Merry Fishes To All, Trout Fishing In America (Trout)

Just as I usually take the last exit before we hit Nashville and skip the A train lest it take us into jazz territory, I'm fairly firm about avoiding stuff that's aimed mainly at the pre-teen audience. But these guys, who are the Beatles to the ankle-biter set, done wore me down; they're musically eclectic and lyrically sophisticated enough to keep an adult's attention, in small doses anyway, especially if you're a fan of pop-folk music. I'll probably file this 2005 CD under novelty, myself. Some of these tunes are a little cloying for anyone but kids -- I'm especially thinking "Eleven Cats of Christmas" and "Bob and Bob" -- but chocoholics will like "Chocolate Christmas," "Just Because Mrs. Claus" has a kind of "Your Mother Should Know" groove to it, and has anybody ever gotten over the disappointment that "Santa Brought Me Clothes"?