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VeggieTales
Greatest Hits
Artist Info: Discography
Album length: 16 tracks: 39 minutes, 22 seconds
Street Date: March 11, 2008
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Since the early 90's, the folks at Big Idea Productions have been entertaining and teaching children about Biblical
themes and values with the help of little computer animated vegetables. The music in each VeggieTales episodes
is frequently clever and touching and a big part of driving home the moral of each story. People of all ages have grown to love
and be touched by the Veggie songs, so there really is no difficulty in coming up with selections for a Greatest Hits.
However, narrowing down the list of the best to just fifteen is another story.
Greatest Hits isn't the first VeggieTales collection, but its song list is a wonderful testament to the heart
and fun of the show. To make the CD packaging compliment this release, the creators include fun facts about each song
inside the disc jacket. The facts offer insight on each tune, from the controversy surrounding the original "Bunny Song" to revealing the personal
touches that went into the prayerful ballad "My Day" from Jr.'s voice, Lisa Vischer. This collection, from its simple-yet-delectable
art direction to details like these song facts, feels like just the right homage is being paid to a children's show that has
made such an impact and established quite the legacy since its 1993 debut.
Every Veggie fan will have their own idea of how a Greatest Hits compilation should look when it comes to song selection.
The project appropriately opens with the theme song, but reaches far back to the show's humble beginnings right away by continuing
on with older songs like "I Can Be Your Friend," "Stand!," "God Is Bigger," and "The Hairbrush Song." Some of the best Silly
Songs make their appearance here - from the very first in "The Water Buffalo Song" to "His Cheeseburger," "Song of the Cebu,"
and "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." But considering how the fun and the serious need to be represented on a project like
this, omissions will have to be made. So songs like "I Love My Lips," "The Dance Of The Cucumber," and the newer instant classic
"Monkey" won't be found here. Still, what is included are all gems, even if trading the "Thankfulness Song Medley" or the fun
but unnecessary bonus mash-up "Foreign Exchange Veggies" (where we hear German, Japanese, and Spanish versions of their songs
in a medley) would have freed up some space to include them. As an added bonus, however, the disc also works in your CD-Rom
and includes two music videos for your viewing pleasure - "The Dance Of The Cucumber" and "The Yodeling Veterinarian Of The
Alps." The video quality is good, although they display pretty small -- not much better than when Audio/Visual CD's
first debuted in the mid-90's -- and there is surprisingly no way to watch them full-screen. Also, watching these
videos just makes me wish they were included in the audio portion.
VeggieTales' Greatest Hits is a delightful little collection that offers some of the best the show has produced to date.
The compilation is fashioned perfectly for the kiddies with songs that address Biblical life lessons like "Big Things, Too,"
"God Is Bigger," "I Can Be Your Friend," "Thankfulness" and "My Day," and still leave room for good clean fun with the Silly
Songs. While an extra disc may have solved the problem of missing some more fan favorites, the attention to detail with the
little song facts in the packaging is just one of the things that makes Greatest Hits a fun experience for any
VeggieTales fan. Who knows? Maybe we'll get a Volume Two someday.
- Review date: 3/11/08, written by John DiBiase
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 Record Label: Big Idea Records
Album length: 16 tracks: 39 minutes, 22 seconds
Street Date: March 11, 2008
Buy It: JfH Music Store
- VeggieTales Theme Song
- God Is Bigger
- The Water Buffalo Song
- The Hairbrush Song
- I Can Be Your Friend
- Stand!
- The New & Improved Bunny Song
- Big Things, Too
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- The Song Of The Cebu
- His Cheeseburger
- Thankfulness Song Medley
- My Day
- Belly Button
- What We Have Learned (Ukulele)
- BONUS SONG: Foreign Exchange Veggies
Bonus Videos:
"The Yodeling Veterinarian Of The Alps"
"The Dance Of The Cucumber"
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