Imagination (Play Date album)

Imagination
Studio album by Play Date
Released October 9, 2012 (2012-10-09)
Genre Kindie rock
Length 35:16
Label Fun Fun Records
Producer Shanti Wintergate / Greg Attonito / Pete Steinkopf
Play Date chronology
Imagination
(2012)		 We All Shine
(2015)

Imagination is a studio album by the American kindie rock band Play Date. The album won a 2014 Parents' Choice Award.[1]

Production

Play Date is a children's music project consisting of Shanti Wintergate and Greg Attonito.[2][3] Forming the band in 2012[4][5] Wintergate and Attonito toured the United States doing readings and singings of their children's book I Went for a Walk,[6] and upon returning home, began working the book into an album of kindie rock.[7] On October 9, 2012 Play Date released their debut album Imagination on Fun Fun Records, which is the children's label run by Mike Park of Asian Man Records.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Parents' Choice(positive)[1]
NPR(positive)[8]

The album met with positive acclaim from NPR's All things Considered.[8][9] Wrote Lahri Bond, art professor and music historian about Imagination, "with their strong clear voices, highlights from Imagination, include the empowering encouragement of 'Anyone Can Sing,' the free play celebrating title track, the world music influenced 'Ayo,' and surf rock, B52-esque fun of 'Dance Like A Monster.'" He positively compared the band to the "folk pop of The WinterPills, or The Nields."[7] The album won a 2014 Parents' Choice Award.[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Great Day"   02:27
2. "Anyone Can Sing"   02:38
3. "The Number Song"   03:57
4. "Rad"   03:02
5. "Imagination"   04:30
6. "Days of the Week"   03:04
7. "Dance Like a Monster"   02:57
8. "XYZ"   03:06
9. "Flat Stanley"   02:18
10. "Sunshine Through My Window"   03:14
11. "Ayo"   03:43

Awards

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2014 Creative Child Magazine Awards Imagination by Play Date Seal of Excellence Award Won[6]
Parents' Choice Awards Parents' Choice Award Won[1]

Personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bond, Lahri (Fall 2014). "Imagination". parents-choice.org. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  2. ↑ Dante3000, Rich. "Interview: Play Date". Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Vegan, Brooklyn. "Bouncing Souls frontman Greg Attonito and Shanti Wintergate releasing children's music album as Play Date, playing shows". Retrieved 7 Sep 2012.
  4. ↑ Brandt, Jaclyn (August 1, 2012). "Punks on a Play Date: Frontman of Bouncing Souls Makes a Kids Album". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
  5. ↑ Shepherd, Stefan. "Zooblobble". Retrieved 6 September 2012. (September 6, 2012)
  6. 1 2 Driscoll, Dena (June 5, 2015). "Smith Memorial Playground Presents 2nd Annual Kids Music Festival Kidchella". Smith Memorial Playground. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  7. 1 2 Curtin, Kevin (October 9, 2013). "ACL Interview: Play Date". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  8. 1 2 Shepherd, Stefan. "NPR: Music". NPR. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Biese, Alex. "The 66 Sessions: Play Date". Retrieved 16 Nov 2012.

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