Return To Pooh Corner

Winnie The Pooh (Related Recordings), Kenny Loggins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 2009)
• Original Release Date: May 10, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
• ASIN: B0000029FW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (192 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,204 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #7 in Music > Children's Music > Lullabies
  • #67 in Music > Pop > Soft Rock
  • #84 in Music > Pop > Adult Contemporary > General AAS

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

The appeal of this album isn't limited to children--though the gentle repertoire and soft acoustic musical accompaniment will surely soothe little ones at the end of a long day, adults will find the silky-smooth vocals, beautiful harmonies, and creative production just as engaging. Parents will enjoy listening to the metamorphosis of Loggins's 1969 Top 40 hit "House on Pooh Corner" to the updated '90s version. And with titles like the traditional "All the Pretty Little Ponies" and "To-Ra-Loo-Ra" and covers of Paul Williams's "Rainbow Connection," Jimmy Webb's "The Last Unicorn," and John Lennon's "Love," Mom might find herself borrowing this CD from the nursery when it comes time to kick back and relax after the kids are asleep. --Deborah Moore

Product Description

Here is a collection of some of my favorite children's songs covering my many years of being a dad. I consider these mostly classic compositions, beautiful and simple; some written for movies, some haunting standards and a few written by contemporary singers for their own children. Of all the things my kids and I have done together, the quiet times of night-songs and bedtime snuggles will endure as my most precious memories. I can still see Crosby's face as a little one begging me for "more, Daddy, more, more" of "Winnie The Pooh" (as he called it), or rocking Cody to "To-Ra-Loo-Ra" (if he didn't fall asleep before we made it to his bedroom). And it's not over yet. I'm still singing to Isabella and on into the future to Luke. And I'm loving it. They're my best audience, even if my only applause is the deep slow breathing of a sleeping baby. Delicious. So at long last, the work of a lifetime. Here are the songs I sing to my children...should I say "part one"?

- Kenny Loggins

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 110 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Magic for Children and Adults Alike, May 9, 2000

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Carol McCardell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return To Pooh Corner (Audio CD)

I realize from the large amount of reviews for this CD that everyone loves Return to Pooh Corner. It is wonderful to relax and unwind to. Babies, children, and adults love it. For the shopper who hasn't actually seen the CD cover, here are the songs listed on it:

1. All the Pretty Little Ponies (with background vocals from David Crosby and Graham Nash)

2. Neverland Medley: Somewhere Out There/Never Never Land/ Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder reprises his voice as Willy Wonka at the begining of Pure Imagination)

3. Return to Pooh Corner (Kenny originally wrote this song as a high school senior as a farewell to childhood. Now he rearranged it and added more lyrics)

4. Rainbow Connection (from the Muppet Movie)

5. St. Judy's Comet (written by Paul Simon)

6. The Last Unicorn

7. Cody's Song (Written by Kenny Loggins for his son Cody)

8. The Horses

9. Love (written by John Lennon)

10. To-Ra-Loo-Ra (a traditional Irish Lullaby)

I can't say enough about this CD. It gives me the warm Fuzzys. My 76 year-old mother also commented several times how much she liked this CD. This CD pampers the souls of young and old alike.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Musical Tribute to Childhood!, July 5, 2000

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E. M. Holderman (Perryville, Kentucky USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Return To Pooh Corner (Audio CD)

A friend gave this cd to me several years ago. I've always liked Kenny Loggin's music, so I feel in love with this album. A cd full of beloved lullabies, it's great for adults, babies and kids alike. When my brother and sister- in- law were still expecting their baby, I bought them this cd. They loved it too! After my nephew was finally born in May, they continue to play it. I think he recognized the music because his Mommy and Daddy played it so much when he was still in the womb...haha ...but it's true. It's relaxing and I love the artists that join Loggins in his musical tribute to childhood...David Crosby, Graham Nash, Patti Austin, David Benoit, Gene Wilder, Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, and Chet Akins. When I listen to it, it reminds me of my own childhood....those carefree, fun, innocent days. All The Pretty Little Ponies is just beautiful, as is The Last Unicorn, Love (written by John Lennon and one of my favorites), and the Irish lullaby, To-Ra-Loo-Ra. Rainbow Connection brings back memories of Kermit the Frog, sitting on a log in his pond, with his banjo, singing this ditty. Cody's Song, which Loggins wrote for his son, is very touching - a song every parent can relate to. The Neverland Medley, which includes Somewhere Out There, Never Never Land, and Pure Imagination, is a beautiful duet featuring Loggins and Austin. It's a really enjoyable and soothing cd!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST CD I EVER BOUGHT!, November 17, 1999

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"gypsycaine" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Return To Pooh Corner (Audio CD)

I first heard the song "Return to Pooh Corner" on the radio when I was pregnant, and it hit me very close to home (I had an invisible friend as a child named "Christopher Robin" I loved Pooh so much, my son's nursery is decorated in Pooh). My mother and I had just been discussing C-Robin two days earlier, and it was so wonderful, I sat and started crying. Almost immediately, I located a copy to copy, and that poor tape and I were friends my entire pregnancy. I played it ever night to sleep with. When my son was born, I would play it, and he would instantly lie and be calm (wonder why?). As soon as I could I bought a copy of the CD and it was played instead just as much. I am purchasing a replacement for it from Amazon! I didn't know CD's could wear out. It's a terrific CD for adults and children. The Rainbow connection brought back so many memories of my love of the muppets, the Willy Wonka song made me laugh, for I still knew all the words, and the Last Unicorn haunted me. I still love this music very much, and there are still times "Pooh" makes me cry, yet, esp. watching my son sleep with his own Pooh bear.