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| artist = [[Raffi]]
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'''''Raffi Radio''''' is a
'''''Bananaphone''''' is a popular children's [[album]]<ref>{{cite book | last = Lynch | first = Sheri | title = Be Happy or I'll Scream! | publisher = St. Martin's Griffin | location = New York | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-312-34234-0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Briggs | first = Diane | title = Preschool Favorites | url = https://archive.org/details/preschoolfavorit0000brig | url-access = registration | publisher = American Library Association | location = Chicago | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-0-8389-0938-6 }}</ref> released by [[Raffi]] and Michael Creber<ref name='Creber Music - ABOUT US'>{{cite web |url=http://crebermusic.com/about-us.htm#Michael |title=About US - Creber Music Corporation |access-date=2012-12-12 |date=April 2003 |publisher=Creber Music Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043246/http://crebermusic.com/about-us.htm#Michael |archive-date=2012-06-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in 1994. The album is best known for its title track, which uses [[pun]]s such as "It's a phone with appeal!" (a [[Peel (fruit)|peel]]) and [[nonce word]]s like "bananular" and "interactive-odular" as Raffi extols the virtues of his unique telephone.

The song "C-A-N-A-D-A" was originally recorded by [[Stompin' Tom Connors]] under the title "Cross Canada".

The album was certified Gold by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]] in March 2002.<ref name='gold-certification'>{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0302_g.php |title=Gold & Platinum Certification – March 2002 |access-date=2012-01-15 |date=March 2002 |publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205151534/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0302_g.php |archive-date=2012-02-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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== Cover versions ==
== Cover versions ==
The album's title track has been...
The album's title track has been covered in several different musical genres. Examples include a [[Barbershop music|barbershop]] version,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Newfangled Four - Bananaphone|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESWi63VIAjc|website=YouTube|publisher=Barbershop Harmony Society|access-date=1 August 2017}}</ref> several [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] versions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=32362 |title=Bananaphone(Hard Rock) |publisher=Poetv.com |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130210123529/http://music.yahoo.com/primal-fear/tracks/bananaphone--174722235]</ref> a [[dubstep]] version<ref>{{cite web|author=/ 00:00 |url=http://builderbeats.bandcamp.com/track/bananaphone |title=Bananaphone &#124; BUILDER |publisher=Builderbeats.bandcamp.com |date=2010-05-09 |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhRi1QSeR5Y |title=Banana Phone Dubstep Remix by Builder - First Drop Ever!! |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-08-19 |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref> and a [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]]/[[country music|country]] version by [[Rhonda Vincent]] released on the album ''Sing Along with Putumayo'' released by [[Putumayo World Music]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.putumayo.com/content/sing_along_putumayo_0 |title=Sing Along with Putumayo |publisher=Putumayo.com |access-date=2012-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106071636/http://www.putumayo.com/content/sing_along_putumayo_0 |archive-date=2012-01-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nydNZGSXwQg |title=Rhonda Vincent - Bananaphone |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-12-15 |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130209232951/http://music.yahoo.com/rhonda-vincent/tracks/bananaphone--1995824]</ref>

The Chilean children's show ''[[Cachureos]]'' released a cover of ''Bananaphone'' called "Teléfono" on its 1996 album, "La Mosca".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPfDVbB8418 |title=Cachureos 96 - ¡Ring,Ring,Telefono! |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-01-08 |access-date=2012-01-15}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:28, 4 December 2021

Raffi Radio
Studio album by
Raffi
ReleasedSeptember 27, 1994
RecordedMarch–June 1994
GenreChildren's, traditional pop, jazz
Length49:24
LabelMCA Records Rounder
Raffi chronology
Evergreen Everblue
(1990) 		Raffi Radio
(1994) 		Raffi Radio
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Raffi Radio is a

Track listing

  1. "Bananaphone" (Creber, Raffi) 3:12
  2. "Shake a Toe" (Creber, Raffi) 2:20
  3. "The World We Love" (Creber, Raffi) 3:23
  4. "Slow Day" (Creber, Raffi) 3:25
  5. "The Changing Garden of Mr. Bell" (Hubbard, Silversher) 4:07
  6. "Naturally" (Creber, Raffi) 3:04
  7. "Spring Flowers" [instrumental] (Raffi) 2:40
  8. "C-A-N-A-D-A" (Connors) 2:50
  9. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (Traditional) 3:25
  10. "First Peoples" (Creber, Raffi) 4:37
  11. "Dee Myth" [instrumental] (Raffi) 2:21
  12. "Cowlit Night" (Raffi) 3:21
  13. "The Gorilla Song" (Knowles, Knowles) 2:10
  14. "Simple Gifts" (Traditional) 2:15
  15. "Down by the Riverside" (Traditional) 3:13
  16. "The Shmenge Polka" [instrumental] (A Tribute to the late John Candy) (Raffi) 2:07 [2]

Cover versions

The album's title track has been...

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  2. ^ "Rounder Records". Rounder.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
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