"Toot Toot!" is the 9th Wiggles album, which was a the released in 1998. It won the 1998 ARIA Music Awards for a the Best Children's Album. The accompanying video was released on October 17, 1998.
Tracklist
- Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car 2.22 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Look Both Ways 1.42 J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Dorothy The Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?) 1.24 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Food Poem 0.12 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food) 2.08 J.Field (Wiggly Tunes)
- John Bradlelum 1.14 Trad, Arr The Wiggles (Wiggly Tunes)
- Captain Feathersword's Raincoat Story 0.56 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! 2.13 J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Bathtime 2.09 Raffi (Homeland)
- Wah Hoo Hey, I'm Combing My Hair Today 2.00 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes 2.23 Trad, Arr The Wiggles (Wiggly Tunes)
- Silver Bells That Ring In The Night 2.12 Madden / Wenrich (Alberts)
- Zardo Zap 2.41 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Henry the Octopus 1.26 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field (EMI)
- Move Your Arms Like Henry 1.49 P.Field (Wiggly Tunes)
- Do the Wiggle Groove 2.18 J.Field/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Balla Balla Intro 0.15
- Balla Balla Bambina - 2:10 A Rinaldi (Wiggly Tunes)
- I Climb Ten Stairs 1.13 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- We're Dancing With Wags The Dog 1.22 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Wags The Dog, He Likes To Tango 1.04 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) 1.55 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Rocket - 1.50 M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Officer Beaple's Dance 1.41 D.Lindsay/M.Cook/J.Fatt/A.Field/G.Page (Wiggly Tunes)
- Let's Have A Ceili 2.04 D.Lindsay (Wiggly Tunes)
Release Dates
- Australia (original): February 10, 1998
- Australia (re-release): 1999
- America (original): December 20, 2000
- America (re-release): June 24, 2003
Personnel
The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
Lead Vocals: Greg Page
Backing Vocals: Mark Punch, Paul Paddick, Kevin Bennett, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Murray Cook
Guitars: Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Tony Douglass • Bass: Murray Cook
Drums/Percussion: Tony Henry, Paul Hester • Violin: Maria Schattovits
Cello: Margaret Lindsay • Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
Recorded and mixed by: Chris Brooks
Assisted by: Matt Lovell, Phil Punch and Brad Cooke
Recorded at Festival and Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia
Mixed at Studio 301 • Mastered by Don Bartley
CD package design by Glulietta Pellascio, Designxbent
Trivia
- Despite Bathtime and Silver Bells That Ring In The Night not being included in the US CD or cassette, they are available still available on the iTunes and Amazon MP3 versions in the US.
- One of the photos are from The Wiggles (TV Series 1). In it, it shows The Wiggles in the Big Red Car. The original cover shows an animated version of Dorothy at her garden.
- The song Henry the Octopus was re-recorded and rewritten for this album.
- For some reason, Jeff Fatt is uncredited for playing the keyboards for this album.
- The song Quack Quack is now changed to Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on his Pirate Ship.
- All of the songs were recorded in 1997.
- The 1998 versions of Henry the Octopus and Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) appear on the The 1998 edition of the Wiggle Time! video.
- The US version of the album was made in 2000.
- During the production of the this album, The Wiggles invited Paul Hester to record drum tracks for songs.
- The songs were written in 2 weeks.
- The Wiggles titled the song "Silver Bell" as "Silver Bells That Ring in the Night".
- Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) first appeared in Wiggledance!.
- The US booklet shows cartoon pictures of The Wiggles and their friends' heads.
- Most of the songs (except for "Silver Bells That Ring In The Night" and "Henry the Octopus") are credited under "Wiggly Tunes", something that would become prominent in albums in later years.
- This is the only album where Paul Hester plays the drums whereas Tony Douglass plays the guitar.
- This is the last album where Kevin Bennett provides the backing vocals.
- Mark Punch debuts on this album.
- Look Both Ways adapts The Cockroaches' song "Dr Richmond".
Goofs
- On Page 1, 4, and 8 of the Australian booklet, John Field's name is removed from the song credits of Look Both Ways, Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!, and Do the Wiggle Groove.
