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Say What You Will About The Purple One--He'S Overly Friendly,
He'S Generally Tiresome--But Toddlers And Preschoolers Can'T Get
Enough Of Him. Legions Of Youngsters Will Delight In Barney'S
Greatest Hits, A 25-Track Compendium Of The Playful Dinosaur'S
Best-Loved Tunes. Watchers Of The Phenomenally Popular Tv Show
Won'T Find Anything Unfamiliar Here. Included Are Many Barney
Originals, Including "If All The Raindrops"; "Peanut Butter";
"Bj'S Song"; "My Yellow Blankie"; "There Are Seven Days"; The
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"-Inspired Theme Song; And, Of Course, "I
Love You," The Show'S Warm And Fuzzy Closing Number. Barney Also
Puts His Happy-Go-Lucky Spin On A Handful Of Traditional Songs,
Including "Pop Goes The Weasel," "John Jacob Jingleheimer
Schmidt," "The Wheels On The Bus," And "Itsy Bitsy Spider."
There'S No Denying This Record'S Exceptionally High Burn Factor
Where Grownups Are Concerned, But Those Merciful Enough To Endure
A Of Repeat Listens May Reap Behavioral Benefits. Songs Such
As "Please And Thank You," A Reinforcement Of The Power Of The
Magic Words, And "The Friendship Song," A Gently Persuasive Track
Preaching That Kindness Is King (Especially Among Playmates),
Have A Lego-Like Way Of Connecting With Very Young Kids. They
Non-Confrontationally Encourage Young Listeners To Add To Their
Repertoire Of Praiseworthy Habits, No Nagging Required. For
Focused Caregivers, Such A Reward Takes The Sting Out Of These
Almost Unbearably y Songs. In Fact, Only Those Whose
Threshold For Corny Kids Stuff Is Seriously Low Ought To Be
Excused From Sucking It Up And Brightening A Little Kid'S Day
With A Spin Or Two Of "Barney'S Greatest Hits." --Tammy La Gorce
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Say what you will about the purple one--he's overly friendly,
he's generally tiresome--but toddlers and preschoolers can't get
enough of him. Legions of youngsters will delight in Barney's
Greatest Hits, a 25-track compendium of the playful dinosaur's
best-loved tunes. Watchers of the phenomenally popular TV show
won't find anything unfamiliar here. Included are many Barney
originals, including "If All the Raindrops"; "Peanut Butter";
"BJ's Song"; "My Yellow Blankie"; "There Are Seven Days"; the
"Yankee Doodle Dandy"-inspired theme song; and, of course, "I
Love You," the show's warm and fuzzy closing number. Barney also
puts his happy-go-lucky spin on a handful of traditional songs,
including "Pop Goes the Weasel," "John Jacob Jingleheimer
Schmidt," "The Wheels on the Bus," and "Itsy Bitsy Spider."
There's no denying this record's exceptionally high burn factor
where grownups are concerned, but those merciful enough to endure
a of repeat listens may reap behavioral benefits. Songs such
as "Please and Thank You," a reinforcement of the power of the
magic words, and "The Friendship Song," a gently persuasive track
preaching that kindness is king (especially among playmates),
have a Lego-like way of connecting with very young kids. They
non-confrontationally encourage young listeners to add to their
repertoire of praiseworthy habits, no nagging required. For
focused caregivers, such a reward takes the sting out of these
almost unbearably y songs. In fact, only those whose
threshold for corny kids stuff is seriously low ought to be
excused from sucking it up and brightening a little kid's day
with a spin or two of "Barney's Greatest Hits." --Tammy La Gorce