Buy it and send Rhino an e-mail (or a letter) requesting more Muppet Show music and mayhem. A 20-page insert booklet, complete with color photos, details the fascinating history of Muppet music. Still, with RCA's superior collections Muppet Hits volumes one and two being out of print, The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem and More! The 25th Anniversary Collection is the only place to experience the audio brilliance of The Muppet Show. Those who spent (or are spending) their formative years watching Kermit and Miss Piggy dance their special interspecies dance will revel in this spectacular, positively historic new Muppets CD, released just in time for the 25th anniversary of Jim Henson's The Muppet Show. Save on a huge selection of new and used items from fashion to toys, shoes to electronics.
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The soundtracks (apart from The Muppet Movie) don't pack the same combination of energy, laughs, and pathos that the TV show did they try too hard to be statements or big emotional moments and lack the effortless grace of The Muppet Show. Many listeners may find that the paltry amount of material from The Muppet Show merely whets their appetite for more.
The problematic aspect of this disc is the producer's decision to lump the material from the TV series in with the film music. Even with a reduction in quality, the Muppets' music stands head and shoulders above most music made for kids. Sadly, the quality slowly begins to slip with each Muppet project, especially after creator Jim Henson's death before The Muppet Christmas Carol was made.
The tracks from The Muppet Movie are solid gold: "Rainbow Connection" is practically a standard and "Movin' Right Along" is worthy of the Marx Brothers if they had ever made an MGM musical. The rest of the disc is devoted to the Muppets' cinematic adventures: four songs from The Muppet Movie three from The Great Muppet Caper three from The Muppets Take Manhattan and one each from The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, and Muppets From Space. The first 14 songs are from the soundtrack of The Muppet Show, beginning with the inimitable "Muppet Show Theme" and collecting some favorites like "Mahna Mahna," Kermit's existential showcase "Bein' Green," and "There's a New Sound," interspersed with comedy bits like the charmingly silly "Monologue by Fozzie Bear" and the always-tart commentary of Statler and Waldorf. The music and mayhem created by Kermit, Fozzie, Miss Piggy, and the Muppet gang on the 27-track disc is mostly hilarious, always entertaining, and also strangely moving at times. The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem and More! The 25th Anniversary Collection is a problematic release.