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Ralph's World

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Ralph Rocks! He's a successful rock & roller (see The Bad Examples), who with the birth of his daughter began creating music for children. Unlike so many in the genre, Ralph does not dumb down the music - you'll find sounds of rock, pop, folk, country, and even surf sounds, tied to infectious fun lyrics for kids. There are familiar tunes mixed with clever originals. Ralph's effort allows both parents and children alike to enjoy his music.

Given the choice, our daughters nearly always opt to listen to Ralph, and as their parents, we are forever thankful. As an added bonus, for those with daughters, on this album you will find the gem "Bedtime Girl" which will melt your hearts.

Finally, if you ever have the opportunity to share a live show of Ralph's World with your children, do it! He is even better in a live venue, check it out!

My husband and I really like music, but when we had our son we started listening to more kids' crap than our own music. This album is fun, catchy, and best-of-all, we ALL enjoy listening to it. It's a nice alternative to some of the other children music we've had to endure!

I have a toddler son and have purchased a lot of kids music. Candidly, most of the dreck marketed as kid's music is from people with little musical, vocal and songwriting ability. It is painful to listen to, like fingernails on a chalkboard to my ears -- repeat listenings can only compared to water torture. As a former musician and the son of a music teacher, I really love music -- so it's tough for me to settle for horrible music for my son. That is exactly why I am so appreciative of Ralph's World.

Ralph's World, the product of Ralph Covert and band, is completely on the other end of the spectrum. It's well written, well performed and even enjoyable for adults. I was playing in some of same midwest clubs and colleges as Ralph and his band the Bad Examples back in the 1980's/early 1990's, and I was always impressed by Ralph's songwriting and performance abilities. His style is definitely routed in the Beatles / Squeeze / Crowded House school of songwriting and performance and he is a talented songwriter. The great thing is, he's brought these talents and quality to kid's music. My 3 year old son loves Ralph's World music and we have just about everything he's put out. Even better, I enjoy listening to Ralph's World with my son and wife and we all sing along. I've recommended Ralph's World music to numerous friends with similar aged children and just about everyone ends up a fan.

Finally, we just caught our first Ralph's World concert a week ago and it was a blast. Highly recommended.

This was the second CD by Ralph's world and my son, who is 16 months old, loved the first one (mostly because he knew some of the songs from the disney channel). This CD is capturing his attention as well, it is entertaining my son (and his parents) almost everytime we drive our car for more than 10 minutes. I recommend this CD and will likely buy his other ones as well.

The original Ralphs World is still my favorite. I buy this CD for every new baby that comes along and everyone always gets more of the Ralphs World series after hearing this one. Great music for all young children and enjoyable tunes for adults also.

This is a great band for kids who are around 5-8, and even though it's Disney, the band was around a LONG time before they signed with Disney, and this is their OWN music, not prepackaged Hannah Montana crap. My kids loved to sing along to the silly, sweet song and they still like it even though they're in 4th and 5th grade, but the band isn't so sugary sweet that it drives the parents insane. Ralph is a real singer-songwriter and his songs are smart and funny and he doesn't sing down to the kids. We liked this better than Dan Zanes, who we also appreciate, but who seems to try too hard to appeal to parents with his songs and his guest singers. This Ralph's World album was my kids' favorite, hands down. Great for the car! We give this to other parents, and even though they're skeptical about "kids" music, they end up telling us they love it.