Schoolhouse Rocks the Vote!: A Benefit for Rock the Vote

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: August 18, 1998
• Type: Collection (various artists), Children, Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Schoolhouse Rocks the Vote!: A Benefit for Rock the Vote follows the traditional pattern of benefit albums -- it's loaded with covers of familiar songs by new and veteran artists alike. As a result, it's as uneven as any other benefit record, bouncing from the fun to the mediocre in the space of a track. Still, it's for a good cause, and it contains an impressive lineup of artists, including the Roots, John Popper, Grady Tate, Bob Dorough, Jack Sheldon, the Sugarhill Gang, Etta James, Essra Mohawks and Joan Osborne & Isaac Hayes. Even though there are some naff cuts, it's nevertheless a reasonably entertaining collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Rock the Vote		Virtuals	(3:47)
I'm Just a Bill	Dave Frishberg	Isaac Hayes, Joan Osborne	(3:01)
Sufferin' Till Suffrage	Bob Dorough	Etta James	(3:53)
The Campaign Trail		Bob Dorough	(2:34)
The Preamble	Lynn Ahrens	John Popper	(2:38)
Do You Wanna Party		Essra Mohawk & The Killer Groove Band	(3:02)
Fireworks	Lynn Ahrens	The Sugarhill Gang	(2:38)
Three-Ring Government		Jazzyfatnastees, The Roots	(3:56)
Get to Know Your Electoral College		Shihan, Spicy T	(3:02)
Messin' With My Bill of Rights!		Grady Tate	(2:47)

Credits

Sametto James (Bass), Sonny Thompson (Guitar Loops), Terrance Galloway (Second Engineer), Matt Oppenheimer (Producer), Tony Marino (Bass (Electric)), Joan Osborne (Vocals), Virtuals (Performer), Richard Ziegler (Arranger), Gene Eichelberger (Mixing), Tracy Moore (Vocals), Sonny Thompson (Bass), Bob Dorough (Producer), Laurie Ziegler (Executive Producer), Isaac Hayes (Vocals), Marc Pfafflin (Engineer), Grady Tate (Drums), Grady Tate (Vocals), John Popper (Vocals), Essra Mohawk (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), Richard Chamberlain (Trombone), Kamiah "Little Klang" Gray (Keyboards), Etta James (Producer), Aaron Comess (Producer), Josh Sklair (Producer), Bob Dorough (Vocals), Ahmir Khalib Thompson (Drums), Michael Bland (Percussion Programming), Frank Crawford (Keyboards), Dave Ivory (Engineer), Bob Dorough (Arranger), Anthony Tidd (Sound Effects), Etta James (Performer), Bill Goodwin (Percussion), Mike Wright (Vocals), Bob Dorough (Music Advisor), Aaron Comess (Engineer), Craig Bartock (Bass), Isaac Hayes (Performer), Craig Bartock (Guitar), Essra Mohawk (Vocals), Rich Vink (Producer), Bob Fisher (Mastering), Kent Heckman (Mixing), Jack Sheldon (Producer), Richard Nichols (Executive Producer), Lupe DeLeon (Executive Producer), Craig Bartock (Arranger), Richard Nichols (Engineer), Leonard Hubbard (Bass), Sametto James (Producer), John Mills (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), The Roots (Performer), Molly Pasutti (Vocals), Joan Osborne (Performer), Tommy Harden (Drums), Johnny Neel (Organ), Radford Stone (Producer), Craig Bartock (Engineer), Tim Drummond (Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part), Crugie (?), Johnny Neel (Piano), Tim Drummond (Bass), E.J. Dick (Production Coordination), Gene Eichelberger (Overdubs), Anthony Tidd (Wurlitzer), Jazzyfatnastees (Performer), Grady Tate (Fiddle), Bob Dorough (Piano), John Popper (Performer), Tom Yohe (Illustrations), Erik Della Penna (?), John Mills (Engineer), Peter McCabe (Engineer), George Young (Sax (Soprano)), Kent Heckman (Engineer), Craig Bartock (Keyboards), Grady Tate (Performer), Shane Theriot (Guitar), Michael Bland (Drums), Essra Mohawk & The Killer Groove Band (Performer), Richard Ziegler (Producer), Bob Dorough (Performer), Craig Bartock (Producer), Jack Petruzzelli (?), Essra Mohawk (Producer), Josh Sklair (Guitar), Matt Oppenheimer (Arranger), George Young (Sax (Tenor)), The Sugarhill Gang (Performer), Matt Oppenheimer (Keyboards)