'Til Their Eyes Shine... The Lullaby Album

Various (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2011)
• Original Release Date: July 14, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B0000028L7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,242 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars emotionally supercharged - brings tears to my eyes, December 28, 2003

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Carol C. "ccjello" (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 'Til Their Eyes Shine... The Lullaby Album (Audio CD)

I LOVE THIS CD. This soft lullaby album is as well-suited for parents as it is for babies. Emmylou Harris singing "Child of Mine" often brings tears to my eyes -- the lyrics never fail to touch me and make me think about my role as a mother guiding a child through the world. -- "You don't need direction, you know which way to go And I don't want to hold you back, I just want to watch you grow." Sounds heavy, but it's also very gentle and pleasant to listen to. I particularly enjoy Roseanne Cash's "Carrie" and Mary-Chapin Carpenter's "Dreamland".

The liner notes are an added bonus, featuring photographs of the artists with their mothers/daughters. An additional bonus, the artists are donating their royalties to the Voiceless Victims program of the Institute for Intercultural Understanding.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD, December 6, 2000

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"[e-mail]" (Corvallis, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 'Til Their Eyes Shine... The Lullaby Album (Audio CD)

I received this CD as a present when I was pregnant with my oldest. I listened to this everyday while I was on maternity leave and sewing the curtains and the crib bedding for the nursery. When my daughter was born, she would nap every afternoon to this CD. I love the songs, especially "Child of Mine". The artists take overwhelmingly powerful feelings and put them into words about how much mothers love their children. It is still one of my favorite CDs and is always in our stereo.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of lullabye album, December 6, 2001

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"mimi17" (Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 'Til Their Eyes Shine... The Lullaby Album (Audio CD)

I have had this album since my 8-year old son was a baby. I obtained it because I heard Mary Chapin Carpenter had contributed to it and I love her music. Her song "Dreamland" was the lullabye I used to sing him and his 5-year old brother to sleep with. As it happens, Carole King has been one of my favorite singer/songwriters since the early 70s and her contribution "If I Didn't Have You" was another song I have sung many times to my 8-year old. He still likes me to sing it to him.
All of the artists are talented, well-known singers and/or songwriters. They also come from different genres but they still speak to an audience that may look for something different in the choice of music that puts our kids to sleep, while entertaining parents.
I love the inclusion of Maura O'Connell's Gaelic lullabye, "Dun do Shuile," sung in Gaelic. Even though there is no translation in the liner notes, the music itself is beautiful. I wasn't too keen on the Anna & Kate McGarrigle song at first, but it grew on me; like them it seems a bit offbeat and wonderful.
For a Baby Gift one might consider giving this album of lullabyes on CD or cassette along with a copy of Mary Chapin Carpenter's book "Dreamland."