Wild Thing

Sugar Beats | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sugar Beats
• ASIN: B00001ZWLU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,587 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Features fresh, funky Retro-pop from the 60's and 70's! Includes Build Me Up Buttercup, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Wild Thing, Knock on Wood, and many more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Hate Me Because I Liked These!, June 28, 2000

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Quaker Annie "reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Thing (Audio CD)

Okay, these aren't for those who hate muzak, or for kids who already listen to the oldies - check out one of the tunes before buying using amazon's download above.

The target market here is kids under 10, who are starting to listen to music other than Disney Classics. It's one way to open the path to real music.

These certainly aren't the original tunes, but if they could get 10 stars, my 8 year old would give them all to this particular Sugar Beats album. We ordered it from a TV ad after he listened to their promos for months. "Mom, we have to get this," he told me. "It's kids singing songs from your time!" When that didn't work, he added on what the TV ads promise - "Mom, we could listen to it together!"

That turned out to be true - on a recent spring break, we merrily drove back and forth across Florida to the beat of the title song (just listen to it here for a minute - it's funny, without ruining a parent's fond memories of the original).

Although at least one other parent whose child only listens to "real music" sneered when my son mentioned this as a favorite, it allowed us to talk about a lot of things - the original musicians, the sixties, and more! And he became very willing to listen to the original music.

No doubt in a year or two, he'll deny he ever liked these, just like he denies he liked Barney as a toddler. If you like communicating with your kids or grandkids, this is another way to keep the lines open - a good investment for those little kids in your life!

Also good were Back to the Beat (he'd give 7 stars) and How Sweet It Is (9 stars)!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Series, December 11, 1999

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"dcurcio2" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Thing (Audio CD)

This excellent children's CD, produced and performed by Carol King's daughter Sherry Goffin Kondor, is the fourth in the wonderful Sugar Beats series and all are favorites with my eight-year-old daughter. Always requested when friends are over to play, these are excellent CD's for girls to dance and perform to and sing along with. And while "cool" to this age group, adults are charmed by the clever remakes of songs we've enjoyed--which makes them great to play in the car. A must buy!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Upbeat and entertaining..., December 10, 2000

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"chickivicki" (Dracut, Ma United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wild Thing (Audio CD)

My family listened to this CD driving cross-country this past summer. My 3 yr old still wants to listen to it - over and over!! But, it's still okay because the tunes are done well. The family fav is Buttercup. My daughters (ages 8 and 3) and I lip-synced to it at a Girl Scout campover. We had the whole hall clapping! The songs differ from the original versions but they are still enjoyable. I wasn't familiar with the Sugar Beats when I bought this but I'm buying another.