Tracks: Chapter 1: The Songs
1. Winnie the Pooh
2. If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)
3. Mother's Intuition
4. Sing Ho for the Life of a Bear (Expotition March)
5. The More it Snows (Tiddely-Pom)
6. With a Few Good Friends
7. The More I Look Inside
8. Comforting to Know
Chapter 2: The Score
9. Scrapbook Pages
10. River Roo
11. Roo Joins the Quest
12. Losing the Scrapbook
13. Pooh and Piglet Corner
Chapter 3: Bonus Tracks
14. Winnie the Pooh (Carly's Demo)
15. If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song) (Carly's Demo)
16. Mother's Intuition (Carly's Demo)
17. The More it Snows (Tiddely-Pom) (Carly's Demo)
18. The More I Look Inside (Carly's Demo)
Posted 2008-01-31 17:45:35: Amazon.com: Disney's latter-day attempts at building on its sterling character franchises have sometimes fallen short of the original's magic. But this Winnie the Pooh-inspired spin-off is a joyous musical surprise from first track to last. Veteran singer/songwriter Carly Simon seems to have soaked up a half-century of Disney animated song tradition and joyously made it her own on the seven new songs here, as well as a smart, modern folk-jazzy reinterpretation of the traditional "Winnie the Pooh" title tune. "If I Wasn't So Small (The Piglet Song)," "Mother's Intuition," and "With a Few Good Friends" are all charmers, while the march-along "Sing Ho For the Life of a Bear" taps into the vaunted Sherman Brothers tradition with playful joy. This is children's music without an ounce of condescension; indeed Simon's own children--Ben and Sally Taylor--are present on several of the tracks. Simon's sparkling slate of songs is augmented by five sprightly selections from Carl Johnson's orchestral score, and the collection concludes with a handful of bonus track demos by a solo Simon. --Jerry McCulley
