it. Not all the songs are sing along songs but they are all entertaining and my kids love listening to them. I like them too and I can't say that about most of the kids CD's we have. Most kids music can be kinda boring to an adult, if you have to listen to it over and over, but this one is great!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goofy!!, August 3, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Farkle & Friends (Audio CD)

This goofy CD is the brainchild of actor and funnyman-extraordinaire, John Lithgow. Combined with Bill Elliott's orchestra, John sings his way through a number of funny old songs that my children and I found quite humorous. With only nine songs, it might look to be a short album, but it isn't. In fact, The Remarkable Farkle alone is almost fifteen minutes long!

As both of my children are in the local grade school band, I appreciated that this CD relies on an orchestra for the music. The Remarkable Farkle, in particular, is the story of a boy's falling in love with the orchestra, and I have used it to show my kids just how great orchestral music can be. So, if you have young children learning an instrument, or just like goofy music, then I highly recommend this album to you. Go get it!