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| Here Come The ABCs | 
 enlarge | Artist: They Might Be Giants
Label: Walt Disney Records
Category: Music
List Price: $12.98
Buy New: $8.09
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 115211
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 861204
UPC: 050086120475
EAN: 0050086120475
ASIN: B0007D34I0
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | Here Come the ABCs | | • | Alphabet of Nations | | • | E Eats Everything | | • | Flying V | | • | Q U | | • | Go for G! | | • | Pictures of Pandas Painting | | • | D & W | | • | Fake-Believe | | • | Can You Find It? | | • | The Vowel Family | | • | Letter/Not a Letter | | • | Alphabet Lost and Found | | • | I C U | | • | Letter Shapes | | • | Who Put the Alphabet in Alphabetical Order? | | • | Rolling O | | • | L M N O | | • | C Is for Conifers | | • | Fake-Believe (type B) | | • | D Is for Drums | | • | Z Y X | | • | Goodnight | | • | Clap Your Hands (Bonus Track) | | • | Here in Higglytown (Theme to Higglytown Heroes) (Bonus Track) | | • | Sombrero (Exclusive Bonus Amazon Track) |
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Amazon.com
No stranger to the realm of children's records, They Might Be Giants have seen success with their CD No! and the book and CD combo Bed, Bed, Bed. Their latest CD, Here Come The ABCs, offers up twenty-five alphabetically themed songs. However, as is their charming way, the two Johns (Flansburgh and Linnell), use the letters as merely the connective tissue, allowing them to pursuit intriguing flights of fancy that consider everything from the relative power of letters and sounds to animal hijinks. Just as they've always done, there are wistful ballads and high octane rockers. TMBG have always been a family-friendly band, and this disc works just fine for adult fans, who can rightfully consider this simply their newest release. --David Greenberger
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 No Barney music in our house! July 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband and I were TMBG fans in college, so I can't even say how excited we were to be able to buy a "kids" CD/video that we could enjoy just as much as our children! The video is especially good, with the diversity of graphics/live action and all the catchy songs. My kids are 3 & 1, and you're selling your kids short if you don't think they can learn their ABC's in the unique way they're presented by TMBG. I know we feel soooo fortunate to be able to buy all the GREAT music out there being marketed towards kids. Some other favorites in our house are Dan Zanes, Ella Jenkins, and Justin Roberts. And don't over-look all the great compilations out there, we've almost worn out our series from the "Land of Nod" which have some great oldies like Woodie Guthrie....
They're all on my iPod!!
The Usual TMBG "Geek" Rock CD - Rated T (for toddlers) March 30, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Here Come the ABCs [CD/DVD Combo]
Since its debut, my kids absolutely LOVE listening to this entire CD over and over again. Why? TMBG's children's songs are just as infectious as the adult songs they wrote in the late 80s/early 90s (remember "Istanbul-Not Constantinople"?). The song melodies and chord selections are not the only eclectic traits that make TMBG tunes so unusually appealing to our children (and to the inner child in each adult!); its the ordinary yet peculiar lyrics that make TMBG songs notable and easily assimilated into our minds for later retrieval. So, don't be surprised if you find your kids AND YOURSELF start humming "I C U" in the car on the way to school ... What tickled me even more about this CD is that my youngest learned her ABCs before she turned one, just from reciting the songs over and over and over and over and over again ... And the bundled DVD made the learning experience more stimulating and permanent, amplifying the usual TMBG weird factor with what appeared to be animated nonsense to us, but was really some intelligible, educational cartoons for my kids. I never would have guessed that band I listened to as a young adult would ever captivate my own kids! The verdict? - 5 stars - Buy it when you see it on the shelf, especially if bundled with DVD.
Quirky and funny, in classic TMBG style January 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this CD for my 2-year-old, and when it arrived in the mail my fiance, a big TMBG fan, put it on for him. Both of them loved it; Dad and baby both love "D is for Drums" and "E eats everything." I'm a finicky person when it comes to music, and I was a little wary of the idea of TMBG doing children's music. I was pleasantly surprised to find that TMBG really delivered on this album for everyone, child and adult alike. I enjoyed "Can You Find It?" and "The Alphabet Lost and Found," myself, for their musical cleverness and sense of humor. The bonus tracks are a lot of fun, too; my fiance likes to put on "Clap your hands" when he needs a boost.
If you have a sense of humor, an intelligent kid between 18 months and four years old, and an appreciation for satirical, intentionally goofy music, you'll love this CD. If you're more interested in genuinely educating your child, maybe this isn't the best thing for them, but they'll still most likely enjoy bopping around to it with you.
Very Good for the whole family July 23, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We got this originally as just the DVD as a gift. We've like it so much we're getting the CD as well. It's a great set of songs. We especially like Go for G, Who put the alphabet in Alphabetical Order, and E eats Everything
 TMBG should stick to quirky alternative pop! April 30, 2006
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
This CD is a total JOKE, it is so BAD! It is an obvious 'grab' by 'John squared' (Johns Flansburgh and Linnell) for a piece of the very lucrative and booming baby market, and it falls short bigtime. The songs, if you want to call them that, are beyond quirky and follow overly-simplistic structure that anyone could have come up with in 5 minutes while sitting on the John (pun intended)! It is AS annoying as listening to fingernails on a chalkboard, and then some. Even my 8 month old stopped smiling when I put this drivel on, and usually she smiles and giggles when I play most of my other 'for baby' CD's. There are much BETTER choices out there for babies and kids music. 'John squared' should stick to making alternative music for the 'older set', which is what they are great at!
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