▁port ions ▁of ▁your ▁child hood ▁go , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁much ▁worse ." ▁ ▁Con vers ely , ▁Cinema ▁Bl end ' s ▁Joseph ▁Gian none ▁favor ably ▁compared ▁the ▁album ▁to ▁The ▁Mu ppet ▁Show ▁saying ▁that , ▁" Like ▁the ▁original ▁program , ▁The ▁Green ▁Album ▁is ▁an ▁ec lect ic , ▁smart ▁and ▁ecc ent ric ▁journey ▁through ▁each ▁guest ▁appearance ' s ▁effort ." ▁Conse quence ▁of ▁Sound ▁wrote ▁that ; ▁" All ▁that ' s ▁" green " ▁isn ’ t ▁necessarily ▁gold ▁here , ▁but ▁most ▁of ▁it ▁sh ines . ▁" ▁Elizabeth ▁Ke en an ▁of ▁MTV ▁Ge ek !, ▁commented ▁that , ▁" The ▁album ▁fits ▁well ▁in ▁the ▁grand ▁tradition ▁of ▁the ▁Mu ppets ' ▁connections ▁with ▁real - world ▁pop ▁culture ." ▁Al ist air ▁Mc Ge orge ▁described ▁the ▁album ▁in ▁her ▁Fem ale ▁First ▁review ▁as ▁" good ▁for ▁a ▁nost alg ic ▁listen , ▁the ▁songs ▁have ▁a ▁surprising ▁amount ▁of ▁strength ▁in ▁this ▁setting , ▁and ▁it ' s ▁a ▁good ▁collection ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁right ." ▁Doug ▁Wort el ▁awarded ▁the ▁album ▁an ▁ 8 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁while ▁posit ively ▁remark ing ▁that , ▁" The ▁wonderful ▁thing ▁about ▁The ▁Green ▁Album ▁that ▁sets ▁it ▁apart ▁from ▁those ▁other ▁records , ▁besides ▁the ▁source ▁material , ▁is ▁nearly ▁every ▁perform er ▁on ▁this ▁album ▁sounds ▁like ▁they ’ re ▁having ▁a ▁ball , ▁which ▁is ▁exactly ▁what ▁any ▁Jim ▁H enson ▁fan ▁would