Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
Songs from the Street, the boxed set that stretches back to 'Sesame Street's' 1969 debut, is the kids' record of the year, if not the decade: Big Bird and the gang might've pulled it off themselves--for a crew of fix-it store workers, shopkeeps, and goofball monsters, the talent quotient's off the charts--but when you've got this many names to drop, they've got to land somewhere. What impresses most in three discs is the lack of a single thud. Cab Calloway, Pete Seeger, and James Taylor mosey in on disc one; Johnny Cash, BB King, and Tony Bennett take seats on the stoop for disc two; and the Dixie Chicks, Gloria Estefan, and R.E.M. raise the brownstone roof on disc three--and that's leaving out stars like Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Trisha Yearwood. When it comes to inspiring preschoolers and their parents to sing the praises of rubber duckies, bein' green, and the people in their neighborhood; 'The Street' gets busy. --Tammy La Gorce

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Disc 1:

1. Sesame Street Theme - The Kids
2. ABC - DEF - GHI - Big Bird
3. Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog
4. Sing - The Kids
5. Five Songs - The Kids
6. Five People in My Family - The Anything Muppets
7. People in the Neighborhood - Bob and the Anything Muppets
8. Henson King of the Eight - Jim Henson
9. Hi De Ho Man - Cab Calloway and the Two - Headed Monster
10. How Do You Do - Lena Horne
11. Over, Under, Around and Through - Grover
12. Ladybugs Picnic
13. Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
14. Jellyman Kelly - James Taylor and the Kids
15. Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel and Oscar the Grouch
16. Everybody Sleeps - Joe Raposo
17. Rubber Duckie - Ernie
18. Doin ' the Pidgeon - Bert
19. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon and the Kids
20. Sweet - A Little Baby Boy - Pete Seeger and the Kids
21. 1-2 - 3 Sesame Street - Stevie Wonder
22. Pinball Number Count - - The Pointer Sisters
23. I' ve Got Two - Big Bird. Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Hooper and Everybody
24. I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
25. Nasty Dan - Johnny Cash and Oscar the Grouch
26. Sing After Me - Madeline Kahn and Grover
27. Captain Vegetable - Captian Vegetable with Eddie and Andy
28. African Alphabet - Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Kermit the Frog.
29. B.B. King - B.B. King with Bert, Benny Rabbit, Big Bird and Baby Bear
30. C is for Cookie - Cookie Monster
31. Kiko and the Lavender Moon (Elmo and the Lavender Moon) - Los Lobos
32. Sweet in the Mornin' (Tweet in the Mornin') - Bobby Mc Ferrin with the Birds
33. Small People - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers with Prairie Dawn and Big Bird
34. Imagination - Ernie with Big Bird and the Cast
35. From Your Head - Diane Schuur with Elmo
36. What's the Name of that Song? - The Cast
37. The Batty Bat - The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats
38. Mah Na Mah Na - Mah Na Mah Na
39. Little Things - Tony Bennettt with Lexine
40. One Small Voice - The Kids, Hoots the Owl, Prairie Dawn
41. I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - Aaron Neville and Ernie
42. This Frog - Kermit the Frog
43. I Love Trash - Steven Tyler
44. Two Princes - Spin Doctors with Zoe, Elmo and Telly
45. Like the way I do (Like the way U Does) - Melissa Etheridge
46. But I like You - Bert and Ernie
47. Tu Me Gustas (I like you) - Luis and Elmo
48. Mambo I,I,I, - Gloria Estefan
49. Monster in the Mirror - Grover
50. Hold my Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish with Elmo and the Kids
51. I'm Talkin' Love - Trisha Yearwood and Herry Monster
52. We are the Earthlings - A Boyand the Anything Muppets
53. Happy to Meet You - Celine Dion with Herry Monster, Elmo and Big Bird
54. Shiny Happy People (Furry Happy Monsters) - REM and Muppet Rocker
55. Believe in Yourself - *NSYNC
56. A New Way to Walk - Destiny's Child with Elmo, Groverand Zoe
57. Elmo's Song - Elmo, Big Bird and Snuffleupagus
58. Slide (Pride) - Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo
59. Sing - Dixie Chicks
60. Just Happy To Be Me - Fugees
61. Put Down The Duckie - Ernie and Hoots the Owl
62. Everybody Be Yo'Self - Keb' Mo' and the Kids
63. Sesame Street Theme Remix - Ursula 1000

Rating: - Great cd set
This set of 3 CD's had a great mix of classic and contempary Sesame Street songs.

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Rating: - I'd rather just the first 10 years, thanks
About half the songs are the original television versions. But the liner notes for the other half list them as being "from" other COMPILATIONS released in the 1990s.
Nowhere is it stated whether those compilations used the original versions or re-recordings, so who knows? Even the TITLE theme is not the original (It might be the version they use nowadays, but it's not the version most people know from the 70s).
Sesame should have just used the original TV versions of all tracks as that's what collectors of vintage material would be looking for (and paying quite a lot for).
They also should have focused more on the early years when the show was the most innovative. And as music was a major element, I'm sure there's a lot more material that could have been used, particularly those odd demonstrational songs about the number 5 or the letter R. Instead they've focused on the celebrity guests, most of whom don't really add much value.
I personally hoped there'd be that funky counting to ten song that featured on almost every episode (not the Pinball one, which I love too).
Disappointing, but until a better option comes along, this will have to do.

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Rating: - A great buy, you'll play this over and over.
I bought this when my daughter was born, and two years later she still asks for them to be played. The set contains three CDs, on which are collected famous songs, and ditties from the Sesame Street show...favorites like C is for Cookie, Healthy, Happy Monsters performed by famous groups like REM and more. The songs are not just kid friendly, adults will enjoy the refreshing take on some old favorites too:)

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Rating: - An All-Round Pleaser
I have always loved the music from Sesame Street, and as I have gotten older I have found that the next generation loves it just as much as I have, whether it be the older or newer songs. Since I bought this album, I have had it regularly playing at my sons' request. Funnily enough, anyone who walks in to our house smiles when they hear the music, ask what the album is, then sit back and enjoy it all - regardless of whether they have ever watched Sesame Street or not. Furry and real voices have universal appeal whatever the age of the listener! A beautiful album.

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Rating: - Childhood Renewed
If you grew up on Sesame Street - or just want some music for kids that isn't annoying - this is the box set for you! The songs are clever, amusing, lively, and educational. We bought it for ourselves as a trip down memory lane before our son was born - and since then it has been our favorite baby shower or first birthday gift! Everyone who has it loves it!