Muppets: The Green Album

Muppets: The Green Album
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 23, 2011
StudioVarious
Genre
Length36:40
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerDani 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

Muppets: The Green Album is a cover album of twelve songs originally from the Muppets, covered by alternative rock and pop artists.[1] The album was released by Walt Disney Records on August 23, 2011, on a digipak CD and as a digital download.[2][3] 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.[4]

Walt Disney Records announced the album at the 2009 D23 Expo as Muppets Revisited with a projected 2010 release date.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9] 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.[10][11]

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  2. ^ "Walt Disney Records Presents Muppets: The Green Album". PR Newswire. June 27, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  3. ^ Rosenblum, Lenni (June 27, 2011). "Details Revealed About 'Muppets: The Green Album'". Phonenix NewTimes. Archived from the original on August 8, 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "OK Go's 'Muppet Show Theme Song' Music Video". The Huffington Post. August 23, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2011.
  5. ^ Truitt, Warren. "Rock Stars Cover Classic Songs on Muppets Revisited". About.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  6. ^ Jurgensen, John (August 19, 2011). "A Muppet Makeover". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Green Album Muppets compilation is the best album for the week of August 23, 2011". Album Art Exchange. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  8. ^ "Rock Albums - Week of September 10, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  9. ^ "Alternative Albums - Week of September 10, 2011". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  10. ^ Trust, Gary. "The Muppets Score First Billboard 200 Top 10". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  11. ^ Morris, Christopher (August 31, 2011). "The Game wins rap battle on chart". Variety. Retrieved October 6, 2014.