Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children is the fourth solo studio album by Martha Davis, who is better known as the lead singer for the band The Motels.[1][2][3] Red Frog Presents…, a children’s album, is a departure from Davis' other solo albums that explored autobiographical themes. The cover was designed by artist Alicia Justice and depicts a family listening to the radio with the title character Red Frog.[4]

Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children
Studio album by Martha Davis
Released	January 2010 (2010-01)
Studio	Clean Sheets Music
Genre	Children's music
Length	24:00
Producer	Martha Davis
Martha Davis chronology
Beautiful Life (2008) Red Frog Presents: 16 Songs for Parents and Children (2010)

The inspiration for Red Frog Presents… occurred about twelve years before the album’s release, as Davis lamented that her grandchildren were listening to Barney & Friends:[4][5][6]

"It was just horrifying…especially because when I was a kid, my first favorite album was Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. I remember seeing Fantasia when I was little, so I know that kids love beautiful, imaginative stuff. The storybooks that I had didn't pull any punches. People died. They didn't try to make everything safe and pretty and stupid for kids."[4]

As a result, the album explores various musical genres such as jazz and baroque. Davis even provides narration and embodies all of the characters on Red Frog Presents….[7] As she described, "I was a kid of the Warner Brothers cartoons…I grew up with that stuff. I have a crazy imagination, so it seems to make sense. As dark and brooding as some of my songs are, I'm pretty much a goof ball!"[4]

Track listing

Martha Davis (vocals, guitar)[8]

1. "Finnias T. Rabbit"
2. "Dragon Soup"
3. "Professor Owl"
4. "Sallymander"
5. "Goat"
6. "Orangutango"
7. "She's A Cow"
8. "Black Mamba"
9. "Francois the Flying Squirrel"
10. "Chupacabra"
11. "Francis Bacon"
12. "Beulah"
13. "Lady Spider"
14. "Fireflies"
15. "Hole Beneath My Bed"
16. "Red Frog"

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