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Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

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Released
  
June 11, 1991

Length
  
43:57

Release date
  
7 June 1991

Recorded
  
1991, The Castle

Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (1991)
  
UFO Tofu (1992)

Label
  
Warner Bros. Records

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Producer
  
Béla Fleck with the Flecktones

Artists
  
Béla Fleck, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Genres
  
Jazz, Bluegrass, Jazz fusion, Post-bop, Folk rock

Similar
  
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones albums, Bluegrass albums

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Flight of the Cosmic Hippo is the second album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1991. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. The album title came from an audience member who suggested "Flight of the Codeine Hippo" as a name for the title track. The band changed "codeine" to "cosmic" to avoid the drug association.

Contents

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Brian Mansfield wrote of the album "The Flecktones continue to make it look easy."

Track listing

All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Blu-Bop" (The Flecktones) – 4:22
  2. "Flying Saucer Dudes" – 4:51
  3. "Turtle Rock" – 4:12
  4. "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo" – 4:29
  5. "The Star Spangled Banner" (Francis Scott Key, arr. The Flecktones) – 2:35
  6. "Star of the County Down" (P.D., arr. The Flecktones) – 4:21
  7. "Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice)" – 7:04
  8. "Michelle" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 5:10
  9. "Hole in the Wall" – 4:40
  10. "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Reprise)" – 2:14

Personnel

  • Béla Fleck – banjo (tracks 2, 4-10), electric banjo (tracks 1, 3), synth (track 1)
  • Howard Levy – diatonic harmonica (tracks 2, 3, 5-8, 10), piano (tracks 2-5, 7-10), synthesizers (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 9), harp in a cup (track 4), harp through micro synth (track 2), double ocarina (track 9), Hammond B-3 organ (track 6)
  • "Future Man" – Synth-Axe Drumitar
  • Victor Wooten – 4-string, 5-string fretless (tracks 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) and 6-string electric basses

    • Songs

    1Blu-Bop4:22
    2Flying Saucer Dudes4:51
    3Turtle Rock4:13

    References

    Flight of the Cosmic Hippo Wikipedia
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