Muppets: The Green Album facts for kids
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Compilation album by
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Released | August 23, 2011 | |||
Studio | Various | |||
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Length | 36:40 | |||
Label | Walt Disney | |||
Producer | Dani Markman | |||
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Muppets: The Green Album is a cover album of twelve Muppet songs by various contemporary music artists. The album was released by Walt Disney Records on August 23, 2011 on a digipak CD and as a digital download. A music video was also produced for the album's sole single; "Muppet Show Theme Song", featuring OK Go attempting to produce their own music video until they are interrupted by the Muppets' antics.
Walt Disney Records announced the album at the 2009 D23 Expo as Muppets Revisited with a projected 2010 release date. The original project's name paralleled the title of Nightmare Revisited, the cover album that Disney had released for The Nightmare Before Christmas in 2008. The album was part of Disney's dualistic effort to revitalize the franchise and to promote the subsequent release of the seventh Muppet film, three months later. The album's name is derived as a parody of the Beatles' White Album and the artwork features a "typographic portrait" of Kermit the Frog's face, which is reminiscent of cover art derived from the rock albums of the 1960s.
Muppets: The Green Album was generally well received by critics and debuted at number 1 on both Billboard's Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. With an estimated 30,000 copies initially sold, the album also peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first Muppet album to reach the top 10.
Release and promotion
Walt Disney Records made the entire album available for preview through NPR's First Listen program a week before release.
The music video for "Muppet Show Theme Song" was released online and for purchase on August 19, 2011. On August 31, OK Go and Animal had a live performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Music video
The members of OK Go are preparing to sing "The Muppet Show Theme" (titled as "Muppet Show Theme Song" on the album), with the help of an elaborate machine, which is inadvertently destroyed by Sweetums. The band is then shown through recreations of their own music videos and homages of traditional Muppet Show sketches, while being accompanied by The Muppets. Statler and Waldorf, are shown at one point briefly watching the video from a computer. The video concludes with a series of pseudo-fictional dream sequences, such as Damian Kulash waking up in terror while sleeping with Animal, Dr. Teeth, and Floyd Pepper, Dr. Teeth himself, waking up alongside the OK Go members, and Tim Nordwind finding himself next to Rowlf the Dog, Foo-Foo, a sheep and Kulash's dog, Bunny. The video alludes to former OK Go music videos, including; "Here It Goes Again", "This Too Shall Pass", "All Is Not Lost" and "White Knuckles".
The video has been broadcast on the Disney Channel, Disney XD and Radio Disney. It won the People's Voice Webby Award for the "Viral Video" category at the 16th Annual Webby Awards.
Muppet performers
- Steve Whitmire – Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Statler, The Muppet Newsman, Bean Bunny, Link Hogthrob, Foo-Foo
- Eric Jacobson – Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs
- Dave Goelz – The Great Gonzo, Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot, Beauregard, Purple Frackle
- Bill Barretta – Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Pepé the King Prawn, Swedish Chef, Bobo the Bear, Mahna Mahna
- David Rudman – Scooter, Janice, Nigel, Beautiful Day Monster, Penguin
- Matt Vogel – Sweetums, Camilla the Chicken, Floyd Pepper, Crazy Harry, Uncle Deadly, Pops, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Lew Zealand, Angel Marie
Track listing
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Muppet Show Theme Song" | OK Go | 2:36 |
2. | "Rainbow Connection" | Weezer And Hayley Williams (Of Paramore) | 4:00 |
3. | "Mahna Mahna" | The Fray | 2:13 |
4. | "Movin' Right Along" | Alkaline Trio | 2:33 |
5. | "Our World" | My Morning Jacket | 3:05 |
6. | "Halfway Down The Stairs" | Amy Lee (Of Evanescence) | 2:25 |
7. | "Mr. Bassman" | Sondre Lerche | 2:41 |
8. | "Wishing Song" | The Airborne Toxic Event | 2:47 |
9. | "Night Life" | Brandon Saller (Of Atreyu) And Billy Martin (Of Good Charlotte) | 2:59 |
10. | "Bein' Green" | Andrew Bird | 4:10 |
11. | "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along" | Matt Nathanson | 2:42 |
12. | "I'm Going To Go Back There Someday" | Rachael Yamagata | 4:15 |
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13. | "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear" | Missy Higgins | 1:58 |
Personnel
"Muppet Show Theme Song"
"Rainbow Connection"
"Mahna Mahna"
"Movin' Right Along"
"Our World"
"Halfway Down the Stairs" "Mr. Bassman"
"Wishing Song"
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"Night Life"
"Bein' Green"
"I Hope That Something Better Comes Along" "I'm Going to Go Back There Someday"
Album credits
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Charts
Charts (2011) | Peak position |
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Canadian Albums Chart | 14 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 8 |
U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Digital Albums | 5 |
U.S. Billboard Kids Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Rock Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Tastemakers Albums | 11 |
See also
In Spanish: Muppets: The Green Album para niños