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Flight of the Cosmic Hippo by Béla Fleck

Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

Release Date: 6/11/1991

Recording Date: 1/1991

Tracks: 10

Length: 00:43:58 Hrs

Label: Warner Bros.

Type: CD,CS

Genre/Styles:
Country, Folk, Progressive Bluegrass, New Acoustic, Fusion, Banjo, Harmonica, Piano, Bass (Electric), United States of America, Bluegrass

Album Tracks (10)

Song Title
Length
1.
Blu-Bop
04:22
2.
Flying Saucer Dudes
04:51
3.
Turtle Rock
04:12
4.
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
04:29
5.
The Star Spangled Banner
02:35
6.
Star of the County Down
04:21
7.
Jekyll and Hyde (And Ted and Alice)
07:04
8.
Michelle
05:10
9.
Hole in the Wall
04:40
10.
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo (Reprise)
02:14

What the Critics Say

The Flecktones owe more to bebop than bluegrass, and here the group finally names their style "blu-bop." That's why Flight of the Cosmic Hippo topped the jazz, not the country, chart. The Flecktones continue to make it look easy, adding banjo power chords to "Turtle Rock" and reworking Lennon/McCartney's "Michelle." ~ Brian Mansfield, Rovi

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