Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children | ||||
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Released | January 2010 | |||
Studio | Clean Sheets Music | |||
Genre | Children's music | |||
Length | 24:00 | |||
Producer | Martha Davis | |||
Martha Davis chronology | ||||
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Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children is the fourth solo studio album by Martha Davis, who is better known as the lead singer for the band The Motels. [1] [2] [3] Red Frog Presents…, a children’s album, is a departure from Davis' other solo albums that explored autobiographical themes. The cover was designed by artist Alicia Justice and depicts a family listening to the radio with the title character Red Frog. [4]
The inspiration for Red Frog Presents… occurred about twelve years before the album’s release, as Davis lamented that her grandchildren were listening to Barney & Friends: [4] [5] [6]
"It was just horrifying…especially because when I was a kid, my first favorite album was Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. I remember seeing Fantasia when I was little, so I know that kids love beautiful, imaginative stuff. The storybooks that I had didn't pull any punches. People died. They didn't try to make everything safe and pretty and stupid for kids." [4]
As a result, the album explores various musical genres such as jazz and baroque. Davis even provides narration and embodies all of the characters on Red Frog Presents…. [7] As she described, "I was a kid of the Warner Brothers cartoons…I grew up with that stuff. I have a crazy imagination, so it seems to make sense. As dark and brooding as some of my songs are, I'm pretty much a goof ball!" [4]
Martha Davis (vocals, guitar) [8]
Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 2010 | |||
Studio | Clean Sheets Music | |||
Genre | Children's music | |||
Length | 24:00 | |||
Producer | Martha Davis | |||
Martha Davis chronology | ||||
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Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children is the fourth solo studio album by Martha Davis, who is better known as the lead singer for the band The Motels. [1] [2] [3] Red Frog Presents…, a children’s album, is a departure from Davis' other solo albums that explored autobiographical themes. The cover was designed by artist Alicia Justice and depicts a family listening to the radio with the title character Red Frog. [4]
The inspiration for Red Frog Presents… occurred about twelve years before the album’s release, as Davis lamented that her grandchildren were listening to Barney & Friends: [4] [5] [6]
"It was just horrifying…especially because when I was a kid, my first favorite album was Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. I remember seeing Fantasia when I was little, so I know that kids love beautiful, imaginative stuff. The storybooks that I had didn't pull any punches. People died. They didn't try to make everything safe and pretty and stupid for kids." [4]
As a result, the album explores various musical genres such as jazz and baroque. Davis even provides narration and embodies all of the characters on Red Frog Presents…. [7] As she described, "I was a kid of the Warner Brothers cartoons…I grew up with that stuff. I have a crazy imagination, so it seems to make sense. As dark and brooding as some of my songs are, I'm pretty much a goof ball!" [4]
Martha Davis (vocals, guitar) [8]