For Our Children Too!: To Benefit Pediatric AIDS Foundation

1 x CD Compilation
US 1996

1	Céline Dion	Brahms' Lullaby
2	Elton John	The Greatest Discovery
3	Luther Vandross	If I Had A Hammer
4	Cher	A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
5	Babyface	If
6	Amy Grant	My Buddy
7	Seal	Puff (The Magic Dragon)
8	Faith Hill	Over The Rainbow
9	Bryan White	You Are My Sunshine
10	Carly Simon & James Taylor	Mockingbird
11	Toni Braxton	Brown Baby
12	Natalie Cole	Both Sides Now
13	Natalie Merchant	Come Take A Trip In My Airship
14	Richard Marx	Angel's Lullaby
15	Vanessa Williams	Snowflake
16	David Foster	Love Light The World

The 1996 follow-up CD to For Our Children packs less romp and more hush. Although the stellar lineup includes Celine Dion, Seal, Faith Hill, Natalie Cole, Cher, Luther Vandross, and others, For Our Children, Too is really a lullaby album and its predecessor is a party record. There are more ballads, more R&B singers, and more arrangements mired in overproduction. That said, if you want a gentler collection of songs, this might be your first choice. Seal turns in a poignant rendition of "Puff the Magic Dragon," while Natalie Cole's "Both Sides Now" shows how universal that old Joni Mitchell classic really is. James Taylor and Carly Simon's memorable hit "Mockingbird" is also featured, along with Cher doing a predictable interpretation of "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" from Cinderella. Celine gives "Brahm's Lullaby" her trademark Dion treatment and Luther Vandross turns the protest anthem "If I Had a Hammer" into a moving meditation on peace and equality. Did someone say this music might be too sophisticated for kids? Still, it's for a great cause. --Martin Keller