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The World Sings Goodnight | 
 enlarge | Artist: World Sings Goodnight
Label: Silver Wave
Category: Music
Buy New: $16.98
New (24) Used (27) Collectible (1) from $1.68
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 105726
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 850803
UPC: 021585080324
EAN: 0021585080324
ASIN: B000000POT
Release Date: October 8, 1993
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| • | Argentina - Corina Nolting | | • | Nepal - Neelam Shrestha | | • | Austria: Es Wird Schon Glei Dumpa - Wolfgang Blumel | | • | U.S.A. (Southern Gospel) - Pat Buchanan | | • | Indonesia (Sumatra-Batak): Modom Ma Damang - Cyrus Fidelus Sidjabat | | • | France - Catherine Clareboudt | | • | Brazil: Boo, Maramba! - Andrea Merkel | | • | Sweden: Sow Du Lilla Videung - Kai Soderman | | • | Japan - Nanwei Chin Su | | • | Switzerland - Cornelia Blatter | | • | Egypt - Ashraf Sewailam | | • | Russia - Nora Felitsyn | | • | Ethiopia - Tsehay Hailu | | • | U.S.A.: Child - Tom And Susan Wasinger | | • | France - Jean Lilensten | | • | Indonesia (Sumatra-Medan): Do Doi - Bedjo Mankekar | | • | U.S.A. (Cajun French) - Louie Cart | | • | Poland (Yiddish) - Miyriam Soszewicz | | • | Bolivia - Marcela Illanes | | • | U.S.A. (Ogalala Sioux Indian) - Jerry Garrett | | • | Romania - Elena Timara | | • | Canada - Rachel Warwick | | • | China (Taiwan) - Renjeng Su | | • | Switzerland - Eva Ziegler | | • | India - Kanta Purohit | | • | U.S.A. (Western): Roundup Lullaby - Rolland Fischer | | • | Korea - Myung O. Hahn | | • | Italy - Eleonora Buonpane | | • | Algeria (Berber) - Amisaada Ramdane | | • | England 'Bye Bye Bunting' - Rebecca Hadwen | | • | Unknown - Greg Fisher | | • | Iran - Shaharzad Parsapour | | • | Senegal - Yammar Thiam |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 guaranteed sleep! June 17, 2008
i have played this at naptime and bedtime for the last 16 months; it's on repeat during naps. i have listened to the CD at least 1500 times, and have finally worn out the original CD (i'm buying the download now). my twin sons settle down immediately upon hearing the first song, and are lights out by the third. the rest of the CD is just great background noise to drown out the sounds of the rest of the house. if a baby is cranky, i can start to hum the first song and he settles down. i've never bothered to read the liner notes and translations, but whatever: i need my guys to sleep well and soundly, and this CD does the trick.
World Sings Goodnight May 31, 2008
We first received this as a baby gift 13 years ago, and we find it makes a great baby gift! We all loved the soothing lullabies from all over the world!
Superb Collection July 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent collection of lullabies from around the world. Beautifully produced. Adults will enjoy this one just as much as the younger set. Listen to this and skip your valium.
Lullabies from around the World to put your kids to sleep February 7, 2002
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I have always had a pet theory that with babies and small animals HOW you say something is always more important than WHAT you say. "The World Sings Goodnight" would certainly seem to put that theory to test as it offers lullabies from 33 different cultures, each sung in its native tongue. This means only a handful are sung in English and that until they are old enough to read the liner notes your little ones are never going to know what these songs are about. This is probably a good thing because there are songs that tell children "to wake you up we'll cut off your ears" and contemplate giving them to a witch or a bad man. My favorite is the lullaby from Egypt where the parent promises to bring the child two pairs of pigeons to eat or two pairs of black beetles to play with, but quickly explains to the animals that this is only being said to the baby so he will sleep. These lullabies are sung either a capella or with the simple instrumentation of the culture, which can mean anything from end-blown bamboo flute to hurdy-gurdy to goat bells and hammered dulcimer. There is even on song accompanied by crickets. One nice thing about this album is that gender does not matter when it comes to singing a baby to sleep. Males sing the Indonesian lullaby where the mother pleads "Sleep and grow up well, honey, so that you can protect me later, because your father has gone away and forgotten you" and the Ogalia Sioux song where a woman sees the ghost of her dead husband (thus we learn that lullabies do not need to contain the typical lullaby references found in every typical lullaby to be an effective lullaby). There are also several nice examples of lullabies involving sweet harmonies between a pair of singers, including a piece written by producers Tom and Susan Wasinger that is quite lovely. These songs collected from five continents are song by "folk" voices in an effort to have these songs sung by people who have really had to persuade babies and young children to go to sleep. Final Note: I was listening to this CD in the morning and I almost fell asleep, so there is a very good chance it will work on your little ones as well.
 Political by Omission January 27, 2002
4 out of 44 found this review helpful
How can you have a Lullaby CD from 'Around The World' and omit
Germany as the country of origin for the All Time Classic Lullaby
"Guten Abend, gute Nacht" !??
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