If You Ever See an Owl...

The Terrible Twos

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 10, 2007)
• Original Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Vagrant Records
• ASIN: B000NJISCK
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #71,618 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Just when you thought it was safe to limit your kids' record collection to the complete discographies of Dan Zanes and Ralph's World, the smart and instantly diggable Terrible Twos come along with a batch of tunes as irrepressible and insistent as a toddler at Toys 'R' Us. If You Ever See an Owl, the Kansas act's debut, is all it's been cracked up to be, which is this year's preschool indie smash: Opener "Ladybug" gets liftoff from bright guitars and a vocal by frontman Michael Pryor, formerly of the Get Up Kids, that doesn't land hard but avoids over-softness, too; "A Rake. A Broom. A Mop. A Shovel." benefits from They Might Be Giants-style brilliance in the songwriting department; and more heartfelt songs like "The Littlest Houdini," about Pryor's son, head in a likable emo direction that heretofore hasn't been explored in original kids' music. Rockin' households in which the real-life terrible twos are wreaking havoc, here's your reward. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, children's music that doesn't drive adults crazy, December 15, 2007

By	C. Wade (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We bought this album for our baby after hearing about it on NPR. We enjoy listening to the songs, and singing along with them. I am going to buy a copy for my son's daycare as well.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What I Expected!!!, May 18, 2007

By	Mike Daly "movielife182" (Thornhill, Ontario) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For anyone who listens to the get up kids (r.i.p.) and the new amsterdams knows matt pryor is nothing short of remarkable with his vocals and his musical arrangements, now on to a new project where he mixes some new amsterdams with some robert munsch, its a childrens album for the ages.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Amsterdams for kids, June 27, 2007

By	Bradley N. Pennell (Greensboro, NC United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you like the New Amsterdams, and you have young kids, this cd is perfect for them. It is silly and playful and very imaginative. I have a one year old nephew that I bought this for, but listen to it myself.