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If you're driving around with your kid, you could do much worse.

Artist: Sesame Street
Genre: Children's Music Label: Sony Wonder Parental Advisory: No Edited Version Available: No Release Date: 08/22/1995

Common Sense Note

If you're driving around with your kid, you could do much worse. The fun tunes may bring you back to your own childhood.

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Common Sense Review

Reviewed By: Cynthea Riesenberg

From its ambitious title to the cheery cover art -- Big Bird and Elmo, mouths wide open in front of a recording mike – this album sends the message that it will show youngsters a good time. And the album does not disappoint. Just about everyone's favorite Sesame Street song is included, from the TV show theme song to Jim Henson (as Ernie) singing "Rubber Duckie," to Prairie Dawn praising the beauty of "Little Things."

Best of all, the tunes are simple, upbeat, memorable, amusing, and often educational. In "Lambaba," the Count (with The Singing, Dancing Lambs) counts lambies up to forty. Grover offers a gentle introduction to independence in "What Do I Do When I'm Alone?" "Put Down The Duckie" is just plain fun, set to a terrific jazz beat. Thus, while the album's twenty songs cover a variety of moods and tempos, all have the distinctive stamp of Sesame Street, assuring parents that their kids will be entertained in a way that's creative and instructive.

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Content		CS	adults	kids
Content
Sexual Content The album has no references to sex.
Violence There are no violent images.
Language All of the language is age-appropriate.
Message
	Social Behavior Brightly-colored muppets introduce kids to acceptance of the differences among us in "Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)" and "Bein' Green."
	Commercialism The album includes the TV theme song, and the tunes are sung by Sesame Street characters, but there are no obvious product tie-ins.
	Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco The album does not refer to alcohol or drugs.