Best Special Interest
Songs include Science is Real, Meet the Elements, I Am a Paleontologist w/Danny , The Bloodmobile, Electric Car w/Robin , My Brother the Ape, What is a Shooting Star?, How Many Planets?, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Roy G. Bib, Put it to the Test, Photosynthesis, Cells, Speed and Velocity w/ Marty Biller, Computer Assisted Design, Solid Liquid Gas, Here Comes Science and The Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Out Space)! The toe-tapping sequence of science topics presented in sight and sound has something for every grade level in the areas of physical, earth, and life sciences. Teachers can use the songs and video to begin a unit of study, assess prior knowledge of a topic to help plan instruction, differentiate instruction, stimulate further discussion of a topic, expose students to new concepts, and develop science vocabulary and comprehension. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"An awesome album in the style of glazer and Evans. Truly sad, because if you take "Science is Real (the song)" to heart, the kids might learn something useful."
"So I guess I missed the news that the sun was no longer made of gas but it was now a miasma of incandescent plasma, but now I know and so does my son's kindergarten class, This was announced during the morning weather report (and yes he can now define all these words)."
"My oldest son's musical taste/interest progressed beyond songs about the alphabet and numbers several years ago and I purchased this thinking it would make a fine early introduction to science and TMBG for our toddler."
"He sings the songs all the time and I love that he's learning and enjoying himself at the same time!"
"Digging, and digging, and digging, and digging... And many other songs about Science stuck in your head, courtesy these cool guys and their magical lyrics."
"We are not creationists--which is why we wanted our kids to hear this album... to combat the theologic myths that try to pass themselves as scientific or proven to be anything more than that."
"TMBG ventured into the children's music world as soundtracks to some kid shows (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Higgly Town Heroes, etc) and they had success with Here Come the ABC's and Here Come the 123's, and both of those albums are decent, but Here Comes Science is their children's tour de force."
"Kids love this CD!!!"
Songs include Baby Beluga, Biscuits in the Oven, Oats and Beans and Barley, The Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Thanks A Lot, To Everyone in All the World, All I Really need, Over in the Meadow, This Old Man, Water Dance, Kumbanad, Joshua Giraffe and Morning town Ride. An illustrated sing-along book that is published separately is a nice companion to this first track, giving young listeners visual images of the song's narrative. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"What a wonderful book, made me buy the music right away!"
"A childhood favorite of mine that I am now sharing with my child."
"My daughter loved Raffi, and her now 2 year old daughter does too."
"The best kid CD ever."
"LOVE Raffi since my kids were little, got this for shower gift."
"There is only one song on the CD that is not my favorite, "Joshua Giraffe", but I still highly recommend this for your little ones."
"Gift for grandchild."
"my little ones favorite cd."
Five years since their last release, Trans-Siberian Orchestra return with a double album of all new material, entitled 'Nightcastle'.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Can't get enough of their music."
"Best musical group ever!"
"Product as described, would buy again."
"Back to this recording: I'm glad that I know what they sound like before I bought this recording and even though it's with all the folks that make up TSO, I'm glad to have this in my libary along with the others they have released. Maybe they won't put off releasing another recording for so long and get back to sounding like the Trans-Siberin Orchestra they became know as!!"
"more different than i though."
"The first five tracks needed a bit of me getting to really appreciate them but once I heard both CDs in their entirety, they grew on me."
"The album case and story are nice and beautiful, recommend reading the story while listening to it. beautiful artwork. long story, but worth reading @ least once while listening to it. CD case is a bit annoying with the opening on the outside for cds to fly out and get damaged!"
Best Exercise Music
Songs include Baby Beluga, Biscuits in the Oven, Oats and Beans and Barley, The Banana Boat Song (Day-O), Thanks A Lot, To Everyone in All the World, All I Really need, Over in the Meadow, This Old Man, Water Dance, Kumbanad, Joshua Giraffe and Morning town Ride. An illustrated sing-along book that is published separately is a nice companion to this first track, giving young listeners visual images of the song's narrative. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"A childhood favorite of mine that I am now sharing with my child."
