Tumble Bee
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{{Infobox album
| name = Tumble Bee
| type = studio
| artist = Laura Veirs
| cover = Laura Veirs - Tumble Bee.png
| alt =
| released = November 8, 2011
| recorded = 2011
| studio =
| genre = Folk
| length = 30:37
| label =
- Nonesuch (US)
- Bella Union (UK)
| producer = Tucker Martine
| prev_title = July Flame
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Warp and Weft
| next_year = 2013
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}AllMusic [http://www.allmusic.com/album/tumble-bee-laura-veirs-sings-folk-songs-for-children-mw0002218120]
| rev2 = Pitchfork
| rev2score = 7.5/10Pitchfork [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16105-tumble-bee/]
| noprose = yes
}}
Tumble Bee is the eighth studio album by Laura Veirs, released in 2011. The album contains folk songs for children.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Tumble Bee track listing
| title1 = Little Lap Dog Lullaby
| writer1 = Traditional
| length1 = 2:05
| title2 = Prairie Lullaby
| writer2 = Billy Hill
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Jack Can I Ride?
| writer3 = Traditional
| length3 = 1:56
| title4 = Tumblebee
| writer4 = Karl Blau
| length4 = 2:35
| title5 = King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O
| writer5 = Traditional
| length5 = 2:58
| title6 = All the Pretty Little Horses
| writer6 = Traditional
| length6 = 2:16
| title7 = The Fox
| writer7 = Traditional
| length7 = 2:14
| title8 = Jump Down Spin Around
| writer8 = Harry Belafonte
| length8 = 1:51
| title9 = Why Oh Why
| writer9 = Woody Guthrie
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Down in the Medder
| writer10 = Laura Veirs & Karl Blau
| length10 = 0:31
| title11 = Soldier's Joy
| writer11 = Jimmy Driftwood
| length11 = 2:48
| title12 = Jamaica Farewell
| writer12 = Lord Burgess
| length12 = 2:50
| title13 = Prairie Dream
| writer13 = Rob Burger
| length13 = 1:21
|}}
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Chart performance of Tumble Bee ! scope="col"| Chart (2011) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|26|artist=Laura Veirs|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 23, 2020}} |
References
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{{Laura Veirs}}
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Category:Nonesuch Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Tucker Martine
Category:Children's music albums by American artists
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