Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

Infobox Album | Name = Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
Type = Album
Artist = Béla Fleck and the Flecktones


Released = June 11, 1991
Recorded = The Castle
Genre = Jazz
Length = 43:57
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Béla Fleck with the Flecktones
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3s120roac48n link]
Last album = "Béla Fleck and the Flecktones"
(1990)
This album = "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"
(1991)
Next album = "UFO Tofu"
(1992) |

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

Track listing

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

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)" refers to the novella "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" as well as the film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice".

Personnel

*Béla Fleck - banjo, electric banjo
*Howard Levy - Diatonic Harmonica, Piano, Synthesizers, Harp in a Cup, Harp Through Micro Synth, Double Ocarina, Hammond B-3 Organ
*"Future Man" - SynthAxe Drumitar
*Victor Wooten - 4 String, 5 String Fretless and 6 String electric basses