Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage

Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage
Live Album
Released	November 6, 1996 (Tour) May 6, 1997 (Retail)
Recorded	1996
Studio	Dallas Sound Lab
Length	40:03
Label	Lyrick • Barney Music
Produced by	Sheryl Leach (exec.) Dennis DeShazer (exec.) Jill K. Hance (associate) Joseph Phillips
Chronology
Preceded by	Run, Jump, Skip and Sing
Followed by	Happy Holidays Love, Barney
US studio album chronology
Preceded by	Run, Jump, Skip and Sing
Followed by	Happy Holidays Love, Barney

Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage is a live album with songs from the stage show of the same name. The album was originally sold on November 6, 1996 during the tour and was later released for retail on CD and cassette on May 6, 1997 by Lyrick Studios. The soundtrack was soon re-released by Koch Records and HIT Entertainment in 2004.

Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage was the fifth album released by Barney and the first live album to be released based on a live show.

The same year of the album's retail release, it commercially went on to peak at number six on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums on November 8, 1997.

Following the release of Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage a spanish language version, titled La Gran Sorpresa de Barney, was released in 1998.

Release and promotion

One notable appearance to promote the album was on a CBS news station, where Barney sung "My Kite" from the stage show.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	4/5 stars

At AllMusic, Ross Boissoneau rated the album four stars out of five, saying that Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage has "zestfulness" and "unfailing good humor". He stated that this soundtrack is the next best thing to being at the actual live show for children and families who enjoy Barney & Friends.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Barney Theme Song"	Traditional • Stephen Bates Baltes • Philip Parker	1:08
2.	"If You're Happy and You Know It"	Traditional	1:43
3.	"Welcome to Our Treehouse"	Joseph Phillips • Tony Peugh	1:58
4.	"The Baby Bop Hop"	Baltes • Lory Lazarus	1:53
5.	"Happy Birthday to Me"	Phillips • Peugh	3:07
6.	"My Kite"	Baltes • Lazarus	2:29
7.	"Driving Medley ("In the Car and Having Fun"/"Itsy Bitsy Spider"/"Mister Sun"/"Mr. Knickerbocker")"	Peugh • Beth Ashbrook • Traditional	3:08
8.	"Tinkerputt's Song	Parker	2:20
9.	"We Are Little Robots"	Phillips	1:30
10.	"Listen to the Night Time"	David Bernard Wolf	2:29
11.	"The Rainbow Song"	Parker	1:32
12.	"Hey, Look at Me! I Can Fly!"	Baltes • Lazarus	1:30
13.	"Ducks That I Once Knew"	Traditional	2:16
14.	"Happy Birthday to Me" (Reprise)	Phillips • Peugh	1:04
15.	"If All the Raindrops"	Traditional	1:32
16.	"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"	Traditional	3:00
17.	"Mother Goose Medley ("Humpty Dumpty"/"Hey Diddle Diddle"/"Little Miss Muffet"/"Little Boy Blue"/"One Two Buckle My Shoe"/"Sing a Song of Sixpence")"	Traditional	4:14
18.	"Old King Cole"	Traditional	2:03
19.	"Happy Birthday to You"	Mildred J. Hill • Patty Smith Hill	1:34
20.	"I Love You"	Traditional • Lee Bernstein	2:23
Total length:			40:03

Personnel

Credits for Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage adapted from AllMusic.

Managerial and creative Sheryl Leach - executive producer Dennis DeShazer - executive producer Vocals Bob West — lead vocals, voices (Barney) Julie Johnson — vocals, voices (Baby Bop) Patty Wirtz — vocals, voices (BJ) Barry Pearl — vocals (Professor Tinkerputt) Michelle McCarel — vocals (Mother Goose)

Production Joseph Phillips - arranger, producer Charles King — music administrator & researcher Jonathan Smith - music administrator & researcher Visuals and imagery Amy Lease – album art designer Michael Estill - album art designer Technical Frank Salazar - recorder, mixer engineer

Gallery

Photoshoot

Promos

Barney Music promo advertising the CD and Cassette of Barney's Big Surprise alongside other Barney music.

Promo featuring the video (VHS) and audio (CD) of Barney's Big Surprise.

Promo featuring the CD and Cassette of Barney's Big Surprise alongside the VHS of Barney's Musical Scrapbook.

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak Position
US Billboard Top Kid Albums	6

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	November 6, 1996	Cassette • CD	Lyrick
	May 6, 1997
	2004	CD	HIT • Koch
South Africa	October 2007		HIT • NEXT
	2012

Trivia

• This soundtrack marked:
  • The first time Joseph Phillips produces a Barney album.
  • The first album to contain the audience effects.
• Even though the songs, "The Airplane Song" and "I'm Mother Goose" are on the home video, they don't appear in this album.
• Even though "Listen to the Night Time" was sung in this album, it wasn't in the home video.
• During "I Love You", the audience can be heard singing, in the US and UK video they can still be heard singing but very faintly, in other versions the audience singing is removed due to the video being redubbed.

See Also

• La Gran Sorpresa de Barney

References

English Studio albums Barney's Favorites, Volume 1 (1993) • Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 (1994) • Barney's Sleepytime Songs (1995) • Run, Jump, Skip and Sing (1997) • Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage (1997) • Happy Holidays Love, Barney (1997) • Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1998) • I Love to Sing with Barney (1999) • Barney's A Great Day for Learning (1999) • Barney For Baby: Love and Lullabies (2000) • Barney Rocks! (2000) • Start Singing With Barney (2003) • The Barney Boogie (2004) • Barney's Colorful World! LIVE! (2004) • The Land of Make-Believe (2005) • Let's Go to the Beach (2006) • Let's Go to the Farm (2006) • Perfectly Platinum: 30 Dino-Mite Songs (2009) • Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!: Original Cast Recording (2011) Compilations Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years (2000) Promotional Songs in the Key of Purple (1998) • Super-Dee-Duper Songs (2003) • Dino-Tunes (2008) Personalized Sing Along with Barney & Friends (2005) • Music for Me! (2008) Cassettes Barney & The Backyard Gang The Backyard Show (1988) • Three Wishes (1988) • A Day at the Beach (1989)• Waiting for Santa (1990) • Campfire Sing-Along (1990) • Barney Goes to School (1990) • Barney in Concert (1991) • Rock with Barney (1991) Sing-Along Barney's Sing Along: Halloween Party (1998) • Barney's Great Adventure Sing Along (1998) • Barney's Sing Along: In Outer Space (1999) • Barney's Sing Along: Night Before Christmas (1999) Spanish Las Canciones de Barney • Las Canciones de Barney 2 • La Gran Sorpresa de Barney • Feliz Navidad con Amor Barney • Vamos Juntos a Cantar • El Castillo Musical de Barney • Te Quiero Lo Mejor de Barney • A Dormir con Barney • Barney Rocks! (En Español!) • Corre, Brinca, Salta y Canta • Un Gran Día para Aprender • Barney y su Mundo de Colores • El Parque Musical de Barney y Sus Amigos • Juguemos a Cantar con Barney • El Barney Boogie • Cantemos con Barney • Canciones Favoritas German Barney's Lieblingslieder • Barney's Insel der Fantasien Hebrew Hashirim Shel Barney • Yom Huledet Sameach • Yadayim Lemala Al Harosh Portuguese As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 1 • As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 2 • Vamos Fazer Música South Africa Barney's Musical Castle • Ek hoor musiek... van vroeg tot laat Other Tributo a Barni • Baniwa Chingudeul Theme Song Collection