Barenaked Ladies now has a Kids' Album "Snacktime"

The other day I was listening to a CBC radio program called Q. The host was interviewing the Barnaked Ladies about their new kids’ album. I was excited because I like the fun and whimsical style of Barenaked Ladies. On my trip south of the border (that’s to the United States for those of us who live in Canada), I picked up the CD at Best Buy. My friend and I listened to it on the way home and loved it.

It is full of fun tunes and lyrics that kid and adults can enjoy.

Here are some of my favourites and why:

• 789 – It’s a song about that fun joke “Why is 6 afraid of 7? Because 789!” Oh, so much fun!
• The Ninjas – It’s about ninjas who speak Japanese and are “unspeakably violent.” What else is there to say?
• Eraser – Gotta love a song about the great uses of an eraser!
• Food Party – I never knew foods had personalities.
• Snacktime – My favourite part of this song is they had some celebreties from Canada call in to share their favourite snacks like Weird Al Yankovic, Jeanine Garofalo, Geddy Lee…
• Allergies – an ode to the paranoia around allergies
• Bad Day – I was having a bad morning today, played this song, and I felt better
• Things – a touching song for dads… “There are things that make me dad… You seem to be all of them.”
• Crazy ABCs – one of the funniest and most creative ABC songs I’ve heard in a while (other than They Might Be Giants version called Alphabet of Nations)

This is an album well worth checking out and purchasing!