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 ... Read review
Can I Be ? (Spud's Song) Blond Haired Gal In A Hard Hat (Wendy's Song) Dizzy ! Super Spud (Spud's Dub) No One Can Dig It like We Do No Prob Bob ! Crocodile Rock (Wi...
investigating, mark-making (the first stage of writing) and so much more. It's full of fun and imaginative ways for grown-ups and children to learn together. Furthermore, the sticker album comes with an alphabet poster and a stick-and-lift reward chart, to help parents praise and encourage their children. Contains a 48 page album + pull-out poster
waiting for. As with most children's television musical tie-ins,Bob the Builder--The Albumcombines quirky, humorous lyrics that reference the narrative and the characters of the show, with contemporary musical sounds. Copying the successful formula of the UK No. 1 singles, "Can We Fix It?" and "Mambo No. 5" the album is packed with plenty of building trade lyrical allusions ("...mix it up","...don't mess with my JCB"). "Let's Get Busy" has a garage-style beat that cheekily incorporates bird "cheeping" samples, while "No One Can Dig It" is a down-tempo Latino-type track which quotes some of the lines from "Can We Fix It". Line-dancing though gets the most acknowledgement, with "Bob's Line Dance" and the duet with Wendy "Blonde Haired Gal" paying homage to Texas's greatest musical export. Overall a fun album that is only slightly soured by Spud the Scarecrow's plucky ballad "What Can I Be" which strangely resembles Keith Harris's and Orville's winsome 1983 hit "I Wish I Could Fly". Top pop for tots, builders and adults too. --John Galilee
A review by yummy.mummy on Bob The Builder - The Album - Bob The Builder March 5th, 2008
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
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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!"
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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' ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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!
Advantages: Your Bob the Builder mad children might like it! Disadvantages: Only a couple of good songs
...say that this CD would have a rather short shelf life, I mean, there's only so many times you can listen to Can we fix it?
I can't compare this against a similar product as it's the first time I've bought this type of CD, the reaon I bought it was because I have been impressed with the standard of the Bob the Builder DVD's,and thought that this product would be of a similar standard. Sadly not.
I have no idea of the retail cost as I picked mine up at a boot sale, I think i'd be kicking myself if I'd bought it at it's full price!
I don't think even the would-be Bob's and Wendy's will like this CD for too long, though I can't speak from experience because my son's a little on the young side to be totally mad about a tv show yet.....I don't think I could bear the thought of him wanting to play this CD over and over again!...
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