"Racing to the Rainbow" It is a the 28th Wiggles album which was released on 28th August, 2006. It won at the 2006 ARIA Music Awards for Best Children's Album. This was Greg's last ever album as the yellow wiggle until 2012 with the release of Surfer Jeff, although he was featured in the compilations in between.
The accompanying video was released on September 7 2006.
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 De Saulnier, 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 Bazouki: George Tseros
- Recorded at Tiger Sound, Sydney Australia Engineered by Alex Keller
- Special guest guitarist on "Here Come The Chicken": James Burton
Release Dates
- Australia: August 28th 2006
- America: March 6th 2007
- United Kingdom: October 29th 2007
Trivia
- Kamahl and Georgie Parker guest star in Love Train.
- The Go to Sleep Jeff song is reused from the album of the same name. It was also featured on It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! earlier in 2006.
- Zoe Velez voices Dorothy the Dinosaur on Everybody Dance!. She also provides the singing voice for Magdalena the Mermaid on The Princess of the Sea.
- This was the last album to be co-distributed by HIT Entertainment in the United States.
- Five Little Ducks has a new recorded version.
- Some songs on this album like The Wheels on the Bus and Row, Row, Row Your Boat are Nursery Rhymes
- Here Come The Chicken and Music Box Dancer made their first appearances on this album. Since, Here Come The Chicken previously appeared in the video Sailing Around the World and The Wiggles Show! (TV Series) whereas Music Box Dancer previously appeared in Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.
- This was the last album to have Greg Page as the yellow wiggle before his initial retirement.
- A lot of songs on this album were written in 2005 (except Five Little Ducks since it was already written in 1996).
- This is the last album where pre-yellow Wiggle Sam Moran provides the backing vocals.
- This is the first album since Whoo Hoo Wiggly Gremlins! where Murray Cook plays the guitar besides the bass guitar on the musician cast list.
- This is the only album where Derek Antunes plays the drums.
- The back cover of the AU booklet shows the Wiggles chasing a hot-air balloon.
- Love Train is the only song to not be released on the video of the same name as the album it was on.
- Sam Moran and Brett Clarke helped write the song The Princess of the Sea.
- The UK release doesn't have The Wiggles on the disc art. This is to make it appear different from the DVD, which it was packaged with.
- The song credits from the US release were taken from the booklet of the Australian DVD of Racing to the Rainbow.
- This is the first album that Sam Moran writes songs.
- This is the only album that Brett Clarke writes songs.
- This is the only album to be recorded at Tiger Sound.
- This is the second and first album since "Big Red Car" & "Go To Sleep Jeff!" that Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt & Anthony Field providing the vocals.
- Blow Up Your Balloon (Huff and Huff and Puff) which was the song until the 2019 version titled called, "Dance with Your Balloon."
- Tony Henry plays the drums on this album for Here Come The Chicken, while Derek Antunes plays the drums for the rest of the tracks.
- The Wiggles were absent at the album's ARIA award win, due to Greg's illness of orthostatic intolerance and The Wiggles touring the USA at the time. So, Dorothy the Dinosaur took their place to accept the award.
Goofs
- There have been various inconsistencies with the credits between the original Australian release, the US release and the Double Pack release. For example, The Wiggles are credited alone for Blow Up Your Balloon (Huff and Huff and Puff) in later versions, but the original credits Dominic Lindsay for writing it with them. Which is actually correct is unclear. Another example is that on the DVD release, Greg's name is missing from the credits of Shakin' Like a Leafy Tree, although his name remains on all album booklets.
- The front cover shows Dorothy's 2004 costume, and the back cover of the album booklet shows a 2003 photo of The Wiggles.
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