Tadpoles – BONZO DOG BAND**

Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah/Shirt/Tubas In The Moonlight/Doctor Jazz/Monster Mash/I’m The Urban Spaceman/ Ali Baba’s Camel/Laughing Blues/By A Waterfall/Mr Apollo/Canyons Of Your Mind

Tadpoles was the third album from the British novelty group Bonzo Dog Band. Includes their UK No. 5 hit single I’m The Urban Spaceman. They combined elements of music hall, trad jazz, psychedelic pop laced with off beat humour. (UK:36)

“Songs taken from the TV Show - Do Not Adjust Your Set and released in the US to either amusement or befuddlement. The Bonzo's achieved success with their reworking of old 1920s songs and some new ones that Neil Innes wrote, including their best known I’m The Urban Spaceman. Tadpoles is a quirky look back at what made children laugh in the 1960s, and Canyons Of Your Mind still works today.”

“In many ways Tadpoles could be viewed as The Bonzo's 'pop' album, given that it consists of tuneful ditties that were originally recorded for the late 60s kids’ comedy show Do Not Adjust Your Set. As a result it's significantly less subversive than either of the earlier albums, Gorilla and The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse, but what it does boast is a high concentration of the band's most commercial moments.”

“Because these songs were cut for a kids TV show, Tadpoles is often seen as a lesser work than the Bonzo's other albums, which is a real shame as there's a sense of childish fun here that is a rare thing to capture. At the end of the day Tadpoles is a fun album and a perfect antidote to what was going on in the po-faced rock scene at the time.”

“These are songs the Bonzos performed during their stint on the proto-Python kids show Do Not Adjust Your Set. Little wonder, then, that they hark back to the trad silliness of parts of Gorilla rather than the more out-there previous record. It's still very endearing and funny, and their crazed version of Monster Mash is my favourite. My daughter loves Ali Baba's Camel and Laughing Blues, so obviously the Bonzos hit their target audience right on.”

“Musically this silly UK psych-pop with a supposedly comic edge, like if Monty Python formed a band I suppose. This kind of thing just really doesn't do it for me. It's silly without being humorous, and musically annoying. I've never been a lover of novelty bands though, so I guess I should just leave it at that.”