Sing Again with The Chipmunks


Sing Again with The Chipmunks is Alvin and the Chipmunks' second album, released by Liberty Records in January 1960. The album follows the same format as their first album, and contains the group's fifth and sixth singles—"Alvin's Orchestra" and "Comin' 'Round the Mountain". Since its initial release, Sing Again with The Chipmunks has appeared twice on CD; both releases utilized the revised 1961 cover artwork, minus the song lyrics printed on the original back cover.

Commercial performance

Sing Again with The Chipmunks peaked at on the Billboard pop albums chart.

Artwork

As with the debut album, the original issue depicted three realistic looking chipmunks on the cover sharing space with a photo of Ross Bagdasarian Sr. When the album was reissued one year later, a new cover was substituted, that of an Alvin Show animation cel setup reenacting the poses the original chipmunks and Seville made.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Sing Again with the Chipmunks" – 0:53
  2. "Comin' 'Round the Mountain" – 2:14
  3. "Home on the Range" – 2:53
  4. "I Wish I Had a Horse" – 2:04
  5. "Swanee River" – 1:49
  6. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" – 1:35

Side two

  2. "Sing a Goofy Song" – 2:32
  3. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – 2:02
  4. "Witch Doctor" — – 2:04
  5. "Working on the Railroad" – 1:56
  6. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" – 1:38
  7. "Alvin’s Orchestra" – 3:01
All songs except "Sing Again with the Chipmunks" were adapted as a musical segment for The Alvin Show in 1961.
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Personnel

Production