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The entire album was made available for preview through [[NPR]]'s ''First Listen'' program a week before release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2011/08/14/138984517/first-listen-muppets-the-green-album|date=2011-08-14|accessdate=2011-08-16|title=First Listen: 'Muppets: The Green Album'|first=Robin|last=Hilton|work=NPR}}</ref>
The entire album was made available for preview through [[NPR]]'s ''First Listen'' program a week before release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2011/08/14/138984517/first-listen-muppets-the-green-album|date=2011-08-14|accessdate=2011-08-16|title=First Listen: 'Muppets: The Green Album'|first=Robin|last=Hilton|work=NPR}}</ref>
The official music video for "[[Muppet Show Theme Song]]" was released online and for purchase on August 19, 2011. The video features [[OK Go]] attempting to produce their own music video until they are interrupted by the Muppets' antics.<ref>{{cite web |title=OK Go's 'Muppet Show Theme Song' Music Video|date=August 23, 2011 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/ok-go-muppet-show-theme-song-video-watch_n_934005.html|accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref> The title may be a play on [[The Beatles (album)|''The White Album'']] by [[The Beatles]] or ''[[The Black Album (Prince album)|The Black Album]]'' by [[Prince]].
The official music video for "[[Muppet Show Theme Song]]" was released online and for purchase on August 19, 2011. The video features [[OK Go]] attempting to produce their own music video until they are interrupted by the Muppets' antics.<ref>{{cite web |title=OK Go's 'Muppet Show Theme Song' Music Video|date=August 23, 2011 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/ok-go-muppet-show-theme-song-video-watch_n_934005.html|accessdate=September 4, 2011}}</ref> The title is a play on [[Weezer (2001 album)|''The Green Album'']] by [[Weezer]], who also have a track on the album.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 04:08, 14 January 2012

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Muppets: The Green Album is a cover album of popular Muppet songs by various contemporary music artists.[1] The album was released by Walt Disney Records on August 23, 2011 on a digipak CD and as a digital download in the iTunes Store.[2][3]

The entire album was made available for preview through NPR's First Listen program a week before release.[4] The official music video for "Muppet Show Theme Song" was released online and for purchase on August 19, 2011. The video features OK Go attempting to produce their own music video until they are interrupted by the Muppets' antics.[5] The title is a play on The Green Album by Weezer, who also have a track on the album.

Track listing

Muppets: The Green Album
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Muppet Show Theme Song"Sam Pottle, Jim HensonOK Go2:36
2."The Rainbow Connection"Paul Williams, Kenneth AscherWeezer and Hayley Williams (from Paramore)4:00
3."Mahna Mahna"Piero UmilianiThe Fray2:13
4."Moving Right Along"Paul Williams, Kenneth AscherAlkaline Trio2:33
5."Our World"Paul WilliamsMy Morning Jacket3:05
6."Halfway Down The Stairs"Harold Fraser-Simon and A.A. MilneAmy Lee (from Evanescence)2:25
7."Mr. Bassman"Johnny CymbalSondre Lerche2:41
8."Wishing Song"Paul TraceyThe Airborne Toxic Event2:47
9."Night Life"Joseph RaposoBrandon Saller (from Atreyu) and Billy Martin (from Good Charlotte)2:59
10."Bein' Green"Joseph RaposoAndrew Bird4:10
11."I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along"Paul Williams, Kenneth AscherMatt Nathanson2:42
12."I'm Going To Go Back There Someday"Paul Williams, Kenneth AscherRachael Yamagata4:15

Music video

Main article: Muppet Show Theme Song

The members of OK Go are preparing to sing "The Muppet Show Theme" with the help of an elaborate machine. Sweetums enters, and inadvertently destroys the machine. 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 Peppper, 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", "All Is Not Lost" and "White Knuckles". [6][7]

The video has been broadcast on the Disney Channel and Radio Disney.

Muppet performers

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cinema Blend[8]
Consequence of Sound[9]
IGN(8/10)[10]
Spin(7/10)[11]
Toronto Star[12]

Muppets: The Green Album received generally positive reviews from music critics.[13] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[13]

Consequence of Sound wrote that; "All that's "green" isn’t necessarily gold here, but most of it shines. "[9]

Chart success

Charts (2011) Peak
position[14]
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

Personnel

  • Executive Producer: Dani Markman
  • Business and Legal Affairs: Melissa Bolton
  • Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California
  • Creative Direction and Album Design: Steve Gerdes

See also

References

  1. ^ Riedel, David (29 June 2011). "Hayley Williams, Weezer collaborating on Muppets song". CBS News. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Walt Disney Records Presents Muppets: The Green Album". PR Newswire. 27 June 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. ^ Rosenblum, Lenni (27 June 2011). "Details Revealed About 'Muppets: The Green Album'". Phonenix NewTimes. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. ^ Hilton, Robin (2011-08-14). "First Listen: 'Muppets: The Green Album'". NPR. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  5. ^ "OK Go's 'Muppet Show Theme Song' Music Video". August 23, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "OK Go Covers Muppets Theme Song". ReelzChannel. August 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  7. ^ "The Muppets Get Hip". The Daily Beast. August 24, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  8. ^ "Album Review: Muppets Green Album". Cinema Blend. August 30, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  9. ^ a b "Album Review: Various Artists – Muppets: The Green Album". Consequence of Sound. August 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  10. ^ "Today's rock stars deliver solid updates to Muppets classics". IGN. August 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  11. ^ Wood, Mikael. "Various Artists 'Muppets: The Green Album'". SPIN. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  12. ^ Terauds, John. "CD Reviews: Muppet tunes marvelous; forgotten songs even better". Toronto Star. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  13. ^ a b "'Muppets: The Green Album' Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  14. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/various-artists/muppets-the-green-album/1311197
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