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  • Release Date: 11/03/1998
  • Sales Rank: 190
  • Label: KID RHINO
  • UPC: 081227531522

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Best of Schoolhouse Rock

1LISTENSchoolhouse Rocky 0:13
2LISTENThree Is a Magic Number 3:15
3LISTENMy Hero, Zero 3:16
4LISTENFigure Eight 3:01
5LISTENUnpack Your Adjectives 3:00
6LISTENConjunction Junction 2:59
7LISTENInterjections! 3:01
8LISTENNo More Kings 3:00
9LISTENThe Preamble 2:59
10LISTENI'm Just a Bill 2:59
11LISTENThe Body Machine 2:59
12LISTENInterplanet Janet 3:00
13LISTENTelegraph Line 2:59
14LISTENWalkin' on Wall Street 3:01
15LISTENThis for That 3:02
16LISTENTyrannasaurus Debt 3:02
17LISTENThe Check's in the Mail 3:00

Editorial Reviews

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. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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My three-year old loves it! We listen to it in the car all the time.by Anonymous

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March 02, 2009: This CD is fun for both me and my 3-year-old. I remember the songs from my childhood, and my son loves the tunes and the lyrics. This CD contains the greats, like "Interjection," "Interplanet Janet," "I'm Just a Bill," and others. The only thing that bums me out is that a few favorite songs are missing -- "Mr. Morton," "Electricity," "Circulation," and others. These songs are all on the DVD, however (we own that too and love it).

WONDR-filled or WONDERFUL!by LittleMissChatterbox0371

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December 27, 2008: This is great to learn the basics of education in fun easy and quick songs that stick to your brain. When I was younger instead of commercials on Saturday morning television they used Schoolhouse Rock as in-between shows to help us learn while having fun. You can sing along like karaoke, even. This is wonderful for kids of all ages. The music videos are on iTunes and are great for kids. My kids for the age of 4 to the age of 14 use them to remember things for school. My daughter came home the other day and said Schoolhouse Rock really helps her in Social Studies/History because in the song "ELBOW ROOM", which talks about expansion during the Lewis and Clark, Gold Rush, Louisiana Territory Purchase, it mentions "IT WAS A MANIFEST DESTINY". She figured out that Manifest Destiny had to do with expansion during the Lewis AND Clark times. It is in fact the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean which was good, obvious and certain. These songs work wonders. My son aced a "Preamble" Pop Quiz where you had to fully write the preamble of the USA Constitution on LooseLeaf paper. THANK YOU SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK!


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About Best of Schoolhouse Rock

Parents need to know that many of the songs provide lyrical devices to help children memorize facts like the multiplication tables or the Preamble to the Constitution. A narrative approach is used in many tracks to explain historical developments and, in one case, the legislative process ("I'm just a bill and I'm sittin' here on Capitol Hill ...").

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Families can talk about some of the concepts being taught here through music, like the properties of numbers or the parts of speech. Does memorization through music make it easier for you to learn?