Béla Fleck and the Flecktones (album)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Released March 6, 1990
Recorded 1989, Javelina Studios
Genre Jazz fusion, bluegrass, post-bop, neofolk
Length 47:56
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Béla Fleck with the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones chronology
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
(1990)
Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
(1991)

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is the first album by the band of the same name, released in 1990. It reached number 17 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. At the Grammy Awards of 1997, a live version of "The Sinister Minister", a track from the album, won the Best Pop Instrumental Performance award.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

In his Allmusic review, music critic Brian Mansfield praised the album and wrote "For all the flash, there's little pretense; the group's astonishing musicianship keeps an "aw-shucks" accessibility that lets everybody follow the melody while they marvel."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Sea Brazil" – 3:43
  2. "Frontiers" – 6:08
  3. "Hurricane Camille" – 2:38
  4. "Half Moon Bay" – 5:09
  5. "The Sinister Minister" – 4:38
  6. "Sunset Road" – 5:04
  7. "Flipper" – 4:21
  8. "Mars Needs Women: Space is a Lonely Place" – 5:01
  9. "Mars Needs Women: They're Here" – 3:30
  10. "Reflections of Lucy" (B. Fleck/John Lennon/Paul McCartney) – 3:38
  11. "Tell It to the Gov'nor" – 4:06

Single

The only single from this album was "The Sinister Minister". The music video received heavy airplay on MTV and VH1 back in the early 90s. The video was so popular, it was featured on an episode of VH1's Pop-Up Video and won a Grammy in 1997, despite it being a 1990 song.

Personnel

Some websites claim additional musicians participated on this album, but these are not supported by the liner notes. However, in the notes from the band's next album, Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, apologies and credit for vocal work is given to Camille Harrison for the track "Sunset Road".

Production notes

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1990 Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 17

References

  1. 1 2 Mansfield, Brian. "Béla Fleck and the Flecktones > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
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