"My daughter loved Raffi, and her now 2 year old daughter does too."
"What a wonderful book, made me buy the music right away!"
"There is only one song on the CD that is not my favorite, "Joshua Giraffe", but I still highly recommend this for your little ones."
"my little ones favorite cd."
"Our favorites are "Baby Beluga" and "Joshu Giraffe" for uplifting fun, and the "Thanks A Lot" song is simply lovely because of the lyrics and the fact that it is the sleep song."
"Raffi has such a soothing voice and my son will sing along and dance (when we are not in the car of course)."
Best Instructional Recordings
Songs include Science is Real, Meet the Elements, I Am a Paleontologist w/Danny , The Bloodmobile, Electric Car w/Robin , My Brother the Ape, What is a Shooting Star?, How Many Planets?, Why Does the Sun Shine?, Roy G. Bib, Put it to the Test, Photosynthesis, Cells, Speed and Velocity w/ Marty Biller, Computer Assisted Design, Solid Liquid Gas, Here Comes Science and The Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Out Space)! The toe-tapping sequence of science topics presented in sight and sound has something for every grade level in the areas of physical, earth, and life sciences. Teachers can use the songs and video to begin a unit of study, assess prior knowledge of a topic to help plan instruction, differentiate instruction, stimulate further discussion of a topic, expose students to new concepts, and develop science vocabulary and comprehension. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"An awesome album in the style of glazer and Evans. Truly sad, because if you take "Science is Real (the song)" to heart, the kids might learn something useful."
"So I guess I missed the news that the sun was no longer made of gas but it was now a miasma of incandescent plasma, but now I know and so does my son's kindergarten class, This was announced during the morning weather report (and yes he can now define all these words)."
"My oldest son's musical taste/interest progressed beyond songs about the alphabet and numbers several years ago and I purchased this thinking it would make a fine early introduction to science and TMBG for our toddler."
"He sings the songs all the time and I love that he's learning and enjoying himself at the same time!"
"Digging, and digging, and digging, and digging... And many other songs about Science stuck in your head, courtesy these cool guys and their magical lyrics."
"We are not creationists--which is why we wanted our kids to hear this album... to combat the theologic myths that try to pass themselves as scientific or proven to be anything more than that."
"TMBG ventured into the children's music world as soundtracks to some kid shows (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Higgly Town Heroes, etc) and they had success with Here Come the ABC's and Here Come the 123's, and both of those albums are decent, but Here Comes Science is their children's tour de force."
"Kids love this CD!!!"
Best Radio Show Recordings
The trailblazing troupe took on the radio detective shows of old in '69 with their most famous creation, Nick Danger.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a great collection of all the Nick Danger recording and brings back a lot of really good memories."
"But for any culture geek out there who likes their humor clever and original, you cannot ignore the genius of these four guys {and their caste of thousands} Of course, the original episode, from How Can You Be In Two Places At Once, will never be surpassed."
"Whether you were there at the time or not (...an old joke about the 60's) I recommend this collection whole-heartedly."
"The booklet illustrates the fine writing skills of the two departed Firesigners, though, making this even more poignant than imagined."
"My father quotes lines from this series all the time."
"Since I know Philip Proctor, all I can say is THIS IS A FANTASTIC PRODUCT!"
"The box set has a great Mix of Nick's stuff."
"Added to my CD Collection."
Best Self-Help Recordings
WHOLETONES is ideal music for: prayer rooms, hospice care facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, waiting rooms, offices, family counselors, massage therapists, schools, and more. Seven discs include: Open Door (396Hz), Desert Sojourn (417Hz), The Key of David (444Hz), Transformation (528Hz), The Bridge (639Hz), Great Awakening (741Hz), The Majestic (852Hz).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Well, I chose to take a chunk of time out of my busy day and do just that because I feel like I need to let as many people as possible know about this truly amazing music collection. So I did what every trusting, good patient does and filled my script for the antidepressant prozac and it gave me these really bad headaches in the back of my head. I feel good and I'm now convinced that this music and Michael S. Tyrell are the real deal. It explains how this project came to be and how God Himself inspires Michael to help people every day."
