Kimya Dawson
Alphabutt
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MOG Editorial Review
Judging books by their covers is bad for business, but tiles are sometimes trickier. When ex-Moldy Peaches member Kimya Dawson released her folksy collection of baby' songs under the name Alphabutt, a certain number of juvenile jokes were to be expected. While there is a sense of kiddy fun, not to mention a little good ol' learning, you certainly can't accuse her of being dishonest: poop and farts are everywhere. If that's not your idea of a kids album, you can always go back to Sesame Street. Just be ready to hear about how all the "cool" parents have already moved on.
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AMG Review of Alphabutt
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideSince Kimya Dawson's adult albums are filled with cutesy-pie rhymes and schoolyard singalongs, it makes perfect sense that the singer/songwriter has given herself over to a full-on children's album. It also makes perfect sense that it's called Alphabutt, as Dawson has always shown a propensity for juvenile jokes, and that title should also be a tip-off that just about every other song on this 15-track LP sports a joke about farting. Kimya doesn't limit herself to farts: there's poop and pee, even references to growing hair "down there," all delivered with a child's fascination with discovering their body -- and sometimes delivered with a couple kids singing along, too. Such enthusiastic participation from a few tuneless kids highlights the fact that Dawson designed Alphabutt purely for young kids. These are not songs for the parents, nor are these tunes meant to educate or even entertain: these are the kinds of songs that kids chant in the backseat when they mean to annoy their parents.
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- Release Date 2008
- Label K Records
- Genre Alternative/Indie
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