Irrelevant But Awesome

A few months ago we posted about an upcoming album where popular artists were going to cover songs from the Muppet franchise. Well now, thanks to the fantastic (and I mean fantastic) people over at NPR, the whole album is temporarally avalible to be listened to online, for free. So kick back and click play on the player embedded below, to hear what may be the best album to be released this year. Track List for the Green Album. "The Muppet Show Theme" (OK Go) "The Rainbow Connection" (Weezer and Hayley Williams) "Mahna Mahna" (The Fray) "Movin' Right Along" (Aklaline Trio) "Our World" (My Morning Jacket) "Halfway Down the Stairs" (Amy Lee) "Mr. Bassman" (Sondre Lerche) "Wishing Song" (The Airborne Toxic Event) "Night Life" (Brandon Saller and Billy Martin) "Bein' Green" (Andrew Bird) "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along" (Matt Nathanso...

Because there's a new Muppet's movie coming out this year ( you may have heard about it. ) Disney is putting out some other Muppet related merchandise for Muppet fans to get their hands on. Probably the most exciting of these things is something called The Green Album set to be released August 23rd. The Green Album, we've learned, is an album with some of the most famous Muppet song's covered by today's artists. Will it work? I'm not sure. The track listing actually seems rather enticing, taking a look at it. And Weezer doing Rainbow connection is enough to at least merit a sampleing of the album. Below is a complete list of the songs and artist that will be on the album. 01 OK Go: "Muppet Show Theme" 02 Weezer and Paramore's Hayley Williams: "Rainbow Connection" 03 The Fray: "Mahna Mahna" 04 Alkaline Trio: "Moving Right Along" 05 My Morning Jacket: "Our World" 06 Amy Lee: "Halfway Down the Stairs" ...