- Get $1 worth of MP3 downloads from Amazon MP3 after you order your item. Here's how (restrictions apply)
- Purchase this CD and get 12 issues of Rolling Stone for only $2.95. that's less than $0.25 an issue. Here's how (restrictions apply)
Interact With Your Music: Discover, listen to, and buy new music, all from the pages of SPIN's digital edition, free to Amazon customers.
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Join Amazon Prime and ship Two-Day for free and Overnight for $3.99. Already a member? Sign in.
 Find all the CDs, MP3s, and vinyl, plus photos, videos, biographies, discussions, and more. Visit the store. |
Special Offers and Product Promotions
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
~ Justin Roberts
|
~ Justin Roberts
|
~ Justin Roberts
|
~ Justin Roberts
|
~ Ralph's World
|
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s
Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or
view the MP3 Album.
 |
|
 |
|
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Alternative-country enthusiasts who've ventured into parenthood will want to climb aboard Justin Roberts's Yellow Bus, a tastefully twangy, boot-stomping affair also fit for musically with-it kids age 2 and up. Roberts, no showoff, delivers the 12 original songs here in a down-homey, deeply satisfying voice that'll set the uninitiated to scratching their heads over why he's not already famous. More than that, though, he proves himself a gifted guitarist and fearless songwriter: Yellow Bus's uniformly excellent selections explore the silly ("Willy Was a Whale," an alliterative ditty in which the title fish twies to be wuff and tough while walking on water all the way to Weno, Nevada), the spooky ("Thought It Was a Monster," a story surveying the potential origins of the kind of creepy noises that'll keep a kid up at night with a refrain--"Thought it was a monster / Thought it was a ghost / Thought it was my brother trying to freak me out"--representative of Roberts's delightfully straightforward songcraft), the hilarious ("Tickle My Toes," a gleefully pulse-raising plea for mercy from a tickle-mad mama), and even the profound ("Mama Is Sad," about a child's sympathy and generosity in turbulent times, in this case a divorce). Musically, the here gentle, there ferocious strumming gets support from occasional trumpet toots, mandolin, banjo, and a back-up chorus of completely natural-sounding kids. Roberts's sophomore outing--his first record was 1998's acclaimed Great Big Sun--is roundly impressive; the only problem with this yellow bus is that its wheels don't go round and round longer. --Tammy La Gorce --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Justin's most recent release is his long awaited follow up to his critically acclaimed children's record, "Great Big Sun." It features songs about whales, rocketships, and one little cookie.
Alternative-country enthusiasts who've ventured into parenthood will want to climb aboard Justin Roberts's Yellow Bus, a tastefully twangy, boot-stomping affair also fit for musically with-it kids age 2 and up. Roberts, no showoff, delivers the 12 original songs here in a down-homey, deeply satisfying voice that'll set the uninitiated to scratching their heads over why he's not already famous. More than that, though, he proves himself a gifted guitarist and fearless songwriter: Yellow Bus's uniformly excellent selections explore the silly ("Willy Was a Whale," an alliterative ditty in which the title fish twies to be wuff and tough while walking on water all the way to Weno, Nevada), the spooky ("Thought It Was a Monster," a story surveying the potential origins of the kind of creepy noises that'll keep a kid up at night with a refrain--"Thought it was a monster / Thought it was a ghost / Thought it was my brother trying to freak me out"--representative of Roberts's delightfully straightforward songcraft), the hilarious ("Tickle My Toes," a gleefully pulse-raising plea for mercy from a tickle-mad mama), and even the profound ("Mama Is Sad," about a child's sympathy and generosity in turbulent times, in this case a divorce). Musically, the here gentle, there ferocious strumming gets support from occasional trumpet toots, mandolin, banjo, and a back-up chorus of completely natural-sounding kids. Roberts's sophomore outing--his first record was 1998's acclaimed Great Big Sun--is roundly impressive; the only problem with this yellow bus is that its wheels don't go round and round longer. --Tammy La Gorce --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Description
Justin's most recent release is his long awaited follow up to his critically acclaimed children's record, "Great Big Sun." It features songs about whales, rocketships, and one little cookie.
Jim Walsh from the Pioneer Press said that Yellow Bus "tops even [the] magical debut, "Great Big Sun," of three years ago.
Based in Chicago, Hear Diagonally is a record label and production company commited to excellence in music and fairness to musicians. Hear Diagonally supports an eclectic roster of recording artists, ranging in style from Power Pop through Children's Music to Art Rock to Electronica and a bunch of other stuff we can't even categorize.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?
Customer Reviews
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SoundUnwound Says...
Learn more about Yellow Bus 
by Justin Roberts 
by Justin Roberts Go explore the super-connected music universe at SoundUnwound.com - the new music site from IMDb and Amazon.
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
72% buy the item featured on this page: Yellow Bus $13.99 |
 |
10% buy Pop Fly $13.99 |
 |
8% buy Meltdown! $13.99 |
 |
6% buy Great Big Sun $15.98 |
So You'd Like to...
Listmania!
Look for Similar Items by Category
- Music > Children's Music > Folk Music
- Music > Children's Music > General
- Music > Indie Music > Rock > General
- Music > Pop > General
- Music > Rock > General
Music You Should Hear™: Artists' Picks |
 |
 |
||||||||
|
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
| ||
