Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 1, 1 To 6 Months [Import]

Raymond Scott (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Raymond Scott
• Audio CD (December 30, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Basta Records
• ASIN: B000001YCG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,876 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Electronic
  • #67 in Music > Imports > New Age

Track Listings

1. Lullaby

2. Sleepy Time

3. The Music Box

4. Nursery Rhyme

5. Tic Toc

Customer Reviews

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43 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The worlds first 'ambient' synthesizer record, August 12, 2000

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TUCO H. "H. TUCO" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 1, 1 To 6 Months (Audio CD)

Here's something to annoy your infant with. If you let your infant listen to this he's likely to think he's on another planet. Not that he knows what this planet is all about . Your job is to confuse him even more; make it hard for him to learn how to cope with the snot-nose Disney brats he's likely to meet in nursery school. This will make him a rebel of sorts in the future and unfit for the traditional type of what is called a `job.' This will be the basis of all his future happiness. Think of it as a sort of vaccination against all the bad music he's likely to hear in the future. All us grown infants who could use a bit of infant wonder back in our heads also very much dig this music. It's great stuff. In fact, I prefer this to the two ENO discs I have which tend to make things a little too lethargic. This puts you in a relaxed but demented zone, not too far from the Twilight Zone. It sounds like a PONG gone surreally melodic. This is what you put on in the background when you're ready to read `War and Peace.'

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars my baby loves it (no joking!), November 4, 2001

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R. Delapp (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 1, 1 To 6 Months (Audio CD)

I bought this album for my six week old baby girl, hoping to find a Kraftwerk for infants. And while i have't been disappointed in the least i am actually quite surprised that she likes it as much as she does. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that my girlfriend listened to Computerwelt incessently back when that little tyke was still swimming around in the womb. Still though, some of these songs seem anything but soothing to me. One song in particular sounds like it has a alarm clock blaring continuously throughout its ten minute running time. But what did my baby do but sleep soundly through it. You may object and say that a baby that age, when asleep, would slumber through anything. But i have put this on in the middle of screaming fits and it calms her right down. We love it! Raymond Scott makes me proud to be a parent! I just can't wait now until she is old enough to appreciate Bruce Haack.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for baby, hard on mom and pop, August 8, 2001

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Robert I. Thomas (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soothing Sounds For Baby: Electronic Music By Raymond Scott, Vol. 1, 1 To 6 Months (Audio CD)

I gave this CD to some new parents. They reported that on a long car trip, whenever their two-month-old son got fractious, this CD quieted him down every time. But they are starting to hate it. It has a jangly, grating undertone and a monotonous melody that gets old fast. So 5 stars for meeting its promise, 3 stars for musical merit -- 4 on average.