Flight of the Cosmic Hippo


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.

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" – 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" – 2:35
  6. "Star of the County Down" – 4:21
  7. "Jekyll and Hyde " – 7:04
  8. "Michelle" – 5:10
  9. "Hole in the Wall" – 4:40
  10. "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo " – 2:14

    Personnel