| Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks | |
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| Compilation album (Tribute album) by Various Artists | |
| Released | April 9, 1996 |
| Genre | Alternative & Rock |
| Label | Atlantic |
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| Released | 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative & Rock | ||||
| Label | Atlantic/Hollywood | ||||
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Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks is a tribute album based on the Emmy Award-winning animated TV series, Schoolhouse Rock!. It was released by Atlantic/Hollywood 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 in October 1995.
A portion of the sales of the album went to the Children's Defense Fund.
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.