For the 2006 re-issue of this album, see Here Comes The Big Red Car
Big Red Car (also known as Dance Party in North America) is the fifth album released by The Wiggles. The album's tie-in video special was released in Australia on October 9th, 1995, and the album itself won the 1995 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album.
The album was later re-issued in 2006 as Here Comes The Big Red Car, with some tracks removed or replaced with new recordings and some new songs added.
Tracklist[]
- Wags the Dog - 2:42
- Henry's Dance - 1:51
- Five Little Joeys - 1.48
- Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) - 1:34
- Di Dicki Do Dum - 1:33
- Cows - 0:20
- I'm a Cow - 0:31
- Bouncing Ball - 0:13
- Brown Girl In The Ring - 1:35
- Dorothy's Dance Party - 2:15
- The Four Presents - 2:39
- My Holiday At The Beach - 0:10
- On Your Holiday - 1:33
- Teddy Bear Hug - 1:55
- Big Red Car - 1:49
- My Hat - 0:08
- Hat On My Head - 1:11
- Here We Go Dorothy - 2:41
- Do the Flap - 2:26
- Pufferbillies - 0:40
- Joannie Works With One Hammer - 0:47
- Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo - 2:12
- My New Shoes - 0:42
- I Am A Dancer - 0:58
- Look At Baby - 0:09
- Georgia's Song - 0:43
- Sanctissima - 0:45
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Murray Cook: Bass, Guitar, Vocals & Vibraslap
- Jeff Fatt: Piano, Lowrey Colour Glow Organ, Lead Vocal on 'I'm a Cow', Backing Vocals & Vibraslap
- Anthony Field: Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Vibraslap co-ordinator
- Greg Page: Lead Vocals, Hammond B-3 & Vibraslap
Additional Musicians:
- Terry Murray: Guitar
- Tony Henry: Drums on "Brown Girl In The Ring", "Big Red Car", "Five Little Joeys" and "Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)"
- Andrew Bignell: Drums on "Wags The Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Hat On My Head", "Do the Flap" & "Teddy Bear Hug"
- Greg Truman: Backing Vocals on "Wags The Dog", "Henry's Dance", "The Flap", "Hat On My Head" & "Teddy Bear Hug"
- Gerry Brady: Backing Vocals on "The Four Presents" & Guitar on "Pufferbillies"
- Emma Buter: Character Voice
- John Field: Sequencing & Guitar on "Dorothy's Dance Party"
Produced by The Wiggles
Engineered by Aaron Ruig, Rob Perez and The Wiggles.
Recorded at Tracking Station Recording Studios and Struggle Street Studios and Bellevue Hill, Sydney.
Mastered by William Bowden at Festival Studios.
Art & Design by Deborah Parry Graphics
Photography by Gary Johnston
Trivia[]
- This album marked the first appearance of the character Wags the Dog.
- This was the last album to feature Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Anthony Field as lead vocalists until Go To Sleep Jeff!.
- This was the first album to feature guitarist Terry Murray and songwriter John Field as musicians.
- "Henry's Dance", "Teddy Bear Hug", "Joannie Works With One Hammer" and "I Am A Dancer" first appeared in the 1994 video Yummy Yummy before the album's release.
- "On Your Holiday" and "Teddy Bear Hug" were removed from the North American release of the album (the latter presumably due to copyright issues)
- The original Australian liner notes shortened the song title of "Joannie Works With One Hammer" to just "Joanie".
- The North American release was the last album released by Lyrick Studios.
- "Hat On My Head" first appeared on the Play School album Oomba Baroomba before the album's release.
Mistakes and Errors[]
- Jeff Fatt was not credited for playing the accordion.
- Like the Toot Toot album, the original North American back cover for this album erroneously states "first published in Australia in 1996" even though it was actually released in 1995. Presumably this information was copied over from Wake Up Jeff!, which was released in America around the same time.