Although not as instantly lovable (or jump-around-the-room-able) as Hey You Kids!, Changing Skies has to be my favourite album of the two. The more I listen to it, the more it grows on me. Highlights for me would be Solo Echo, San Diego and Remember Me.

In the comparatively small world of kids music, I'm not sure there's been an album that has shook up the genre recently as much as the Jellydots' debut CD Hey You Kids!. At time it rocked, other times it was gently sweet, but it seemed to resonate with parents who might never have given the genre a second thought. So how exactly does one follow up such a standout release? You pretty much have two choices -- follow the template exactly, or throw away the mold. For Doug Snyder, chief Jellydot, the answer was more the latter than the former and you can hear the results on Changing Skies, the followup CD currently available in digital formats and available on physical CDs in the not-too-distant future for old fogeys like me. How is it different? Well, the primary difference is that the subject matter is definitely geared towards older kids. It's not that Hey You Kids! was necessarily a perfect album for a 3-year-old -- it was definitely more for 6-year-olds and older. But songs abou

I cannot stop listening to this record. It is stuck in my car and I am treating it as a "regular" rock record, not necassary a kiddie disc. It is so good. You didn't touch on my faves on the disc "solo echo" and the opender "san diego". Sounds like a Matt Pond PA record from about 5-6 years ago...which is a good thing (by my standards).

"Solo Echo" and "Sad Robot" are great songs in any genre. Sure, it's a very "nichey" album but kudos to Doug & co. for attempting to expand the kids music genre by giving the tweens & teens something all their own.