Toffee Apple (album)

Toffee Apple
Studio album by Peter Combe
Released	1987
Recorded	1986
Genre	Children's music
Label	Holborne
Producer	Peter Combe
Peter Combe chronology
Spaghetti Bolognaise (1985) Toffee Apple (1987) Newspaper Mama (1988)

Toffee Apple is an album by the Australian children's musician Peter Combe released in 1987 by Holborne Records. It won the 1988 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album. It features the popular songs Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's Lament), Toffee Apple and Jack and the Beanstalk, alongside several other song which remain in Combe's current set list.

Track listing

1. "Juicy Juicy Green Grass (A Sheep's lament)"
2. "Moon Moon"
3. "The Silly Postman"
4. "Cats"
5. "Toffee Apple"
6. "Red Balloon"
7. "Standing on a Bus"
8. "Little Caterpillar"
9. "The Walking Song"
10. "Green Green Green"
11. "Baghdad"
12. "Tadpole Blues"
13. "I Have"
14. "Dr McKew"
15. "Jeffrey Hill"
16. "Jack and the Beanstalk"
17. "Why Don't We"
18. "Sweet Dreams and Teddy Bears"
19. "Take a Bath"
20. "That's The Way I Like It"
21. "Lullaby (for Tom)"

Credits

• Peter Combe - lead vocals; Guitar
• Children From Sutherland Christian School, Sydney - backing vocals
• Ross McGregor - Piano; synthesisers
• Doug Charleston - Bass Guitar
• Graham Cox - Guitar
• John Grant - Guitar
• Michael Fix - Guitar
• Merv Dick - drums
• Sean Gilroy - Fiddle
• Matt Tone - Mandolin

All songs composed, arranged and produced by Peter Combe.

Awards

In 1988, Toffee Apple was awarded the first ever ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.^[1] In March 1988, the album was certified Gold and went on to go Platinum in December 1989.^[2]

References

1. ↑ 1988 ARIA Award winners, http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/year/1988 (Accessed 19 February 2016)
2. ↑ Peter Combe - Discography, http://www.petercombe.com.au/discography.html (Accessed 31 December 2009)