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Rocket Science (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album)

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Released
  
May 17, 2011

Release date
  
17 May 2011

Label
  
Entertainment One Music

Length
  
64:28

Producer
  
Béla Fleck

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Artists
  
Béla Fleck, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Genres
  
Jazz, Bluegrass, Jazz fusion, Post-bop

Similar
  
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones albums, Bluegrass albums

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Rocket Science is a studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2011. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Jazz chart and number 36 on the Top Independent Albums chart. The song "Life in Eleven" won Best Instrumental Composition at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.

Contents

The album is the first since 1992's UFO Tofu to feature founding member Howard Levy in the regular band lineup.

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Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Thom Jurek praised the album, calling the Flecktones re-energized. He wrote "With Levy on harmonica and piano, it's as if he never left. Rather than try to re-create the band's old sound, the Flecktones push ever further into their own seamless, unclassifiable meld of jazz, progressive bluegrass, rock, classical, funk, and world music traditions on this delightful—and at times mind-blowing—record."

Track listing

All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Gravity Lane" - 5:58
  2. "Prickly Pear" - 3:49
  3. "Joyful Spring" (Howard Levy) - 2:39
  4. "Life In Eleven" (H. Levy/B. Fleck) - 5:25
  5. "Falling Forward" - 5:08
  6. "Storm Warning" - 7:57
  7. "Like Water" (Victor Wooten/B. Fleck) - 4:42
  8. "Earthling Parade" - 7:58
  9. "The Secret Drawer" (Future Man) - 2:12
  10. "Sweet Pomegranates" (H. Levy) - 5:55
  11. "Falani" - 6:50
  12. "Bottle Rocket" - 5:53

Personnel

  • Béla Fleck – 5-string banjo (tracks 1, 3-8, 10-12), Goldtone 10-string Prototype (track 8), Deering Crossfire electric banjo (tracks 2, 6)
  • Future Man – drumitar, acoustic drums, percussion
  • Howard Levy – diatonic harmonica (tracks 1, 2, 4-8, 11, 12), bass harmonica (track 8), synth (track 2), piano (tracks 1-7, 10, 12)
  • Victor Wooten – Fodera 4-string bass, Fodera 5-string NYC bass, Compito 5-string fretless bass (track 5, 8, 11)

    • Production notes:

  • Béla Fleck – producer
  • Kevin Dailey – engineer
  • Richard Battaglia – engineer
  • Richard Dodd – mastering
  • Jeremy Cowart – photography
  • Sean Marlowe – art direction, design
  • Paul Grosso – cover art, creative director

    • Songs

    1Gravity Lane5:58
    2Prickly Pear3:50
    3Joyful Spring2:40

    References

    Rocket Science (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album) Wikipedia
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