Racing to the Rainbow is the twenty-seventh album released by The Wiggles. The album's tie-in video special was released in Australia on September 8th, 2006, and the album itself won the 2006 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album.
This was the last album to feature Greg Page as a member of the group until 2012's Surfer Jeff, although prior to the release of the latter album, he was featured in various compilation albums that reused older songs. The album also features guest appearances from Kamahl and Georgie Parker.
Tracklist[]
- Intro - 0:05
- Here Come The Chicken - 2:04
- Bump-A-Deedle - 1:44
- Music Box Dancer - 2:09
- Shakin' Like a Leafy Tree - 1:42
- Teddy Bears Big Day Out - 1:34
- Rainbow of Colours - 1:37
- Blow Up Your Balloon (Huff and Huff and Puff) - 0:53
- The Chew Chew Song - 1:06
- The Princess of the Sea - 1:49
- Polly Put The Kettle On - 1:00
- Do the Daddy Long Legs - 1:56
- Stamp Your Feet (To the Heavy Beat) - 2:05
- He's a Bird! What a Bird! - 1:44
- The Tra-La-La Song - 1:55
- Huddle, Huddle, Huddle Along (The Football Song) - 1:54
- The Wheels on the Bus - 1:03
- Go To Sleep Jeff (Brahms' Lullaby) - 4:42
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat - 0:54
- Rockin' on the Water - 2:01
- Five Little Ducks - 2:07
- Everybody Dance! - 1:49
- Love Train - 3:12
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
- Music Produced by: Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
- Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Paul Paddick, Kamahl, Georgie Parker, Zoe Velez
- Manzillas: Brett Clarke, Ryan Desaulnier, Sam Moran
- Guitar: Anthony Field, John Field and Murray Cook
- Bass: Murray Cook and Chris Lupton
- Keyboard: Jeff Fatt and Dominic Lindsay
- Piano Accordion: Dominic Lindsay
- Drums: Tony Henry and Derek Antunes
- Bouzouki: George Tseros
- Recorded and Engineered by Alex Keller at Tiger Sound, Sydney, Australia.
- Special Guest Guitarist on "Here Come The Chicken": James Burton
Trivia[]
- "Love Train" was the only song on the album to not appear in the tie-in video special, while "Polly Put The Kettle On" was re-worked into "Benny Put The Kettle On" for the video.
- This was the first album to feature Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Anthony Field as lead vocalists since Go To Sleep Jeff!.
- This was the last album to feature Sam Moran as a backing vocalist.
- Simon Pryce appeared as an uncredited backing vocalist on the album.
- This was the first studio album to feature Murray Cook as a guitarist since Whoo Hoo Wiggly Gremlins!.
- "Go to Sleep Jeff" was reused from the album of the same name.
- "Here Come The Chicken" and "Music Box Dancer" made their official debuts on the album. The former song previously appeared in the video Sailing Around the World (in animated form) and The Wiggles Show!, and the latter song previously appeared in the concert video Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A..
- This was the first album since Wiggly Safari to be recorded and mixed by Alex Keller.
- This was the last album to not be recorded at Hot Potato Studios prior to its creation.
- This was the last album to be co-distributed by HIT Entertainment in the United States.
- In order to distinguish the album from the tie-in DVD that it was packaged with, the United Kingdom release's CD disc art did not have the Wiggles themselves.
- The Wiggles were absent at the album's ARIA award win due to Greg Page's illness and their touring the United States at the time, so Dorothy the Dinosaur attended the ceremony to accept the award in their place.
Mistakes and Errors[]
- Dominic Lindsay was not credited for playing the trumpet.