Reviewed by Peter Timmis

This 2008 release is the second attempt at compiling songs from previous Happy Mouse albums, and it's pretty generic stuff. There's little here that is going to excite even the youngest ears; backing tracks plod along in an unimaginative manner and the children selected for vocal duties don't appear to be exceptionally talented - Joy MacKenzie's "How I Got To Be Me" is treated to a particularly irritating, sugary performance. On the plus side the pace picks up a little with the bouncy "Come Ride The Train To Glory Land" and "Little David Play On Your Harp" has an unusually competent vocal with a neat drum-machine backing. The only previously unreleased track, "Jesus Loves Me This I Know", is a rather tepid and lifeless version of the classic children's song.

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