I Got Shoes

Sweet Honey In The Rock, Music for Little People | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 12, 1994)
• Original Release Date: April 12, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Music Little People
• ASIN: B000002M65
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,237 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Parents' Choice®

To say Sweet Honey in the Rock sings à capella is an understatement; they are a vocal orchestra, using voices like instruments to create multi-layered music. Moving from traditional African songs (Tama Tama Tamali, Somagwaza), the album also includes African-American spirituals (I Got Shoes, Little David Play on Your Harp) and contemporary originals from rap (Young and Positive) to lullaby. Here is rich invigorating listening.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wonderful CD to give as a present!, July 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Got Shoes (Audio CD)

I love giving this cd as a gift, to teachers or childcare providers, or new moms. It's kids' music you can stand to hear over and over (and some of us know just how rare that is), and feel good about exposing kids to traditions and musical concepts they might not otherwise encounter. We listen to the numbers songs in the car, we sing the shoo-fly song when we go walking--it's been a gift to my little family to have these songs added to our lives.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Honey in the Rock is Fantastic!, January 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: I Got Shoes (Audio CD)

Although folk isn't a style a music much heard by anyone but its devotees, there can be some real treasures in this section. Sweet Honey in the Rock is one of them. As a young teenager, I find that this music doesn't fit into the "fuddy-duddy" image that young people today think of as Folk. Sweet Honey provides you with cool, soulful tunes, with beat and fire to spare. Try listening to "Young and Positive", and see if that doesn't bolster your self-esteem. The complex harmonies appeal to me especially, since I am a singer, but to the uninitiated ear, they are pure ecstasy. This is a rare and amazing gem in the soup of today's music!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars no skip overs, April 17, 2005

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Christie Schilling "eight isn't enough" (colona il) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Got Shoes (Audio CD)

being the mother of 8 children it is hard to please everyone (ages 18 to newborn)in the car at the same time. this cd is one of the few cds we have that we do not skip over songs. we love this cd.