The Best Kids and Family Music of 2009 - Fids and Kamily Award Winners

In the fourth year of the Fids and Kamily Music Poll, They Might Be Giants’ Here Comes Science was voted the best kids and family album of the year. Here Comes Science topped a list of outstanding releases in a year that included a kids and family albums from mainstream/adult artists, seasoned kindie artists and some fantastic newcomers.


The Top 11 albums of 2009 are (in order):

1. They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science
2. Lunch Money - Dizzy
3. Recess Monkey - Field Trip
4 (tie). Peter Himmelman - My Trampoline
4 (tie). Ziggy Marley - Family Time
6. Milkshake - Great Day
7. Gustafer Yellowgold - Mellow Fever
8. Billy Jonas - Happy Accidents
9. Captain Bogg & Salty - Emphatical Piratical
10. Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo
11. The Not-Its - We Are The Not-Its

Honorable Mentions (unranked next twelve):
Ben Rudnick & Friends - A Frog Named Sam
Billy Kelly - Thank You For Joining The Happy Club
Bunny Clogs - More! More! More!
Caspar Babypants - Here I Am!
Dog on Fleas - Beautiful World
Flannery Brothers - Love Songs for Silly Things
John and Mark - John and Mark's Children's Record
Johnny Bregar - Dragonfly
Mr. Leebot - Robot Dance
Los Lobos - Los Lobos Goes Disney
Robbert Bobbert - Bubble Machine
The Sippy Cups - The Time Machine

The Fids and Kamily Poll is the first compilation of year-end kids and family music "best of" lists from critics, writers, radio programmers, and others involved in the music industry. The poll was launched in 2006 and was inspired by the Village Voice’s long-running “Pazz and Jop” music poll. The full results of the poll, including essays on the top 10 albums and a listing of other nominated albums, are available at the Fids and Kamily website (http://fidsandkamily.com).