1. Dragon Tales Theme - Wood, Mary Laura
2. Wake Up
3. The Hello Song - Alessi, Billy
4. Stretch!
5. Shake Your Dragon Tail
6. Betcha Can
7. Doodli-Do
8. Touch
9. Wiggle Song
10. Zoo
11. Ord Shuffle
12. Be a Dragon
13. Pretend
14. The Silly Song
15. Clap
16. Dance
17. Cassie - Wood, Mary Laura
18. Hum
19. Try
20. And the World Goes Round and Round
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Dragon Tunes, the record, aims to fire up 2- to 6-year-old fans of the fantasy-fueled PBS show with a herd of uptempo original tunes, and it largely succeeds. Culled on the 20-track collection are good-timey, get-you-moving numbers such as "Wiggle Song," which invites movement and active listening through its directive to "Wiggle your fingers / Wiggle your toes / Wiggle your hands and / Wiggle your nose." Then there's "Touch," which has the keep-up-if-you-can lyric, "Touch your elbows / Touch your bum-bum / Touch your kneecaps / Try to keep in touch," as well as confidence-builders such as "Betcha Can" and "Try" ("And though you may be small / Each day you're growing up / And you'll be big and tall / 'Till then just strut your stuff"). Kids who carry a dragon torch for certain characters won't waste time fast-forwarding to "The Ord Shuffle," "Cassie," or the Zak-and-Wheezie-celebrating "Be a Dragon." Others will want to wag their dragon tails track by track, starting with the familiar-to-all opener "Dragon Tales Theme." Because the series devotes a segment of every half-hour show to singing and dancing, more than just the theme song will be familiar, though--something that serves to further the record's appeal. Another appeal-enhancing feature is the persistent presence of former Ohio Express singer Joey Levine as the songwriter. Parents who can recall such bubblegum hits as the Express's "Chewy Chewy" will likely chime in on Levine's cheery vibe. Like most kid-show soundtracks, this album is low on art, high on spunk, but given the instant grins it'll register, loving parents can't be helped from wondering, so what? --Tammy La Gorce
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Dragon Tales
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2001-03-20)
- Publisher: Kid Rhino
- Label: Kid Rhino
- Format: Soundtrack
- Studio: Kid Rhino
- Average Customer Review:
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- Sales Rank in Music: #24210
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Summary: wonderful collection 2008-12-16
Comment: I have enjoyed the dragon tales music while watching the pbs tv program since my oldest (now 8 years old) was little. Watching now with my 18 month old daughter, she loves the music. I first saw the CD at the library and my daughter LOVED listening to it during the day, would point to the stereo for me to turn it on, and then would dance as it played. After renewing it several times from the library, I decided to just buy it! All of the songs are very energetic, making you want to get up and dance to them. A great buy...wish I had bought it years ago.
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Summary: a kids review. 2008-07-15
Comment: I love it. The music is so good and give it five. Fun for all kids.
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Summary: Shake Your Dragon Tale! 2007-11-25
Comment: Our daughter loves dancing and playing to the songs on this disc. It's upbeat for her and not too sugary or chirpy for us. Tons of good beats to encourage a developing sense of rhythm and movement. Excellent for playtime!
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Summary: Dragon Tales 2007-11-20
Comment: This is a great children's CD from the Dragon Tales series. It has the original songs on it (ones my 6-year-old grew up on). We play this CD over and over and never seem to tire of it. It's our favorite CD - even my 2-year-old loves it.
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Summary: Great CD for Dragon Tales fans! 2007-08-09
Comment: If you or your children like the music played on the Dragon Tales show, this CD is a must! I must admit that I bought if for myself because I was sick of the same old "Wheels on the bus" "Old McDonald" type music that is marketed for kids. But once my son heard it the first time, he asked for it again and again and again. It's very upbeat (with the exception of a couple of mellower songs) so it's a great CD to get out the kids energy. Highly recommend it!
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