Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
Compilation album (Tribute album)by Various Artists
Released	April 9, 1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	48:20
Label	Atlantic, Lava

Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album based on the American animated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock! It was released by Atlantic/Lava Records in 1996 and contains 15 tracks, the original "Schoolhouse Rocky" theme and covers of 14 songs from the series performed by popular music artists. There was also a promo-only 7" single distributed to promote this album featuring the Man or Astro-man? track and the Pavement track. This single was pressed on yellow vinyl. "Three Is a Magic Number" was one of the last recordings made by Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, who died of a drug overdose on October 21, 1995 .

A portion of the sales of the album went to the Children's Defense Fund. ^[1]

Reception

Reception to Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks was generally very positive, with Entertainment Weekly rating it a B+ and commenting on the surprising charm and high-quality contributions by the popular young artists. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Bob Dorough, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Performer	Length
1.	"Schoolhouse Rocky"	Dorough, Tom Yohe	Bob Dorough and Friends	0:13
2.	"I'm Just a Bill"	Dave Frishberg	Deluxx Folk Implosion	3:26
3.	"Three Is a Magic Number"		Blind Melon	3:14
4.	"Conjunction Junction"		Better Than Ezra	3:44
5.	"Electricity, Electricity!"		Goodness	3:21
6.	"No More Kings"	Lynn Ahrens	Pavement	4:22
7.	"The Shot Heard 'Round the World"		Ween	3:09
8.	"My Hero, Zero"		The Lemonheads	3:06
9.	"The Energy Blues"	George Newall	Biz Markie	3:10
10.	"Little Twelvetoes"		Chavez	3:56
11.	"Verb: That's What's Happening"		Moby	4:29
12.	"Interplanet Janet"	Ahrens	Man or Astro-man?	2:46
13.	"Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here"		Buffalo Tom	2:13
14.	"Unpack Your Adjectives"	Newall	Daniel Johnston	3:05
15.	"The Tale of Mr. Morton"	Ahrens	Skee-Lo	4:05

Personal

According to CD liner notes

↵Deluxx Folk Impression:

Lou Barlow - Vocals, Bass

Mark Perretta - Vocals, Guitar

John Davis - Vocals, Guitar

Bob Fay - Vocals, Drums

Blind Melon:

Shannon Hoon – vocals

Brad Smith – bass, flute

Christopher Thorn – keyboards

Rogers Stevens – Electric, Acoustic Guitar

Glen Graham – drums, percussion

Better Than Ezra:

Kevin Griffin – Guitar, Vocals

Tom Drummond – Bass

Travis McNabb – Drums

Goodness:

Carrie Akre - vocals

Garth Reeves - guitar, vocals

Chris Friel - drums

Fiia McGann - bass, vocals

Danny Newcomb - guitar

Pavement:

Stephen Malkmus – vocals, guitar

Scott Kannberg – guitar, vocals

Mark Ibold – bass

Bob Nastanovich – percussion, vocals

Steve West – drums, percussion

Ween:

Gene Ween - Vocals

Dene Ween - Guitar

Claude Coleman Jr. – drums

Dave Dreiwitz – bass

Glenn McClelland – Piano

The Lemonheads:

Evan Dando – lead vocals, guitar, piano

Melissa Aul Der Maur - Bass, Vocals

Patty Schemel - Drums, Vocals

Gibson Haynes - Vocals

Biz Markie:

Biz Markie - Vocals, Instrumental

Chavez:

James Lo - drums

Scott Marshall - bass

Matt Sweeney - vocals, guitar

Clay Tarver - guitar

Moby:

Moby - Vocals, Instrumental

Man Or Astro-Man?:

Brian Teasley

Brian Causey

Robert del Bueno

Buffalo Tom:

Bill Janovitz - vocals, guitar

Chris Colbourn - bass, vocals

Tom Maginnis - drums, percussion

Daniel Johnston:

Daniel Johnston - Vocals

Speedy Sparks - Bass

Will Indian - Guitar

Rusty Traps - Drums

Skee-Lo:

skee-Lo - Vocals

Kenny B. Boyer - Keyboards

Jeff Hersey - Guitar Single tracks

Side A

• "No More Kings" by Pavement – 4:22

Side B

• "Interplanet Janet" by Man or Astro-man? – 2:46

Chart performance

The album charted at number 70 on the Billboard 200 in 1996. ^[2]

References

1. "EW Music Review Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks (1996) Various Artists". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
2. "Billboard 200". Billboard .