Elmopalooza! :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

A Little Embarassed to Admit it...

2008-04-17
I am well into my young adult-hood and I LOVED Elmopalooza, the movie. When I saw the soundtrack was being sold I secretly knew I had to have it. I love the soundtrack. It's so sweet and light-hearted. The characters' voices are all over the CD and my whole family enjoys it! Great soundtrack and if you haven't seen the movie, I highly recommend it as well!

I wanted DVD

2007-10-17
I have no use for a CD - I wanted the DVD version and never got it. I don't know who is at fault, but I would like the DVD please. I can send the CD back if you want. Help

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.

Sesame fun for everyone! 2000-05-12
This CD is a mix of original and classic Sesame Street songs performed by popular music acts along with various Sesame Street characters. The music is current with today's pop music scene so Mom and Dad can enjoy along with Baby. You will not want to pull your hair out after the fifteenth replay. This is not a build your baby's brain CD, but rather an innocent, fun escape. Isn't that what music is supposed to be about? If you are looking for an homage to Elmo, this is not it. If you are looking for a break from Barney and Pooh you found it. Our eighteen month old loves it...almost as much as we do!

This CD will not help your child advance her or his knowledg 1999-11-04
There is too much RAP on this CD! Rap is the rhythm and background music of too many negative forces of our society to he something you would want to get your child to like. YUK!

Our daughter loves this video--but we have a question. 1999-10-18
What is the make and model of the car in the "I don't want to live on the Moon" video--my husband and I are very curious?!? thanx for your input!