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Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage

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Barney's Big Surprise (retitled Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage! for reprints) 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 was the fifth album released by Barney, the first live album to be released based on a live show and the first time Joseph Phillips produced a Barney album.

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.[4]

Following the release of Barney's Big Surprise, 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.[5] A sampler of this album was also featured on the DVD release of More Barney Songs, specifically containing the songs "Barney Theme Song", "Driving Medley" and "The Rainbow Song".

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.[6]

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

Vocals

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

Booklet[]

Back cover[]

Gallery[]

Promos[]

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 being the first Barney 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.

References[]

  1. ↑ BARNEY ENTERS THE TRAVEL BIZ
  2. ↑ Barney - Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage (1997, CD) | Discogs
  3. ↑ Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage Credits
  4. ↑ Barney Kid Albums Chart History
  5. ↑ | Barney makes an appearance on CBS News!💜💚💛 | CLIP | SUBSCRIBE
  6. ↑ Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage - Barney| Songs, Reviews, Credits | Allmusic


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Barney Discography
English
Barney & The Backyard Gang

The Backyard Show • Three Wishes • A Day at the Beach • Waiting for Santa • Campfire Sing-Along • Barney Goes to School • Barney in Concert • Rock with Barney

Barney & Friends
Studio albums: Barney's Favorites, Volume 1 • Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 • Barney's Sleepytime Songs • Run, Jump, Skip and Sing • Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage • Happy Holidays Love, Barney • Barney's Great Adventure: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack • I Love to Sing with Barney • Barney's A Great Day for Learning • Barney For Baby: Love and Lullabies • Barney Rocks! • Start Singing With Barney • The Barney Boogie • Barney's Colorful World! LIVE! • The Land of Make Believe • Let's Go to the Beach • Let's Go to the Farm • Perfectly Platinum: 30 Dino-Mite Songs • Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!: Original Cast Recording

Compilations: Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years

Promotional: Songs in the Key of Purple • Super-Dee-Duper Songs • Best Behaviors • Dino-Tunes

Personalized: Sing Along with Barney & Friends • Music for Me!

Sing-Along: Barney's Sing Along: Halloween Party • Barney's Great Adventure Sing Along • Barney's Sing Along: In Outer Space • Barney's Sing Along: Night Before Christmas

Barney's World
Barney's World: Vol. 1 • I Love Me Too • Barney's World. Vol. 2 • Barney's World. Vol. 3

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 • Hagamos Música • Canciones Favoritas • Cuenta Conmigo • Mis Amigos de la Selva

Barney's World: El Mundo de Barney

Cover: Tributo a Barni
German
Barney's Lieblingslieder • Barney's Insel der Fantasien
Hebrew
Hashirim Shel Barney • Yom Huledet Sameach • Yadayim Lemala Al Harosh
Korean
Baniwa Chingudeul Theme Song Collection
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


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Releases
English: Barney's Favorites, Volume 1 • Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 • Barney's Sleepytime Songs • Run, Jump, Skip and Sing • Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage • Happy Holidays Love, Barney • I Love to Sing with Barney • Barney's A Great Day for Learning • Barney For Baby: Love and Lullabies • Barney Rocks! • Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years • Start Singing With Barney

Portuguese: As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 1 • As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 2 • Vamos Fazer Música

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