For Our Children: 10th Anniversary Edition

The proceeds from this collection of traditional and original children's songs will go The Pediatric Aids Foundation.The Pediatric Aids Foundation2407 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 613Santa Monica, Ca. 90403213-395-9501The proceeds from this collection of traditional and original children's songs will go The Pediatric Aids Foundation.The Pediatric Aids Foundation2407 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 613Santa Monica, Ca. 90403213-395-9501Personnel: Stephen Bishop (vocals, acoustic guitar); Carole King (vocals, piano, keyboards); Jackson Browne, Paul McCartney (vocals, piano); Linda McCartney (vocals, synthesizer); Debbie Gibson, Frank Cox, Harry Nilsson, Nancy Wilson , Jennifer Warnes, Pat Benatar, Ann Wilson (vocals); Nate Thelen, Casanova (rap vocals); David Lindley (guitar, zither); David Spinozza, Denny Laine, Bruce Wall, Paul Jackson, Jr. , Randy Jacobs, Zev Katz, Craig Hull (guitar); Don Was (acoustic guitar, percussion, drum programming); Neil Giraldo (acoustic guitar); Mark Goldenberg (electric guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); John Peekstok (cittern, celtic harp, mandolin); Connie Celutska (dulcimer); Anna Peekstok (hurdy-gurdy, tin whistle, drums); Mark O'Connor (violin); Esther Little Dove John (flute); David McMurray (saxophone); Tony Price (tuba); David Foster (piano, keyboards); Little Richard, Mac Rebennack (piano); Elton John (electric piano); Claude Gaudette, Daniel Alexander, Hense Powell, Jamie Muhoberac, John Jarvis (keyboards); Jai Winding (synthesizer); Denny Seiwell, Carlos Uega, Timothy "Ace" Holleran (drums); Lenny Castro, Paulinho Da Costa, Tom Roady (percussion); Lucy Simon, Arnold McCuller, Sir Harry Bowens, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Wendy Waldman, Bruce Roberts (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Wolfgang Aichholz; Don Was; Ed Cherney; Gary Stern; Humberto Gatica; Jack Joseph Puig; Jeremy Smith ; Allen Abrahamson; Paul Dieter; Phil Castellano; Rob Jaczko; Steve Smith ; Terry Christian; Toby Scott; Brett Eliason.Audio Remixer: Elliot Scheiner.Recording information: Additional Locations; Electric Blue Studios, Inc., NY; Groovemasters, Santa Monica, CA; Ground Control Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Institute of Social Disruption, Los Angeles, CA; Lawson Productions, Seattle, WA; Mama Jo's, No. Hollywood, CA; Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Shandaliza Recording Studio, Los Angeles, CA; Sound House, No. Hollywood, CA; The Power Station, New York, NY; Treasure Isle Recorders, Nashville, TN.Arrangers: Claude Gaudette; Debbie Gibson; Little Richard; Michael Omartian; Neil Giraldo; Pat Benatar; Rupert Holmes ; Stephen Bishop; David Foster; Bruce Roberts.Inevitably, the first thing that strikes you about this benefit album for pediatric AIDS is the lineup: It contains selections by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Barbra Streisand, among other top stars. When you realize that 17 of the 20 tracks were newly recorded, For Our Children quickly becomes a must-have for fans of a wide variety of artists. Beyond those immediate virtues, however, the album is a diverse, if inconsistent, collection of music, some of it definable as children's music in the sense that it is likely to appeal to children, some songs about children from the perspective of parents. The sequencing of the album moves from upbeat material to quieter efforts; this is the kind of album you want to put on in the last hour of a child's day, as he or she makes the sometimes abrupt transition from energetic activity to sleep. Early on, the standouts are Little Richard's rock & roll and rap version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and Bruce Springsteen's hilarious "Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips." After the halfway point in the album, Elton John's slight instrumental "The Pacifier" (not everybody made that much of an effort), the songs turn calmer, led by James Taylor's characteristically friendly reading of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Getting to Know You." Actress Meryl Streep turns out to have creditable pipes on "Gartan Mother's Lullaby," and Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes give a folk-rock reading to "Golden Slumbers." By the time of Barbra Streisand's austere "A Child Is Born" (from her 1975 album Lazy Afternoon), your young one should be asleep already. For Our Children is never less than pleasant, but, as with any random group of grownups, some of its participants have more affinity for children than others. Someone who can't count as accurately as the average three-year-old decided to reissue For Our Children in a repackaged "10th Anniversary Edition" in October 1999, less than eight and a half years after the first release. For this version, "Golden Slumbers" was "remixed," and in the remixing 77 seconds were edited out. ~ William RuhlmannInevitably, the first thing that strikes you about this benefit album for pediatric AIDS is the lineup: It contains selections by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Barbra Streisand, among other top stars. When you realize that 17 of the 20 tracks were newly recorded, For Our Children quickly becomes a must-have for fans of a wide variety of artists. Beyond those immediate virtues, however, the album is a diverse, if inconsistent, collection of music, some of it definable as children's music in the sense that it is likely to appeal to children, some songs about children from the perspective of parents. The sequencing of the album moves from upbeat material to quieter efforts; this is the kind of album you want to put on in the last hour of a child's day, as he or she makes the sometimes abrupt transition from energetic activity to sleep. Early on, the standouts are Little Richard's rock & roll and rap version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and Bruce Springsteen's hilarious "Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips." After the halfway point in the album, Elton John's slight instrumental "The Pacifier" (not everybody made that much of an effort), the songs turn calmer, led by James Taylor's characteristically friendly reading of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Getting to Know You." Actress Meryl Streep turns out to have creditable pipes on "Gartan Mother's Lullaby," and Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes give a folk-rock reading to "Golden Slumbers." By the time of Barbra Streisand's austere "A Child Is Born" (from her 1975 album Lazy Afternoon), your young one should be asleep already. For Our Children is never less than pleasant, but, as with any random group of grownups, some of its participants have more affinity for children than others. ~ William RuhlmannInevitably, the first thing that strikes you about this benefit album for pediatric AIDS is the lineup: It contains selections by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Barbra Streisand, among other top stars. When you realize that 17 of the 20 tracks were newly recorded, For Our Children quickly becomes a must-have for fans of a wide variety of artists. Beyond those immediate virtues, however, the album is a diverse, if inconsistent, collection of music, some of it definable as children's music in the sense that it is likely to appeal to children, some songs about children from the perspective of parents. The sequencing of the album moves from upbeat material to quieter efforts; this is the kind of album you want to put on in the last hour of a child's day, as he or she makes the sometimes abrupt transition from energetic activity to sleep. Early on, the standouts are Little Richard's rock & roll and rap version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and Bruce Springsteen's hilarious "Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips." After the halfway point in the album, Elton John's slight instrumental "The Pacifier" (not everybody made that much of an effort), the songs turn calmer, led by James Taylor's characteristically friendly reading of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Getting to Know You." Actress Meryl Streep turns out to have creditable pipes on "Gartan Mother's Lullaby," and Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes give a folk-rock reading to "Golden Slumbers." By the time of Barbra Streisand's austere "A Child Is Born" (from her 1975 album Lazy Afternoon), your young one should be asleep already. For Our Children is never less than pleasant, but, as with any random group of grownups, some of its participants have more affinity for children than others. Someone who can't count as accurately as the average three-year-old decided to reissue For Our Children in a repackaged "10th Anniversary Edition" in October 1999, less than eight and a half years after the first release. For this version, "Golden Slumbers" was "remixed," and in the remixing 77 seconds were edited out. ~ William Ruhlmann

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