''Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks'' is a

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based on the American

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'' It was released by

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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

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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

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, who died of a drug overdose in October 1995. A portion of the sales of the album went to the

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Reception

Reception to ''Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks'' was generally very positive, with ''

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'' rating it a B+ and commenting on the surprising charm and high-quality contributions by the popular young artists.

Track listing

# "Schoolhouse Rocky" by

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I'm Just a Bill "I'm Just a Bill" is a 1976 ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' segment, featuring a song of the same title written by Dave Frishberg. The segment debuted as part of "America Rock," the third season of the ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' series. Overview The song is sung ...

" by Deluxx Folk Implosion – 3:26 # "Three Is a Magic Number" by

– 3:14 # "Conjunction Junction" by

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– 3:44 # "Electricity, Electricity!" by Goodness – 3:21 # "No More Kings" by Pavement – 4:22 # "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" by

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– 3:09 # "My Hero, Zero" by

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– 3:06 # "The Energy Blues" by

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– 3:10 # "Little Twelvetoes" by Chavez – 3:56 # "Verb: That's What's Happening" by

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– 4:29 # "Interplanet Janet" by

– 2:46 # "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here" by

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– 2:13 # "Unpack Your Adjectives" by

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– 3:05 # "The Tale of Mr. Morton" by

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– 4:05

Single tracks

Side A *"No More Kings" by Pavement – 4:22 Side B *"Interplanet Janet" by

– 2:46

Chart performance

The album charted at number 70 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in 1996.

References

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