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Music CD - Keb' Mo': Big Wide Grin
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Music CD: Big Wide Grin
Artist: Keb' Mo'
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $5.39
Your Save: $ 6.59 ( 55% )
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Manufacturer: Sony Wonder (Audio)
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Tracks:
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1. Everybody By Yoself
2. Love Train
3. Don't Say No
4. Infinite Eyes
5. Grandma's Hands
6. Color Him Father
7. Family Affair
8. The Flat Foot Floogie
9. I Am Your Mother Too
10. Big Yellow Taxi
11. Isn't She Lovely
12. America The Beautiful
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074646382929
Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Manufacturer: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Release Date: 2001-06-05
Studio: Sony Wonder (Audio)
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Summary: A throw-back to good ol' family folk music
Comment: Like many of the negative reviewers here, I, too, was surprised at this CD. I was expecting the same folksy blues as his other albums.
But this CD is wonderful in its own way. This is happy family music, which goes back to the roots of folk music. It's stuff with a strong values, a good message, that's easy to sing along (whether with children, or maybe you just need a smile).
I had to post this review in defense of this CD. No, it's not my favorite Keb Mo. But when I need a smile, I pop in this CD. This is not impressive music from a technical/artistic perspective - his wife and kids sing (and even his grandmother, I think). But this is such a gem - it's charming in its own way.
Sure, I wish I'd known in advance what to expect ... but now that I have the CD, I'm glad I can pull it out whenever I feel "blue" or need to sing along with something. This could have easily been a Disney soundtrack.
Just because it's different doesn't make it bad, folks. I love that Keb Mo shows us a personal side, and now, will even share his family with us. This CD isn't for everybody, but I believe it's a great expression of personal and cultural diversity through music. I don't have anything negative to say about it.
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Summary: His most misunderstood album.......
Comment: What a lot of reviewers fail to realize about this album is that it is NOT blues! It was simply a chance for him to try something new. I think it's great that he wants to include his son on his album and feels comfortable enough as a musician to do so. His true fans realize this by not trying to group him into one category. But I guess I'm a little different than some of the other reviewers here. I am NOT a Blues fan. I am a music fan. Plain and simple. Charlie Daniels once said "There's only 12 notes in all of music. Labels don't mean a thing." So if you like music, this is great album (as well as his others), but if you only listen to blues....well this may not be for you.
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Summary: Nope, Not the Blues
Comment: It would be easy to say Keb' Mo' sold out, but I guess he probably just wanted to try something different. So he pushed out this happy/silly/poppy/goofy disc. Not my style. I'm a blues fan. If you want a disc to play at your ten-year old's birthday party, this might be for you.
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Summary: fun kid's album without being hokey
Comment: I am a fan of Keb Mo and was glad to see he made a kid's album. As a mother of twins, I'm trying to find music that we all can listen to. Avoiding the silly albums out there isn't too hard, it just takes a bit of research. I want my boys to be exposed to all kinds of good music, and Keb's album is one I put on often. He has a great voice, and the upbeat songs are fun to dance around to. (My boys love watching me dance and do hand movements to Love Train.) I like that he includes a wide definition of family. The grandmother's hands song is wonderful and sweet. By the way, for Keb fans he has a wonderful lullaby on Just Like You album. If anyone is looking for other kid's albums, another good one is Jazz for Kids with real jazz singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Louis Prima etc. singing fun jazz songs.
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Summary: Not the typical Keb Mo...
Comment: I read over the reviews and observed mixed emotions about the material on this CD. I purchased this blindly and without reading about any of the songs on it, not realizing this contained mostly covers. Disappointed, I had thought about giving it away or returning it, but I have decided to keep it, for I am hoping that it will grow on me. Nothing wrong at all with the material on it, I like his interpretation of "Grandma's Hands" "I am your Mother too" and "Big Yellow Taxi". It's just not the typical Keb Mo we've all come to appreciate. It is a family CD. However, instead of criticizing him for having his son appear with him on the CD, I think it's cool. That's the great part about making a name for yourself, you're able to take some liberties and do what you like, instead of doing what the record companies tell you to do. For that, I give him 5 stars. And I will have to add that this music is full of love, and if you're a true fan of Keb... well, then you will appreciate his celebration of: "Life...love...family..."
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Editorial Reviews:
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Every photo included in Big Wide Grin's booklet has Keb' Mo' looking just as pleased as punch. The material on his fifth album is likewise overwhelmingly cheerful, a series of upbeat meditations on family life that, while occasionally idealized, are usually refreshingly realistic. It's this realism, the implicit understanding that families are frequently assembled out of far-flung components rather than adhering to some nuclear ideal, that makes Grin such a winner. That principle informs songs such as "I Am Your Mother, Too," addressed to an adopted child, and "Color Him Father," about the entrance of a stepparent into a family. The whole album is, in fact, a family affair, with members of Mo's family occasionally pulling background-vocal duty. Big Wide Grin is a summertime album for those still young enough to have the summer off. Fortunately, there's just enough bittersweet mixed in to keep the result from Pollyanna-hood. After all, what's the point of being reminded to count your blessings if you don't realize that that's what they are? --Genevieve Williams
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