Jump and Jive with Hi-5 [ECD] by Hi-5 (CD, Sep-2004, Koch Records (USA))

Album Features
UPC:	099923958123
Artist:	Hi-5
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2004
Record Label:	Koch Records (USA)
Genre:	Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. Theme
2. Ready or Not
3. Move Your Body
4. Three Wishes
5. Living in a Rainbow
6. Five Senses
7. So Many Animals
8. North South East & West
9. Robot #1
10. Feel the Beat
11. Sailing Down the River
12. Pizza, Pizza, Pizza
13. Space Friends
14. Clean My Teeth
15. Skeleton Bones
16. Funky Reggae Music
17. Building a Fence
18. Belly Wobble
19. Build a City
20. My Best Friend
21. Elephant's Trunk, An
22. Dragon Dance
23. Buzzy Bee
24. Pitter Patter
25. Rock-Melon
26. Yodel-Moo
27. Night Time, Sleep Time
28. Ready or Not Karaoke
29. Move Your Body Karaoke
30. Three Wishes Karaoke
31. Living in a Rainbow Karaoke
32. Five Senses Karaoke
33. So Many Animals Karaoke
34. North South East West Karaoke
35. Robot #1 Karaoke
36. Feel the Beat Karaoke
37. We're Hi-5

Details
Distributor:	E1 Distribution (USA)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Hi-5 is a television sensation in Australia, where its coed and multiculti crew brings clean-hearted pep, bounteous energy, and shingy singalong fun to a nation of kiddies. In 2003, the concept made its American debut with a cast based on Hi-5's established dynamic, and Kimee, Karla, Curtis, Jenn, and Shaun were a near-immediate weekday morning hit for Discovery Kids and TLC. Their debut recording features music from the show, all performed at levels of pizzazz thought unattainable by humans over the age of five. Continuously mixed, the music ranges from the quickly hummable melodies and mechanistic pump of Euro-dance ("Robot No. 1") to ABBA/country amalgams ("Ready or Not") to over-annunciated, Broadway-style singing ("Three Wishes"). In other words, Jump and Jive has a lot to offer the ankle biter set, as the average kid could care less about over-annunciated singing, and just wants to shake his tukus. In addition to ten full-fledged songs, Jump and Jive includes over 30 "songlets," which is a cutesy term coming from the same sugarpies 'n' cookies place as "emoticon." The songlets average about a minute and are considerably hokier than Jive's full-on song content. Goofy voice drop-ins abound, and the subject matter ranges from spaghetti and outer space to the importance (and fun!) of dental hygiene. The song program also repeats at the end of Jump and Jive, this time as karaoke. C'mon world, who's ready to smile?! ~ Johnny Loftus