Elmopalooza!

Editorial Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
This soundtrack to [the] ABC special that celebrated the Muppets' three decades in showbiz is larded with unremarkable renditions of classic Sesame Street tunes.... Only Shawn Colvin's collaboration with Ernie contains the subtle simplicity that is the cornerstone of all great preschool pop. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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[A]rtists like the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Fugees, and Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler deliver tracks that even geezers can enjoy on this selection of songs from TV's Sesame Street.... En Vogue turns up the sassy funk on "I Want a Monster to be My Friend" ... but nothing can top the weirdo experience of hearing Kermit talking nonsense with Jimmy Buffett.... --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Elmopalooza!

Elmopalooza!, Music, Sesame Street, Childrens, Educational, Pop, Sing-Along

Average customer rating:

Family Fun Album

Great songs

Fun for kids, fun for adults

An acquired taste

Catchy tunes, but not perfect.

Elmopalooza!
Sesame Street
Manufacturer: Sony Wonder (Audio)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music
Sesame Street | Children's Music | Styles | Music
Educational | Children's Music | Styles | Music
Sing-A-Longs | Children's Music | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000062EM
Release Date: 1998-03-03

Tracks:

Mambo l, l, l - Gloria Estefan
I Want A Monster To Be My Friend - En Vogue
Zig Zag Dance - Mighty Mighty Bosstones & The Count
Nearly Missed - Rosie O'Donnell & Elmo
Just Happy To Be Me - Fugees
I Don't Want To Live On The Moon - Shawn Colvin & Ernie
I Love Trash - Steven Tyler
Caribbean Amphibian - Jimmy Buffett, Kermit The Frog & The All-Amphibian Band
Happy To Meet You - Celine Dion, Herry Monster, Elmo & Big Bird
One Small Voice - Kenny Loggins & The Kids
Songs - Elmo & The Kids

Customer Reviews:

Family Fun Album.......2005-03-11

I am eighteen, and I, my thirteen-year-old brother and my seven-year-old sister all LOVE this cd. I've even caught our mom singing along!
This cd is a great opportunity to introduce kids to a broad range of artists... Jimmy Buffet, Celine Dion, Kenny Loggins, Steven Tyler, even Rosie O'Donnell. Also, as other reviewers have mentioned, you won't get sick of this album after fifteen rounds of "play it again!" It's not Elmo-heavy, but he is on several tracks, similarly to the video.
This album is DEFINITELY worth the investment-- your kids will listen to it for years.

Great songs.......2002-01-06

My kids loved the video so we had to get the CD. It's just as wonderful! They love it and so do we, the songs are fun and don't get annoying after listening to them over and over.

Fun for kids, fun for adults.......2001-06-29

A lot of fun music. My daughter likes everything on this, except for "I Love Trash". One of the first things she actually sang was "Mambo, mambo, mambo, I, I, I".

We prefer this over the video. As other reviews point out, this CD doesn't have a lot of Elmo, despite the title, and it isn't especially long either.

An acquired taste.......2000-10-26

I bought this CD expecting songs we could sing along to. I had never seen the video. When I got it home, I didn't like it too much, but then it grew on me. Now I can't decide which track I like best, and while I thought the En Vogue song was boring at first, I can tolerate it now. I still don't care for the Celine Dion cut. My daughter took to the CD immediately when she was 11 months old. Her favorite is the Elmo song at the end, but she dances to "Mambo", "I Love Trash", "Zig Zag Dance", and she knows the words to all of the songs and sings along (she's 17 months old now).

I disagree with the review I saw here that this is not intellectually stimulating for a child. It is. It exposes them to many different styles of popular music, all with good messages. I just think that the music is more sophisticated than many people expect on a children's album. The orchestrations are not dumbed-down, and there is a lot for adults and children to listen to. Why do people think that children need watered-down arrangements all the time? A little variety is healthy.

Catchy tunes, but not perfect........2000-10-02

While there are several very catchy songs on this album (Steve Tyler's cover of Oscar's "I Love Trash" song is inspired!), there are a couple of tracks we completely skip... one I don't particularly like, and one that my daughter doesn't like and I don't like well enough to convince her otherwise. So we only listen to 9 out of 11 tracks, which makes for a very short album. And when it is the only "Elmo Songs" CD in the car, it tends to repeat a lot faster than other albums, so I got tired of it after a while. OTOH, the remaining songs are quite catchy... I have found myself singing bits of the last track, "Songs" while surrounded by adults, and "Mambo I, I, I" tends to float up from my subconscious frequently (and it is to this album's credit that aside from a bit of embarassment, I don't mind at all). I also love Jimmy Buffet's "Caribbean Amphibian," but then, I have a soft spot for JB.

As another review mentions, this is not an Elmo-heavy album, but the songs are still good and my 2 1/2 year old daughter enjoys it anyway. I first heard it in her classroom at daycare, and decided I had to get it.

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