Very Derryberry

Debi Derryberry | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 8, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Very Derryberry Prod
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• ASIN: B00112XSI2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15-track CD from 2007.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yummy stuff for kids, January 7, 2008

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This review is from: Very Derryberry (Audio CD)

Best unknown as the voice of cartoon character Jimmy Neutron, Debi Derryberry has lent her voice to minor characters in a host of animated movies, from blockbusters like Aladdin to what the Onion once referred to as the "straight-to-landfill" market. Like her voice, which contains both a Kristin Hersh-like huskiness and the high register of the perfect Boy or Girl #1 for your next cartoon, Derryberry's sensibilities walk a fine line on her second kids' album, but her sweet tooth has enough of an edge to keep Very Derryberry from descending into the saccharine cesspool of forced jollity and feigned innocence.

Blending rollicking rearrangements of traditional tunes like "Animal Fair" (you know it: "the big baboon by the light of the moon/was combing his auburn hair") and "Skinnamarink" with great originals like "The Tonsil Song" and "I Bit An Apple," this album is perfect for two- to five-year-olds, offering a blend of tunes and lyrics that invite singing along and gently encourage an approach to life that starts and ends with a sunny, inquisitive disposition. Derryberry's "The Very Very Song" is one of the best question-and-answer songs I've come across in a long time, and her "I Love To Share" showcases her ability to serve meaning on multiple levels of her audience range; the pro-sharing song ends with a verse about sharing broccoli, second only to brussel sprouts as a stand-in for all the foodstuffs adults assume kids hate, but she never states outright that this "sharing" is a self-interested act - a nudge-wink joke that will sound gleefully subversive to five-year-olds while their younger siblings sing cluelessly along.

This is one of our daughter Z's favorite and most-requested albums she has heard in the past few months, and while it isn't exactly the kind of music we'd put on if she wasn't around (and yes, there is some kids' music that is) it isn't hard to see why she loves it so much.

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Kid's Music, January 12, 2009

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Colorado Mom (Colorado Springs) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Derryberry (Audio CD)

My girls got this for Christmas and have not stopped playing since. It is very catchy and not overly annoying, as far as kid music goes. I would highly recommend this musician.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Kids CD ever!, July 27, 2008

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Sara Sironen "SaraMacaroni" (Bothell, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Derryberry (Audio CD)

My daugher, 3 and son 1, love this cd. We first heard Debi on Sirius, loved her so I had to find out about her CD. All the songs are great, the music is catchy and the songs are silly and FUN! My daughter knows all the words to the songs and won't stop singing them. Even I like listening to this kids cd. I can't recommend it enough!