Kidults

1	If I Only Had a Brain/Optimistic Voices 4:29
2	Minute Waltz 2:10
3	Singin' in the Bathtub 3:17
4	The Ugly Duckling 3:47
5	Soon It's Gonna Rain / Kristin Chenoweth 5:41
6	School Days Medley: Inchworm/School Days (When We Were a Couple of ...) / Kristin Chenoweth 5:51
7	A-Tisket, A-Tasket 2:11
8	Japanese Sandman/Cat's in the Cradle 5:32
9	Not While I'm Around 3:34
10	Rhode Island Is Famous for You 3:03
11	April in Fairbanks 3:14
12	Holiday for Strings 2:13
13	How Could You Believe Me? 2:07
14	Everybody Says Don't / The King's New Clothes 6:44
15	New Words 3:25
16	"A" You're Adorable/Getting To Know You 4:10

Barnes & Noble

It takes a rare artist to pull off kid-friendly tunes like “Ugly Duckling,” “Minute Waltz,” “Singin’ in the Bathtub,” and “A-Tisket, A-Tasket “ as well as more adult fare like “Getting to Know You,” “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” “Not While I'm Around,” and “Rhode Island Is Famous for You” with equal aplomb. A strikingly versatile vocalist, Mandy Patinkin has long proven that there’s little you can throw at him that he can’t imbue with sincerity, charm, and passion. On a project specifically geared toward both kids and adults (hence “kidults”) Patinkin bridges the generation gap with heartfelt singing that seamlessly unites the disparate material. Interesting combinations of songs, (“Japanese Sandman” linked to Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle”), charming ditties that haven’t been heard in a while ("A" You’re Adorable”), and classics that just can’t be heard too often (“If I Only Had a Brain”) all make Kidults an unexpected treat for the whole family. William Pearl

All Music Guide

Many recording artists who make children's albums shade them at least a little toward the parents, but Mandy Patinkin has made that tendency explicit starting with the title of Kidults. As on his previous albums, he borrows mostly from Broadway for material, but he is also trying to find songs for late baby boomers as well as babies, with mixed results. "School Days Medley," for example, which moves from Frank Loesser's "Inchworm" to "School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)," ends with a charming version of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" that Patinkin shares with Kristin Chenoweth. But another departed '70s singer/songwriter does not benefit from such efforts. It's not clear what the old Paul Whiteman hit "Japanese Sandman" has to do with Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle," but though the latter song is a rueful favorite of absentee parents everywhere, it not only remains as heavy-handed and obvious as ever, but actually suffers from Patinkin's typically committed performance; when Chapin sang it straight, it was just a bad song, but when Patinkin acts it out, it's nearly insufferable. Elsewhere, however, the singer's acting instincts range from the sweet ("If I Only Had a Brain," with different voices for the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion) to the hilarious (a schizophrenic "Holiday for Strings" that alternates between a sincere ballad performance and a raucous, up-tempo one). Children are likely to find much of this album delightful, and the only real danger for parents is that their kids will want to play it over and over again so they can memorize "April in Fairbanks." Patinkin clearly can have a career as a children's entertainer, if he chooses to pursue it among the many other acting and singing opportunities he has. William Ruhlmann