The Muppet Show (album) explained

The Muppet Show
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	the Muppets
Cover:	File:The Muppet Show (1977) soundtrack album cover.jpg
Released:	May 19, 1977
Recorded:	1976–1977
Genre:	Soundtrack
Label:	Pye, Arista (USA)
Producer:	Jack Burns
Next Title:	The Muppet Show 2
Next Year:	1978

The Muppet Show is the first soundtrack album released from the TV show of the same name. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart in the week ending 25 June 1977. In 1979, the album won The Grammy Award for Best Album for Children.^[1]

Overview

The album includes selected songs from Season 1 of the Muppet Show as well as comedy sketches and various unlisted short skits, including interjections by Muppet characters Statler and Waldorf.

Reception

Allmusic found the album "a lost treasure with all those Jim Henson characters brimming with life. Even without the visuals, this LP has all the trappings of their successful variety show of the late '70s, when the Muppets were at the height of their popularity."^[2]

Track listing

Side A

1. "The Muppet Show Theme"
2. "Mississippi Mud"
3. "Mahna Mahna"
4. "The Great Gonzo Eats a Rubber Tyre to the Flight of the Bumblebee"
5. "Mr. Bassman"
6. "Cottleston Pie"
7. "The Amazing Marvin Suggs and His Muppaphone Play Lady of Spain"
8. ”Pachalafaka”
9. "Lydia the Tattooed Lady"
10. "Halfway Down the Stairs"

Side B

1. "Tenderly"
2. "I'm in Love with a Big Blue Frog"
3. "Tit Willow"
4. "Veterinarian Hospital – Soap Opera"
5. "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear"
6. "What Now My Love"
7. "A Monologue by Fozzie Bear"
8. ”Hugga Wugga”
9. "Trees"
10. "Sax and Violence"
11. "Bein' Green"

Muppet performers

• Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Swedish Chef, Waldorf, and The Newsman
• Frank Oz as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal, Sam the Eagle, and Marvin Suggs
• Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Country Trio, and Uncle Deadly
• Richard Hunt as Scooter, Sweetums, Statler, Wayne, and Mildred
• Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Zoot, Bunsen Honeydew, and Muppy
• Eren Ozker as Hilda, Wanda, and Janice
• John Lovelady as Crazy Harry and Nigel
• Fran Brill as Mary Louise

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1978) . grammy.com . 3 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210812202419/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/21st-annual-grammy-awards-1978 . 12 August 2021.
2. Web site: Swan . Glenn . Allmusic Review . Allmusic . 12 July 2020.
3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 275,276.
4. 24 December 1977 . Top Albums 1977 . live . PDF . . 14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210309080814/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-12-24.pdf . 9 March 2021 . worldradiohistory.com . 1 December 2021.