What They Say: Our inspiration for creating Toybox was to give children and parents the opportunity to enjoy some beautiful children's classics that have been 'lost' over the years to synthesised arrangements. The incredible response to Lullaby showed us just how much parents are crying out for real music to listen to and enjoy with their children. With Toybox, we wanted to create a fun and uplifting collection of music for playtime - something that mums, dads and children could listen to again and again and get genuine pleasure from.
What We Say: Tilly and Jasper love music... Jasper especially. He immediately bounces along whenever he hears anything tuneful and even enjoys it when I sing to him! I was so excited to be sent this CD to review and put it on as soon as it arrived.
I have previously been put off buying music specifically for the children because it usually makes me grit my teeth and want to turn it off within seconds. Toybox is completely the opposite. The music is beautiful... a collection of classic nursery rhymes and children's songs that have been arranged with modern twist by the creative geniuses of Sophie Barker (singer of Zero 7 fame) and KK (producer who has worked with many famous artists of the likes of Bjork, Dido and Brian Eno). Just knowing this alone made me want to listen to the CD!
It is a fab CD... there are lots of old familiars on there that I've been singing along to, and now I can only hear these new versions in my head whenever I think of them. My particular favourites are Ring A Ring O' Roses and Hey Diddle Diddle.
We've also had Lullaby on every night too... another beautiful CD full of beautifully arranged lullabies and songs perfect for bedtime.
I have previously been put off buying music specifically for the children because it usually makes me grit my teeth and want to turn it off within seconds. Toybox is completely the opposite. The music is beautiful... a collection of classic nursery rhymes and children's songs that have been arranged with modern twist by the creative geniuses of Sophie Barker (singer of Zero 7 fame) and KK (producer who has worked with many famous artists of the likes of Bjork, Dido and Brian Eno). Just knowing this alone made me want to listen to the CD!
It is a fab CD... there are lots of old familiars on there that I've been singing along to, and now I can only hear these new versions in my head whenever I think of them. My particular favourites are Ring A Ring O' Roses and Hey Diddle Diddle.
We've also had Lullaby on every night too... another beautiful CD full of beautifully arranged lullabies and songs perfect for bedtime.
The Verdict: 5/5... Love, love, love it! I'll definitely be getting the next album, Snowflake, which is out at the beginning of November.
The Supplier: Toybox and the other albums by The Rainbow Collections can be found on Amazon and Play.com
