Muppets: The Green Album | ||||
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Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
Released | August 23, 2011 | |||
Genre | Pop rock, alternative rock, indie rock, power pop, soft rock | |||
Length | 36:40 | |||
Label | Walt Disney | |||
Producer | Dani Markman | |||
The Muppets chronology | ||||
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Singles from Muppets: The Green Album | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 60/100 |
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Artistdirect | |
Cinema Blend | |
Consequence of Sound | |
IGN | (8/10) |
Spin | (7/10) |
Sputnikmusic | (2.5/5) |
Toronto Star |
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 tribute 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 which had drastically faded since the 1990s and to promote the subsequent release of the seventh Muppet film, three months later. The album's artwork features a "typographic portrait" of Kermit the Frog's face, which is reminiscent of cover art derived from the psychedelic rock albums of the 1960s.
Muppets: The Green Album was generally well received by critics and debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard's Rock Albums and Alternative Albums charts. With an estimated 30,000 copies initially sold, the album also peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first Muppet album to reach the top 10.