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Muppets: The Green Album

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
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
(2008)
Muppets: The Green Album
(2011)
The Muppets: Original Soundtrack
(2011)
Singles from Muppets: The Green Album
  1. "Muppet Show Theme Song"
    Released: August 19, 2011
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 60/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Alternative Press 3.5/5 stars
Artistdirect 3/5 stars
Cinema Blend 4.5/5 stars
Consequence of Sound 3/5 stars
IGN (8/10)
Spin (7/10)
Sputnikmusic (2.5/5)
Toronto Star 3.5/4 stars

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.


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