What Parents Should Know
Parents need to know that tweens will be hankering to hear
this highly-anticipated -- and squeaky-clean -- album from the
stars of Nickelodeon's show of the same name.
Families can talk about how The Naked Brothers has become a brand name. How does having a TV movie, TV series, and a CD help boost their popularity? Do they all feed off each other? Families can also talk about other family-based singers and musicians who found fame, such as the Jackson 5 and Hanson. How did their early successes affect them later in life? Also, what would be good -- or bad -- about working on a television series with your family and close friends? Kids, would it make you feel safe or irritated to have your siblings and parents surrounding you all the time?
Common Sense Media Review
Nat and Alex Wolff are real-life brothers who play brothers
-- and music -- on the TV series
The
Naked Brothers Band
. Their self-titled debut album THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND is
a lot like their TV show: slightly rocking and always
rollicking, with a light sprinkling of message and mush, and a
big dose of sibling silliness. Most of the music and lyrics
were written by Nat (Alex contributed some), who has a keen
sense for catchy melodies while making the most of an awkwardly
changing adolescent voice. The lyrics can be kind of lame and
frequently nonsensical (
"If
That's Not Love"), but they're mostly lost behind the music
anyway. Still, they're clean and catchy despite how unnerving
it is to hear young Nat sing: "Take my hand and be my woman
just for one day." The boys play all of the music on the album,
which was produced and arranged by their real-life dad Michael
Wolff (who, incidentally, plays their musically-challenged dad
on TV).
If you enjoy this album, you may also like The Jonas Brothers or Drake Bell.
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