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專輯名稱：?Sing-A-Longs?&?Lullabies?for?the?Film?Curious?George?(Jack?Johnson)



Faced?with?the?task?of?giving?a?voice?to?a?central?character?that?does?not?speak,?Universal?Pictures?turned?to?Jack?Johnson?to?craft?songs?that?could?provide?a?voice?for?Curious?George.?As?a?new?father,?it?gave?him?the?opportunity?to?make?an?album?for?both?parents?and?children.?Presented?with?early?animations?and?the?story?line,?Jack?crafted?new?songs?that?capture?the?emotions?of?Curious?George?as?he?leaves?the?jungle?to?follow?the?Man?with?the?Yellow?Hat.?He?also?turned?to?friends?Ben?Harper,?G.?Love,?and?Matt?Costa?to?contribute?songs?that?might?bridge?the?gap?between?parent?and?child.?Joined?on?the?record?by?his?band?(Adam?Topol,?Merlo?Podlewski,?and?Zack?Gill),?Jack?duets?with?three?of?the?other?songwriters?(Ben?Harper,?G.?Love,?and?Matt?Costa),?and?does?a?cover?of?the?White?Stripes'?"We're?Going?to?Be?Friends."?Parents?who?watched?Schoolhouse?Rock?on?Saturday?mornings?when?they?were?children?will?recognize?Jack's?take?on?the?classic?"Three?Is?a?Magic?Number,"?reinterpreted?with?the?3?R's?as?a?call?to?protect?the?environment?and?Reduce,?Reuse,?and?Recycle.?Sing-a-Longs?and?Lullabies?feels?like?so?much?more?than?your?standard?soundtrack?due?to?its?unified?creative?vision.?While?the?songs?have?a?universal?appeal,?their?themes?speak?to?a?child's?experience?(or?in?this?case,?a?curious?monkey's?experience)?of?the?world.