Best of Schoolhouse Rock

Schoolhouse Rock

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Best of Schoolhouse Rock Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Schoolhouse Rock was famous for its clever, insidiously catchy songs -- songs that were so entertaining, two generations of kids didn't realize they were learning as they memorized the tunes. For years, collections of the Schoolhouse Rock songs were unavailable, until Rhino released the four-disc box set Schoolhouse Rock! in 1996. It was a terrifically entertaining collection, bogging down only when it reached the latter-day '80s cuts, but it was too much for the average consumer. Thankfully, two years later, they released Best of Schoolhouse Rock, a concise, 17-track collection that contains nearly all of the great songs -- "Schoolhouse Rocky," "Three Is a Magic Number," "Conjunction Junction," "No More Kings," "I'm Just a Bill," and "The Body Machine," among others. Gen-Xers will certainly love the collection, but that misses the point -- although it certainly evokes the '70s, this is timeless music that is perfect for kids of any generation, since it both entertains and teaches.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1 Bob Dorough and Friends 00:13 SpotifyAmazon
2 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Bob Dorough 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
3 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Bob Dorough 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
4 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Blossom Dearie 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
5 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Blossom Dearie 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
6 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Terry Morel / Jack Sheldon 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
7 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Essra Mohawk 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
8 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Lynn Ahrens 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
9 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Lynn Ahrens 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
10 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Jack Sheldon 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
11 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Bob Dorough / Jack Sheldon 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
12 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Lynn Ahrens 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
13 Schoolhouse Rock feat: Jaime Aff / Christine Langner 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
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Schoolhouse Rock feat: Dave Frishberg 03:01 SpotifyAmazon
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Schoolhouse Rock feat: Bob Dorough 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
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Schoolhouse Rock feat: Bob Dorough / Robert Kaliban 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
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Schoolhouse Rock feat: Luther Rix 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
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