Barney's Favorites, Volume 2

Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 (Barney's Just Imagine in the United Kingdom/Ireland, Australia/New Zealand and South Africa) was the second album in the Barney's Favorites series as well as being Barney's second album released. Like Volume 1, it contains songs from the TV series, but it also has songs from Barney Live! In New York City and Imagination Island. It was released on August 23, 1994 through EMI Records.

In the same year as the album was released, the album commercially entered at number sixty-six on the Billboard 200 thus becoming Barney's second album to hit that chart.^[1] Vol. 2 would later peak at #11 on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums on February 3, 1996.^[2]

On March 13, 1998, the album went platinum, the same day Barney's Favorites, Volume 1 went triple platinum.^[3]

Following the release of Barney's Favorites, Vol. 2 a Spanish equivalent, titled Las Canciones de Barney 2, was released in 1997, and a German equivalent titled Barney's Insel der Fantasien in 1999, however not all the songs are the same from the English counterpart.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	4/5 stars

At AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five, saying that both volumes in Barney's Favorites are much like the television series is "cute and sweet". He stated that the album "provides hours of listening enjoyment for small children, although parents might find it a little tiring."^[4]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Barney Theme Song" (Audio taken from seasons one, two, and three)	Stephen Bates Baltes • Philip Parker • Traditional	0:54
2.	"Everyone is Special" (Audio taken from "A Very Special Delivery!")	Parker	1:27
3.	"My Yellow Blankey" (Audio taken from Barney Live! In New York City; without vocals from Barney)	Parker	1:24
4.	"BJ's Song" (Audio taken from Barney Live! In New York City)	Parker	1:48
5.	"Growing" (Audio taken from "Grandparents Are Grand!")	Parker	1:17
6.	"It's Nice Just to Be Me" (Audio taken from "Picture This!")	Parker	1:50
7.	"When I Grow Up" (Audio taken from "I Can Do That!")	Parker	1:31
8.	"The Friendship Song" (Audio taken from "Be A Friend")	Bob Singleton • Parker	1:08
9.	"Please and Thank You" (Audio taken from "May I Help You?")	Parker	1:36
10.	"Good Manners" (Audio taken from "My Favorite Things")	Parker	1:51
11.	"The Airplane Song" (Audio taken from "An Adventure In Make Believe")	Parker	1:39
12.	"Buckle Up My Seatbelt" (Audio taken from "A Very Special Delivery!")	Stephen White	1:05
13.	"The Barney Bag" (Audio taken from Barney Live! In New York City)	Parker	1:00
14.	"Just Imagine" (Audio taken from Imagination Island)	Parker	1:59
15.	"Jungle Adventure" (Audio taken from Imagination Island)	Parker	1:58
16.	"If I Lived Under the Sea" (Audio taken from "An Adventure in Make-Believe")	Parker	1:20
17.	"Sea Medley ("Sailing, Sailing", "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", "Blow the Man Down", "My Blankey Lies Over the Ocean" and "A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea")" (Audio taken from Imagination Island)	Traditional	3:19
18.	"The Rainbow Song" (Audio taken from "Red, Blue and Circles Too!")	Parker	1:22
19.	"Mister Sun" (Audio taken from "Four Seasons Day" / "Everyone is Special")	Traditional	1:17
20.	"The Happy Wanderer" (Audio taken from "Going Places!")	Traditional	1:31
21.	"The Wheels on the Bus" (Audio Taken from "Stop, Look And Be Safe!"; without vocals from BJ)	Traditional	1:14
22.	"My Aunt Came Back" (Audio taken from Barney Live! In New York City)	Traditional	1:02
23.	"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" (Audio taken from "Honk! Honk! A Goose on the Loose!")	Traditional	1:39
24.	"Pop Goes the Weasel" (Audio taken from "Red, Blue and Circles Too!")	Traditional	0:48
25.	"Tinkerputt's Song" (Audio taken from Imagination Island)	Parker	2:17
26.	"Just Imagine (Reprise)" (Audio taken from Imagination Island)	Parker	1:35
Total length:			39:51

Personnel[]

Credits for Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 adapted from the CD pamphlet and AllMusic.^[5]

Managerial and creative Sheryl Leach - executive producer Dennis DeShazer - executive producer Vocals Bob West — lead vocals, voices (Barney) Julie Johnson — vocals, voices (Baby Bop) Patty Wirtz — vocals, voices (BJ) John David Bennett II — vocals (Shawn) Rickey Carter — vocals (Derek) Hope Cervantes — vocals (Tosha) Kenny Cooper — vocals (David) Lauren King — vocals (Kathy) Pia Manalo — vocals (Min) Barry Pearl - vocals (Professor Tinkerputt)

Production Allen LeWinter — production consultant Bob Singleton - arranger, producer Visuals and imagery Henry Marquez – art direction Tricia Legault - art direction Hilarie B. Ireton - album designer Lu Ann Graffeo - album designer Jay B. Johnson - album illustrator Technical Mark Petty - engineer Mike Pietzch - engineer

Booklet[]

Back cover[]

Charts[]

Chart (1994-1997)	Peak Position
US Billboard Top Kid albums	11
US Billboard 200	66
(UK) Woolworths	2[6]

Certifications[]

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000

Release history[]

Region	Date	Format	Label
Original	August 23, 1994	Cassette • CD	EMI
United Kingdom & Ireland	1st November, 1996		Abbey Home Entertainment
Australia & New Zealand	1999		Roadshow Entertainment
South Africa	October 2009[7]	CD	HIT• NEXT
Various	Summer 2018	digital download	Universal

Trivia[]

• The album cover art of the dinosaurs is also featured as the cover of the Imagination Island book adaptation. The artwork used on the book and this album features a cartoon inspired redesign of the dinosaurs that's featured on the cover for Let's Pretend with Barney.
• While some songs from the album are taken from Imagination Island, some were also omitted, including "That's What an Island Is", which was specifically omitted due to Martha Datema Lipscomb, a producer for the album, disliking the song.
• Due to a lawsuit over the song in 1994, "I Love You" wasn't included on this album, however, it was included in Spanish and German equivalent of this album that was released after the lawsuit being settled.

See Also[]

• Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years - a compilation album containing a few songs from Barney's Favorites, Volume 2.

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