"Wow!"
"My husband was an acoustic and vibration engineer for NASA."
"What an incredible product."
"I attempt to play the entire set of cd's every morning to start my day, however, I usually get to #3 and then my day takes me away."
"Bar-none, some of the finest, most peace inducing music I have ever heard."
"I've just listened to a couple on my phone so far."
"amazingly peaceful - did not dissapoint!"
Best Sound Effects
CREATED FOR HALLMARK CARDS.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have been using the songs in the album since my children were little and enjoyed the music so much especially “ Jingle Bells” and “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” and the more religious songs."
"I look every year to see if they have released this soundtrack onto cd and every year I am disappointed."
"This is one of the most creative and clever arrangements of Christmas music I have ever heard."
"The Rudolph song with its' silly sounds used to make my brother laugh so hard."
"Can't have Christmas without this album."
"Great Childhood Memories-we listened to it ALL the time growing up!"
"I bought the MP3 version and while most people would not care for the crackling sounds of the needle on vinyl that you can hear, I love it because that is how it sounded when I listened to this as a child."
"I would love this cd IF it was the one I received."
Best Math Rock
The DVD-Audio disc adds a 5.1 DTS mix, hi-res stereo mix, original album mix, new album mix and even a rough mix from the original sessions.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I purchased the audio DVD by mistake, and when I noticed, I was like, duh!"
"Steve loves to utilize all the channels he has at his disposal, but he fits the mix to the particular song and I don't think he goes overboard here, although there's sometimes quite a bit of action in the rear channels. Highlights for me include "Elephant Talk," with its bendy notes introducing the album (Robert Fripp's extensive notes in the accompanying booklet mention that the song "Discipline" was an earlier pick for track one), the gentle soundscape of "Matte Kudasai," and the high-powered madness of "Indiscipline.""
"Having been a big fan of the surround sound mixes that gained some momentum and then faltered a few years ago, I was totally excited to see this amazing, classic album being newly released in this format. At the time I listened to it, I figured that maybe the fact that most of us imagine music as being heard from the audience, listening to musicians on a stage, made the format a somewhat moot point for most "rock" albums. Here's why: Most of the surround sound discs I've heard tend to keep the drums relegated to the main right and left channels, with the "extraneous" tracks such as backing vocals or strings being given a bonus punch by appearing in the rear channels. ), that the mix should be ALL around the listener, as if (s)he were in the middle of the stage, the middle of the music. There's no reason that any album, rock or otherwise, can't benefit from a truly surround sound mix in the manner achieved here. All in all, I'm hopeful that this format will continue to flourish, as the modern age of the compressed mp3 format (which also has it's place in the world of listening) could certainly use a counterpart for those of us who love our music in pure magnificent grandiosity!"
"I'm not a real "prog rock" guy…but throw the fire of Belew onto. the ice of Frippertronics, and you've just got a fascinating brew that. can mesmerize. The Old Grey Whistle Test videos are a nice bonus…but I wouldn't. recommend this somewhat pricey box for those (or the barely different. "dance mix" of Elephant Talk)."
Best Doo Wop
THE VERY BEST OF FRANKIE VALLI & THE 4 SEASONS packs a single CD with 20 classics recorded for Vee-Jay, Phillips, Curb/Warner, Private Stock, and RSO between 1962-1978.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My favorite of the three Frankis Valli CD's I bought."
"Buy the album, if you own nothing by The Four Seasons."
"Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons are incredible."
"Makes me feel young again to listen to their old hit songs."
"Every song a hit every song I remember growing up."
"This CD was a great trip down memory lane and reminded me that, much like the Beatles' music, the music of the Four Seasons is always timely and exciting."
"Someone should digitally re-due the original recordings, as they now sound "tinny" compared to the new digital recordings from the show."
"I love this album... it's got just about any hit by this group you could want, including a couple from when Frankie Valli broke away and went single (Grease)... Not to crazy about the couple of Disco era songs (I just don't like disco) but there are only about two or so, and some 16 or better are just great listening."