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Sing America

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I adore The Broadway Kids. I absolutely love talented children's voices. It is the most soothing sound on earth to me...well, I really like the sound of rainstorms too, and water tapping on my window as an icycle melts...but whatever...the Kids are to me as pleasant as anything I have ever before in my life heard.

I have a bit of critique regarding the album "The Broadway Kids Sing America". First the song selection is wonderfully varied, even if a couple of tunes are somewhat 'Country'. If the Kids sing them...I LOVE the songs no matter the genre.

BUT! Whoever it is that arranges the individual songs needs to pay very close attention to this next comment. We who love and adore The Broadway Kids might also like choruses and choirs, but quite frankly many great children's choruses and choirs sound a lot alike.

With The Broadway Kids, each young singer is originally selected from a rigorous audition process because each one has an EXQUISITE singing voice. His or her vocal range is staggering, and the tremolo is usually spine-tingling. Pitch is perfect. Dialect is cuter than buttons, and the vowel expression especially of the youngest singers is too precious for mere words to describe.

Unfortunately this is too often a CHORUS or CHOIR version. It is still at all times georgeous of course, but we listeners who cherish prodigal children's voices are subsequently forbidden from hearing the unbelievable beauty inherent in each of these young performers. From the most beautiful voices we want long solos within each song. My favorite Broadway Kid of all time is Lacey Chabert when she sang "The Girl I Mean To Be". And my next favorite Kid song is "Castle on a Cloud". Both of these songs still bring tears to my ears. And after sharing each song with a dozens of people, I still find a strong desire to share them with even more people.

There are a thousand good children's choirs in America. But there are preciously few individual prodigal child performers.

We want most of all to hear the single heavenly voice crying out so tenderly that our hearts stop beating for a few moments...until our favorite Kid's vibrato finally wanes and we can again breath.

In spite of only a few goose-bumping solos within this Broadway Kid's music CD, I highly recommend this selection to anyone who adores highly talented children's voices or who have children of their own with which to share beautiful things.

I would have given this music CD a 4.8 out of 5 stars, but Amazon.com doesn't allow that.

Buy it...you'll LOVE it!

This is a great album, the first cd my husband, two-year-old daughter, and I have all agreed on. My only complaint concerns the song selection, which reveals, I think, the cultural bias of the producers in that 4 of 12 songs are either about New York or California. There are so many wonderful songs about other parts of the country, not to mention great patriotic songs that could have been included. On the other hand, some of the song selections are inspired. And the Kids, as always, are fantastic. So my complaint is not so much with what's on the album, as what's been left off. Nevertheless, I still highly recommend this cd, especially for people, like us, who get tired of Barney cd's in the car and want good music that a wide range of ages can enjoy.

My seven year old loves singing Patriotic songs and the Broadway Kids; so of course I purchased this when I first saw it. The songs weren't what I expected, and my daughter wasn't very taken with it "at first." But songs like "I've Been Everywhere" and "Good Morning America" are now her favorites, and she likes the familiarity of the other American standards. The CD is full of geography and the song about all the presidents sneaks some history in too. Can't go wrong with a CD kids like and they learn from too.

The Broadway Kids all have amazing voices, especially for kids of such young ages, and the songs chosen for this CD showcase each voice perfectly. The best track by far is "America," sung by Greg Raposo -- this is not only the Broadway Kids' best track (possibly of all time), but is Greg's best vocal track of all time, too. The rest of the CD also shines with pure talent, and it's easy to see why these kids 'are Broadway Kids and will be stars'!

I didn't really like the songs on this CD, but I was really impressed with a couple of the vocalists. One in particular, is Kate Kahanovitz. She has an amazing voice, but seems to have been overlooked quite a bit. I have heard her sing on Broadway and she out sang all her competion. I wish that she would have been featured more. But, she (and a few other of the kids) are what made the rate this CD so highly. Young stars in the making...

My family (son-8 and daughter-5) absolutely love this album. Based on how often my children sing these songs (even without the CD playing), I'd say this is one of my favorite kids CDs. I have to admit that I even play it when the kids aren't around. As a teacher, I plan to use this rendition of Neil Diamond's "America" when I teach about immigration. Just wonderful!

Although I love The Broadway Kids, this CD was disappointing. Almost every song followed the same basic structure: a short solo followed by a chorus. It sounded more like KidSongs rather than The Broadway Kids. Very few vocalists truly got to shine, although I was quit eimpressed with Jillian Bowen, James Johnson, and Cassidy Ladden!

Well, I got the new BK album today, and all I can say is WOW!!! I have all of the albums, save for the Christmas one (I can't wait til the season starts to pick that one up), but I can safely say this...each album is better than that last one.

The song selection was very good, I thought. It was amazing that I would hear Bway people (kids, adults, or otherwise) sing the Mamas and the Papas and the Animaniacs all on one CD. This groups of kids this time out, some who have been with them on the last album (another good one), and many new faces as well, really blend together well. The vocal arrangements are much more serious and more fun to listen to. These kids can "sang"! (not sing...they can sing...but SANG...that's slang for gettin' down with their voices...heheh)

I'm very impressed with the soloists, especially James Johnson, Greg Raposo, Chris T., Jillian Bowen and Karina LaGravinese. They really add a maturity to the groups sound. Even the kids when they sing together don't always sound like little cute kids. They sound like maturing, budding vocalists. I sure would love to see if they are going to continue singing after they leave the group. They can deliver a song very well.

The kids have a lot of heart, feeling, passion and soul. My favourites so far are the Americana Medley, The Presidents Song (that's that Animaniacs tune), City of New Orleans and Amazing Grace. Check out this album for yourself. You won't be disappointed. It may even get more play in your CD player than the other 4. It is in mine. :)

i loooooooooovvvvvvvvveeeeeeeee this cd i think evryone should get it

When I saw this CD at ... ,I was thinking 'bout what tunes were on it. I looked at the songs untill I saw "California girls/Surfin USA". I played it. They sounded like Sugar beats!!!