Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

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Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo cover
Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Released June 11, 1991
Recorded The Castle
Genre Jazz
Length 43:57
Label Warner Bros.
Producer(s) Béla Fleck with the Flecktones
Professional reviews
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones chronology
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
(1990)		 Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
(1991)		 UFO Tofu
(1992)


Flight of the Cosmic Hippo was the second album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1991.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Miscellanea

  • 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.
  • "The Star Spangled Banner" was arranged and recorded in response to the Gulf War.
  • "Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice)" references the novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as well as the film Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.

[edit] Personnel

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck - Victor Wooten - Future Man - Jeff Coffin - Howard Levy
Discography
Studio releases: Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Flight of the Cosmic Hippo - UFO Tofu - Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Left of Cool - Greatest Hits of the 20th Century - Outbound - Little Worlds - The Hidden Land
Live releases: Live Art - Live at the Quick


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