Disney's Lullaby & Goodnight
The trouble with most all-instrumental lullaby collections is that the second they're removed from their crib-side setting, they become indistinguishable from elevator music. Given that the contemporary melodies Disney chose forLullaby & Goodnight(the Beatles, James Taylor and Cat Stevens) are adapted, the track listing alone makes it seem particularly vulnerable. But it isn't. Credit Fred Mollin, who produced and performed all 12 tracks and served as arranger on most, artfully selecting where to gently plunk a piano key and softly strum a harp along the way. Soothing, simple, and set adrift on an unmistakable sea of tenderness,Lullaby & Goodnightwill sandbag any adult who has ever known the pleasure of watching an infant drift off. Note, if "Puff the Magic Dragon" never made you cry before, prepare to get misty this go-round.--Tammy La Gorce