Bob The Builder - The Album - Bob The Builder

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Sublime
Quality and consistency of tracks	Flawless
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Lots of fun songs to sing along to
Disadvantages:	none to mind

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Bob the Builder has been around since 1999, and has been a childrens favourite. It is a great programme that has stood the time and has now been popular with children for nearly ten years!!
Bob the Builder is a construction worker who runs his own construction business in Bobsville along with his friend Wendy, All of his construction vehicles have characters of their own and are involved in many projects and adventures.

Wendy - Wendy is Bob's business partner who helps him with the day to day running of the business. she is involved in the construction side of the business but also runs the office and keeps an eye on general organisation of everything.
Spud - Spud is a scarecrow that is always getting himself into mishaps and trouble. He is supposed to be looking after Farmer Pickles crops but he always gets distracted by things around him. He tries to be helpful where he can, and can always be heard saying "Spud's on the Job!"

Farmer Pickles - Farmer Pickles is a farmer nearby who give a hand to Bob and Wendy. He also contracts Bob the builder and his machines to do many jobs for him on his farm.
There are five main machines at Bobs construction company - each has a character of their own and can talk.

These machines are:
- Scoop - Scoop is a yellow backhoe loader - he always appears to have taken the role of unofficial leaders of the machines and he is loud spoken and his saying is "No Prob, Bob!"

- Muck - Muck is a red Bulldozer that also has an extra dumping bed - he is often getting himelf into trouble and bad situations as he does things without thinking first. But when he realises what he has done he always tries to fix it - his saying is "Muck to the rescue!"
- Dizzy - Dizzy is an orange concrete Mixer and she is the only female Machine in Bobs yard. She appears to be much younger in character than the rest of the vehicles and is very enthusiastic and curious about everything around her. Her saying is "Brilliant!"

- Roley - Roley is a green steam roller and is one of the biggest of Bobs machines. He is pretty quiet and is a hard worker. His saying is "Rock and Roll!"
- Lofty - Lofty is a blue crane and one of the more endearing characters. He is nervous and timid and very apprehensive about everything that goes on around him. He never leads a crowd but follows them instead, voicing his concerns and fears. When asked "can we fix it" he always responds with "Er...Yeah. I think so!"

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Other machines in the program include:
Scrambler - Scrambler is a dark blue quadbike - he haas started to become alot more involved in newer episodes of Bob the Builder and his sayings are "Awesome!" and "Scram to the valley!"

Travis -Travis is Farmer Pickles' tractor. He keeps an eye on Spud the scarecrow to make sure he is doing his job properly and he also helps out Bob and his crew when they need an extra hand.
Dodger - Dodger is a light blue milk machine and is owned by Meg His job is to carry milk and you can recognise him coming by him honking his horn. His saying is "Dodger delivers!

Benny - Benny is a dark Pink female Excavator
Packer - Packer is a red pickup truck, and he is owned by Farmer Pickles. His saying is "Pack me up and watch me Go Go"

Scoot - Scoot is a black and yellow snow mobile and he is owned by Tom, which is Bobs twin brother.
Sumsy - Sumsy is a red & yellow striped fork lift Tractor and he is also owned by Farmer Pickles - her saying is "I can pack 'em, I can stack 'em!"

Tumbler - Tumbler is a yellow and green concrete mixer. His saying is "I'm a Rumblin' and a Tumblin'"
Jackaroo - Jackaroo is a blue pickup truck.

Skip - Skip is a yellow skip carrier
RV - RV is a light blue crane machine and he belongs to Bob's Dad. His saying is "Amazing RV - thats me!".

Trix - Trix is a purple forklift - he belongs to J.J. who is the parts supplier and his saying is "Easy peasy!"
Zoomer - Zoomer is a purple, Bobsville snowmobile that helps out when the weather is bad - his saying is 'Snowed Under'
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This Bob the Builder album is actually quite enjoyable, even for adults. The songs are sung by Neil Morrissey, who provides the voice for Bob the Builder. What I was quite intrigued to find out was that Elton John played the keyboard on the album, which adds a pinch of magic celebrity dust to it.

This is definitely one of the better albums that you could buy to entertain your children. The first two songs are the songs that have been released as UK singles in the past and the remainder of the songs are well performed and quite enjoyable to sing along to. I find this is a great album to play in the car to keep my son happy, whilst at the same time it isnt too grating on the senses. Each song has fun, easy to learn lyrics that you and your child can pick up quickly and sing together, and there has been many a time I have found myself humming one of the songs -they are very catchy!

With regards to value for money, you certainly get your values worth with this purchase. It was released little over a year ago (Jan 2007), and at the moment the average retail price is about £7.99 - you can also buy it on E-bay and Amazon for cheaper than this.

What is great about this album is that it never ages. It can be played for years to come for children and is a constant source of enjoyment.

The album itself contains 12 tracks, so its a full length album like any other that you would purchase.

The tracks are:

1. Can We Fix It

2. Mambo No 5

3. Bob's Line Dance

4. Right Tool For The Job

5. Let's Get Busy

6. What Can I Be (Spud's Song)

7. Blonde Haired Gal In A Hard Hat (Wendy's Song)

8. Dizzy

9. Super Spud

10. No One Can Dig It Like We Do

11. No Prob Bob

12. Crocodile Rock - Bob The Builder & Elton John

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Value for money - Absolutely
Entertaining -hours and hours of fun
rating from us - 5/5 -fantastic for any Bob the Builder fan! One not to be missed!