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Genre: Childrens
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 21-MAR-2006

Track Listing

1. I Chalk
2. My Brother Did It
3. Get Me Some Glasses
4. Our Imaginary Rhino
5. Meltdown
6. Maybe The Monster
7. Sandcastle
8. More Than Just A Minute
9. Taking Off My Training Wheels
10. Cartwheels & Sommersaults
11. Koala Bear Diner
12. It's Your Birthday
13. Song For You

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5292 in Music
• Brand: ROBERTS,JUSTIN
• Released on: 2006-03-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .24 pounds

Features

• Generates smooth and accurate sound.
• good
• Highly Recommended.

Amazon.com
With Meltdown, Justin Roberts takes his rightful place among the triumvirate of truly exceptional current kids' artists. While he is hanging around high-fiving fellow greats Dan Zanes and Ralph Covert, though, do yourself a favor and dig into this disc: if "My Brother Did It" doesn't win you and your 6-year-old over with its right-on depiction of the classic sibling rat-out, the m-m-m-melody of the rockin' title track will. That's always been the deal with Justin Roberts' CDs--push aside the lyrics, and the all-out party of his playing and singing snares you till the final track. Block out the skillful musicianship, on the other hand, and you're still left with some of the most inspired and intelligent kids' lyrics ever. Case in point: "Get Me Some Glasses." Of the third-grade meanies who would cast our 8 year-old-at-heart singer a four eyes, he offers this useful observation: "They don't understand that there wouldn't be a Superman/Without Clark Kent/To an extent." Basic, bright, and deceptively brainy--they're the Justin Roberts hallmarks. Meltdown cooks them into something way more than palatable; 4- to 9-year-olds and their music-savvy parents will want to heap this onto their plates. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews

"You HAVE to Hear This!"
There is a phenomenon known as the "Pod Person" review. This is when an adult is so impressed with a movie, book or CD that is ostensibly intended for children that they start trying to sell other ADULTS on it as well.

For example, when the movie TOY STORY came out, every adult I knew would ask if I had seen it. "Oh, you HAVE to," the Pod Person would exclaim, "it's not just for kids!" As you can imagine, this is mildly annoying.

I swore never to be a Pod Person, and if it wasn't for Justin Roberts, I would keep that promise. But after listening to this bright, breezy, funny, infinitely catchy and wonderfully crafted album, I want to encourage every adult I know to give it a spin. MELTDOWN is just darned good pop music. It'll have you and the kids singing along and laughing.

Tell a friend.

Mommy & Baby music
I highly recommend this CD! It is a true example of music that BOTH kids and adults can love. Justin Roberts has a real instinct for children's concerns (e.g. "maybe the monster's afraid of me") but the music is so fun, funny and rockin' that I enjoy listening to it again and again. It's a relief to get away from Old MacDonald!

Avoid a meltdown with this CD!
Justin Roberts has a very keen sense about how kids think, and is able to translate that knowledge into catchy pop music for children that won't make you want to gouge your ears out.

In fact, it made me want to listen to all his other CDs right away. If he knows that when I say "just a minute, it means more than just a minute", what other little secrets of parents or kids might he be onto?! I might get some tips on the preschooler psyche from him! But even if I don't, I'm sure to have a rockin' good time with my kids.