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Not so bad as other albums of "and Friends" series.

Any - Ren He | Nanning, Guangxi/Wuxi, Jiangsu China | 10/12/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"It's known to all that Disney has printed some "and Friends" series music album. I think they're printed for the movie's special edition DVD, because they're often in stock as soon as the movie's special edition is on sale. But the albums are not good and many people said that they're waste of money if you buy them. I agree with these people. So I think of this one as well like that. When I saw this album here and listened to it with Amazon's listening samples, I had no idea that whether I should purchase it.

Just like any other albums of "and Friends" series, there are songs from the movie in the album and there're no scores. But very different from other album of the series, there're no songs from the other movies. All the songs in this album are from "The Little Mermaid". To contrast with other albums, this one seems purer. Songs in this album are very familiar to us and very classic. "Part of Your World" and "Under the Sea" are recorded in this album (Of course they should be). And, some songs from the album "Splash Hits" are in it. I was surprised that there're some songs I haven't heard before! Just like "The Laughing Song", it feels so unfamiliar to me. What's more, there's a song sung by Ariel named "One Dance" I have never heard! I love Ariel's voice very much and always try my best to collect all songs with her vocal, but why I haven't heard this one? After I found this song, it makes me think of that whether I should buy this.

Well, I think all the songs in this album are really wonderful. But it's really a pity that this album is very incomplete. "Les Poisson" and "Poor Unfortunate Souls" which are famous in the movie haven't been record in this album. In my opinion, printing all songs from the movie into the album is wiser than printing songs in the other album, though they're Little Mermaid songs as well. I think this is the best on in "and Friends" series, but because of its incompleteness, I rank it only 3 stars."

Short but sweet

Clinhead | NJ | 01/09/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This has a few songs from the little mermaid movie, but a few others that we don't even recognize. Luckily, my Ariel-crazed daughter doesn't mind letting Ariel share the spotlight. The whole CD is pretty short, but I only paid around $6, so it's fine. I wish it had Ursula's song, though."