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Listening to the same lullaby for the 100th time must drive a parent nuts. Yeah, the songs are cute and they make your adorable screaming machine fall asleep, but they do get on your nerves. Why listen to “Hush Little Baby” for the 101th time when you would rather hear “Enter Sandman”? (Hey, it does have a lullaby in it! Sort of…)

Well, there’s a way to get the best of both worlds now. Almost. Rockabye Baby! is a collection of CDs with lullabies… but not the ordinary kind. Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Metallica, Nirvana, The Beatles and U2 get reorchestrated into tunes to put anyone to sleep (although, arguably, regular Coldplay music can do that too). “Heavy metal lullabies?!” That’s what I thought to, but then I listened to the samples from here and they don’t sound half bad. “Enter Sandman” is, of course, included. And, after a friend introduced me to bluegrass Metallica covers, this actually sounds normal.

If you have friends (or you are) into unusual covers, these could also make a nice weird present for an adult.

How much under $29.99?
A little: ~$25.30 on Firebox.com.