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Snacktime | 
 enlarge | Artist: Barenaked Ladies
Label: Nettwerk
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4674
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5037703080522
ASIN: B00175O28I
Release Date: May 26, 2008
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| Tracks:
| » | 789 | | » | The Ninjas | | » | Pollywog In A Bog | | » | Raisins | | » | Eraser | | » | I Can Sing | | » | Louis Loon | | » | Food Party | | » | The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy - Snacktime | | » | The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy - Popcorn | | » | The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy - Vegetable Town | | » | Drawing | | » | Humungous Tree | | » | My Big Sister | | » | Allergies | | » | I Don't Like | | » | What A Wild Tune | | » | Bad Day | | » | Things | | » | Curious | | » | A Word For That | | » | Wishing | | » | Crazy ABCs | | » | Here Come The Geese |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Happy Noise July 7, 2008
Barenaked Ladies back to their best, playing around and having fun. Definitely not just for the kids, this has some really catchy songs and genuinely funny lyrics plus slightly surreal filler and classic "$1,000,000" style mid-song chatter. I don't want to single out any particular track but there are some future BNL live classics on this album.
I bought this at the same time as "Are Men" and so far the play ratio is about 3:1 in favour of Snacktime...
Seven-ate-Nine July 6, 2008
This CD has been part of the family for a month now ... and it comes everywhere with us! Our Roald Dahl Talking Books have been sidelined at bedtime, and our five year old now listens to Barenaked Ladies every night as he's going to sleep (or not, as the case may be!)
7-8-9 is by far the favourite (sometimes in the car we have to play it five times on the trot!), and you can't beat a good song about a ninja! I must say I never thought a child of mine (let alone a five year old one) would wander into our bedroom one morning and say "what are bitter greens and radicchios". (I don't know! I'll look on the internet for you!)
I love this album, and so does my husband. But I thought I'd better ask the boy for his opinions, seeing as it supposed to be an album for children:
Q: What do you think of the CD?
A: We like them
Q: Which is your favourite song?
A: All of them
Q: And why should people buy it?
A: Cos it is very good
So there you go - you now have the opinions of a 36-year-old and her five-year-old son! Who we haven't actually told what the band are called yet - don't quite know how to broach that one with him!?!
 This is not your usual children's CD.... June 28, 2008
....this is much, much better! For parents who have to listen to the same CD over and over in the car this is a delight. Definitely one that everyone can enjoy without going mad singing the words to Mary, Mary for the 50th time!
Fabulous tunes with witty and intelligent lyrics. The only issue, as previously mentioned, is the couple of slower tracks that are still good but don't appeal to my three year old. However she enjoys singing 789, Eraser and Popcorn (among others) at full volume so easily overlooks those.
My only concern is how the teachers will deal with her 'A is for aisle, K is for knick-knack and P is for pneumonia alphabet' when she starts school in September!!!
Definitely one that you can listen to when the children aren't in the car and catch something different each time.
Oh those Canadians! May 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Raisins come from grapes
People come from apes
I come from Canada"
(lyrics from "Raisins")
This Canadian alt-rock band scores big with my family with this album of 24 original and hilarious songs for kids. For a taste of the album make sure you watch the video on the Amazon.com product page for the first track "7,8,9", based on the old pun about a very hungry number seven.
Whether they're singing about ninjas or pollywogs, allergies or the alphabet, BNL never fail to bring a smile to your face with the clever lyrics and catchy tunes.
The ones we really like are "The Ninjas"; "Pollywog in a Bog"; "Raisins"; "The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy ii - Popcorn"; "Allergies"; and "I Don't Like". The one that made me smile is "Crazy ABC's", and I'll list a few letters so you can see why.
A is for Aisle
B is for Bdellium
C is for Czar
D is for Djinn
And further down ....
H is for Hour
J is for Jalapeno
M is for Mnemonic
T is for Tsunami
The one small problem is that there are a few too many slower tracks that are pretty good as folk ballads, but not so good at holding the attention of younger kids. Some of these are "Louis Loon", "The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy i - Snacktime"; "The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy iii - Vegetables"; "My Big Sister" and "Bad Day". The melodies are nice, but will be more to the liking of slightly older folk. (Think Gordon Lightfoot)
One fun bit of trivia is that at the end of "The Canadian Snacktime Trilogy i - Snacktime" various people tell you their favorite snacks, and these people include Gordon Lightfoot, Geddy Lee, Lyle Lovett, Sarah MacLachlan, Jason Priestley, Janeane Garofalo and Weird Al Yankovic.
Light-hearted, punny, clever and very, very entertaining - this is an album the whole family can enjoy and sing along to between giggles.
Amanda Richards
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