About this title: Inevitably, the first thing that strikes you about this benefit album for pediatric AIDS is the lineup: It contains selections by Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, and Barbra Streisand, among other top stars. When you realize that 17 of the 20 tracks were newly recorded, For Our Children quickly becomes a must-have for fans of a wide variety of artists. Beyond those immediate virtues, however, the album is a diverse, if inconsistent, collection of music, some of it definable as children's music in the sense that it is likely to appeal to children, some songs about ...
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Tracks on this album
Tracks:
- Give a Little Love
- This Old Man
- Cushie Butterfield
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett
- The Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Chicken Lips and Lizard Hips
- Country Feelin's
- Blueberry Pie
- The Pacifier
- Getting to Know You
- Autumn to May
- Child of Mine
- Tell Me Why
- A Medley of Rhymes
- Blanket for a Sail
- Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
- Gartan Mother's Lullaby
- Golden Slumbers
- A Child Is Born
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.