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Many recording artists who make children's albums shade them at least a little toward the parents, but Mandy Patinkin has made that tendency explicit starting with the title of Kidults. As on his previous albums, he borrows mostly from Broadway for material, but he is also trying to find songs for late baby boomers as well as babies, with mixed results. "School Days Medley," for example, which moves from Frank Loesser's "Inchworm" to "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)," ends with a charming version of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" that Patinkin shares with Kristin Chenoweth. But another departed '70s singer/songwriter does not benefit from such efforts. It's not clear what the old Paul Whiteman hit "Japanese Sandman" has to do with Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," but though the latter song is a rueful favorite of absentee parents everywhere, it not only remains as heavy-handed and obvious as ever, but actually suffers from Patinkin's typically committed performance; when Chapin sang it straight, it was just a bad song, but when Patinkin acts it out, it's nearly insufferable. Elsewhere, however, the singer's acting instincts range from the sweet ("If I Only Had a Brain," with different voices for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion) to the hilarious (a schizophrenic "Holiday for Strings" that alternates between a sincere ballad performance and a raucous, up-tempo one). Children are likely to find much of this album delightful, and the only real danger for parents is that their kids will want to play it over and over again so they can memorize "April in Fairbanks." Patinkin clearly can have a career as a children's entertainer, if he chooses to pursue it among the many other acting and singing opportunities he has.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Composer - E.Y. HARBURG, Lyricist
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Frederic Chopin, Composer - LAN O'KUN, Lyricist
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Ned Washington, Composer - Herb Magidson, Composer - Michael H. Cleary, Lyricist
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - FRANK LOESSER, Composer
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Kristin Chenoweth, Vocals - Tom Jones, Lyricist - Harvey Schmidt, Composer
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Kristin Chenoweth, Vocals - FRANK LOESSER, Composer - Jim Croce, Composer - Will Cobb, Composer - Gus Edwards, Lyricist
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Ella Fitzgerald, Lyricist - Van Alexander, Composer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Jim Croce, Composer - Richard Whiting, Composer - Sandra Campbell Croce, Lyricist - Raymond Egan, Lyricist
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Mandy Patinkin, Arranger, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, Composer, Lyricist - Paul Ford, Arranger
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Howard Dietz, Lyricist - Arthur Schwartz, Composer
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Murray Grand, Composer
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Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - David Rose, Lyricist - Sam Gallop, Composer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Alan Jay Lerner, Lyricist - Burton Lane, Composer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Stephen Sondheim, Composer - FRANK LOESSER, Composer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Maury Yeston, Composer
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
Mandy Patinkin, MainArtist - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Lyricist - Buddy Kaye, Composer - Fred Wise, Composer - Sidney Lippmann, Lyricist
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
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Many recording artists who make children's albums shade them at least a little toward the parents, but Mandy Patinkin has made that tendency explicit starting with the title of Kidults. As on his previous albums, he borrows mostly from Broadway for material, but he is also trying to find songs for late baby boomers as well as babies, with mixed results. "School Days Medley," for example, which moves from Frank Loesser's "Inchworm" to "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)," ends with a charming version of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" that Patinkin shares with Kristin Chenoweth. But another departed '70s singer/songwriter does not benefit from such efforts. It's not clear what the old Paul Whiteman hit "Japanese Sandman" has to do with Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," but though the latter song is a rueful favorite of absentee parents everywhere, it not only remains as heavy-handed and obvious as ever, but actually suffers from Patinkin's typically committed performance; when Chapin sang it straight, it was just a bad song, but when Patinkin acts it out, it's nearly insufferable. Elsewhere, however, the singer's acting instincts range from the sweet ("If I Only Had a Brain," with different voices for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion) to the hilarious (a schizophrenic "Holiday for Strings" that alternates between a sincere ballad performance and a raucous, up-tempo one). Children are likely to find much of this album delightful, and the only real danger for parents is that their kids will want to play it over and over again so they can memorize "April in Fairbanks." Patinkin clearly can have a career as a children's entertainer, if he chooses to pursue it among the many other acting and singing opportunities he has.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:26
- Main artists: Mandy Patinkin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nonesuch
- Genre: Soundtracks Musicals
© 2001 Nonesuch Records ℗ 2001 Nonesuch Records
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