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Shel Silverstein
Light in the Attic
Release Date: 1985
Label: CBS

Shel Silverstein's poems exist within the same timeless canon of children's classics as -Where the Wild Things Are, -James and the Giant Peach, and -Alice in Wonderland. Like an Edward Gorey illustration come to life, this wonderfully imaginative collection of poems, songs, and post-'60s hippie rhetoric bristles with unguarded enthusiasm and Willy Wonka-esque grandstanding. Silverstein is a gifted storyteller whose animated -- and undeniably creepy -- voice can light up a room. Like Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat, he surveys each situation with a winning combination of menace and whimsy, utilizing his experiences as a composer and producer to punctuate his verse with quirky melodies and sound effects. When he chooses to sing, like on "The Dragon of Grindly Grun," he retains the mad wink that fuels spoken pieces like "The Sitter" and "Zebra Question," experimenting with inflections like a junkie whose fix is the human personality. James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Light in the Attic	Silverstein	:27
2	Bear in There	Silverstein	:40
3	Rock N' Roll Band	Silverstein	1:16
4	Eight Balloons	Silverstein	1:19
5	Sitter	Silverstein	:20
6	Quick Trip	Silverstein	:14
7	How Not to Have to Dry the Dishes	Silverstein	:32
8	Squishy Touch	Silverstein	1:16
9	Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony	Silverstein	1:39
10	Homework Machine	Silverstein	:47
11	Crowded Tub	Silverstein	:19
12	Almost Perfect	Silverstein	1:45
13	Prehistoric	Silverstein	1:06
14	Examination	Silverstein	:21
15	Kidnapped	Silverstein	:50
16	Dragon of Grindly Grun	Silverstein	1:04
17	Ladies First	Silverstein	1:13
18	Picture Puzzle Piece	Silverstein	1:12
19	Signals	Silverstein	:22
20	Little Boy and the Old Man	Silverstein	:47
21	Clarence	Silverstein	1:57
22	Hula Eel	Silverstein	:28
23	Nobody	Silverstein	1:06
24	Peckin'	Silverstein	:21
25	God's Wheel	Silverstein	:26
26	Zebra Question	Silverstein	:43
27	Tryin' on Clothes	Silverstein	1:05
28	Anteater	Silverstein	:17
29	Fancy Dive	Silverstein	:32
30	Whatif	Silverstein	1:10
31	Backward Bill	Silverstein	1:31
32	Friendship	Silverstein	:15
33	Captain Blackbeard Did What?	Silverstein	1:32
34	Monsters I've Met	Silverstein	:37
35	Ations	Silverstein	:53
36	Hitting	Silverstein	:26
37	Toad and the Kangaroo	Silverstein	1:28
38	Twistable, Turnable Man	Silverstein	1:00
39	Outside or Underneath?	Silverstein	:44