The Hidden Land


The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released in 2006 by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. It was recorded before the band's year-long hiatus during 2005 and released afterward. The Hidden Land won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Thom Jurek was indifferent about the album, writing, "It's not that complexity and a multiplicity of ideas is a bad thing; quite the opposite, but knowing when to and make the music sing is another thing. This record sings only in a couple of places. The rest is 'serious Flecktones.' Perhaps this determination is simply not for most of us. It's easy to accept that, especially when those serious Flecktones fans will be debating individual musical passages until the next album is released." Devin Grant of No Depression wrote: "Fleck keeps things centered, wielding his banjo in directions the instrument wasn’t originally envisioned to go."

Track listing

All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.
  1. "Fugue from Prelude/Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 889" – 1:51
  2. "P'Lod In The House" – 3:46
  3. "Rococo" – 3:46
  4. "Labyrinth" – 6:21
  5. "Kaleidoscope" – 5:08
  6. "Who's Got Three?" – 5:22
  7. "Weed Whacker" – 7:44
  8. "Couch Potato" – 3:03
  9. "Chennai" – 5:48
  10. "Subterfuge" – 4:04
  11. Interlude – 0:39
  12. "Misunderstood" – 7:27
  13. "The Whistle Tune" – 4:54

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