Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem made their television debut in the pilot for the muppet show In 1975, and now, nearly half a century after their on-screen debut, the musical Muppet Band tops Board chart for the first time.
new lp The Muppets Mayhem: Music from the Disney+ Original Series, released on May 10 through Disney+/Walt Disney Records, jumped from No. 13 to No. 1 on the Kid Albums chart, leading the way for the first time. This set is the companion soundtrack to the group’s new Disney+ comedy music series The Muppets MayhemWhich also premiered on 10 May.
The album concurrently debuted at No. 10 on the Soundtracks chart, No. 23 on Top Current Album Sales and No. 29 on Top Album Sales. According to Luminet, it earned approximately 5,000 equivalent album units from album sales in the United States in its first full tracking week (May 12–18). Of its sales, 4,000 were on vinyl, and the set also debuted at No. 10 on the Vinyl Albums chart.
The 22-track album includes 17 songs credited to Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem, as well as five scores by Mick Giacchino. While some songs are original compositions for the series, others are covers of classics by The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Cyndi Lauper, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who and more.
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem features Dr. Teeth (originally performed by Jim Henson and now Bill Barretta), Animal (Frank Oz, now Eric Jacobson), Floyd Pepper (Jerry Nelson, now Matt Vogel), Janice (Richard Hunt) ) Are included. , now David Rudman), Lips (Steve Whitmire, now Peter Linz) and Zoot (Dave Goelz).
While it marked the group’s first ascent BoardUnder the artist billing of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the act has appeared on several Muppet-related albums charted. Here’s a recap of every Muppet-themed title that has hit the Billboard 200.
Title (peak position, year):
- the muppet show (No. 153, 1978)
- The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording (No. 32, 1979)
- christmas together (billed as John Denver and the Muppets) (No. 26, 1980)
- The Great Muppet Caper (No. 66, 1981)
- Muppet Christmas Carol (No. 189, 1992)
- the Muppets (No. 38, 2011)
- Muppets: The Green Album (No. 8, 2011)
- Muppets Most Wanted (No. 68, 2014)
“We had the support of the frog, the pig, the bear and everyone else,” Pepper said recently. Board In the band’s first stand-alone venture. “We knew we could deliver the goods.”
Added Beast, “Rock and Roll!”
