Toot Toot! (album)

"Toot Toot!" is the 9th Wiggles album, which was released in 1998. It won the 1998 ARIA Music Awards for Best Children's Album. The accompanying video was released on October 17, 1998.

Tracklist
M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) That Knocking?]] 1.24 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) 2.08 J.Field (Wiggly Tunes) Trad, Arr The Wiggles (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) Raffi (Homeland) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) Trad, Arr The Wiggles (Wiggly Tunes) Madden / Wenrich (Alberts) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field (EMI) P.Field (Wiggly Tunes) J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) A Rinaldi (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) D.Lindsay/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes) D.Lindsay (Wiggly Tunes)
 * 1) Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car 2.22
 * 1) Look Both Ways 1.42
 * 1) [[Dorothy The Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?)|Dorothy The Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is
 * 1) Food Poem 0.12
 * 1) Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food)
 * 1) John Bradlelum 1.14
 * 1) Captain Feathersword's Raincoat Story 0.56
 * 1) Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! 2.13
 * 1) Bathtime 2.09
 * 1) Wah Hoo Hey, I'm Combing My Hair Today 2.00
 * 1) Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes 2.23
 * 1) Silver Bells That Ring In The Night 2.12
 * 1) Zardo Zap 2.41
 * 1) Henry the Octopus 1.26
 * 1) Move Your Arms Like Henry 1.49
 * 1) Do The Wiggle Groove 2.18
 * 1) Balla Balla Intro 0.15
 * 2) Balla Balla Bambina - 2:10
 * 1) I Climb Ten Stairs 1.13
 * 1) We're Dancing With Wags The Dog 1.22
 * 1) Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango 1.04
 * 1) Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) 1.55
 * 1) Rocket - 1.50 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
 * 2) Officer Beaple's Dance 1.41
 * 1) Let's Have A Ceili 2.04

Release Dates

 * Australia (original): February 10th 1998
 * Australia (re-release): 1999
 * America (original): December 20th 2000
 * America (re-release): June 24th 2003

Personnel

 * The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
 * Lead Vocals: Greg Page Backing Vocals: Mark Punch, Paul Paddick, Kevin Bennett, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray Cook Guitars: Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Tony Douglass • Bass: Murray Cook Drums/Percussion: Tony Henry, Paul Hester • Violin: Maria Schattovits Cello: Margaret Lindsay • Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
 * Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay Recorded and mixed by: Chris Brooks Assisted by: Matt Lovell, Phil Punch and Brad Cooke
 * Recorded at Festival and Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia Mixed at Studio 301 • Mastered by Don Bartley CD package design by Glulietta Pellascio, Designxbent

Trivia

 * Despite Bathtime and Silver Bells That Ring In The Night not being included in the US CD or cassette, they are available still available on the iTunes and Amazon MP3 versions in the US.
 * One of the photos are from The Wiggles (TV Series 1). In it, it shows The Wiggles in the Big Red Car. The original cover shows an animated version of Dorothy at her garden.
 * The song Henry the Octopus was re-recorded and rewritten for this album.
 * For some reason, Jeff Fatt is uncredited for playing the keyboards for this album.
 * The song Quack Quack is now changed to Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on his Pirate Ship.
 * All of the songs were recorded in 1997.
 * The 1998 versions of Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) appear on the The 1998 edition of the Wiggle Time! video.
 * The US version of the album was made in 2000.
 * During the production of the this album, The Wiggles invited Paul Hester to record drum tracks for songs.
 * The songs were written in 2 weeks.
 * This was the first Wiggles album to feature Mark Punch on backing vocals.
 * This was the only Wiggles album to feature Tony Douglass on guitar and Paul Hester on drums.
 * This was the last Wiggles album to feature Kevin Bennett on backing vocals.

Goofs

 * John Field's name was credited as Jeff Field in the US 2003 album release who was involved with TV Series 1 though he didn't write many of the songs.

Sampler Version
In the US, a 3 song sampler CD of Toot Toot! was sold with some copies of Wiggly Play Time. The sampler was in a cardboard slipcase, and it featured the cover art similar to the US VHS and DVD, rather than the US album art.

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