Greatest Hits of the 20th Century is the seventh album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

 and their first greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 compilation album

Compilation album

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Reception

In her Allmusic review, music critic Stacia Proefrock wrote "There isn't a dud in the bunch of this concise history of the Flecktones. An inventive blend of a world of influences, this collection offers an extremely pleasant listening experience."

Track listing

1. "The Sinister Minister" – 4:37
2. "Stomping Grounds" – 5:26
3. "Flight Of The Cosmic Hippo" – 4:28
4. "Shocktime" – 4:25
5. "Sex In A Pan" – 3:34
6. "The Yee-Haw Factor" – 6:58
7. "Road House Blues" – 3:19
8. "Vix 9" – 4:29
9. "Communication" – 4:16
10. "Big Country" – 5:33
11. "Sunset Road" – 5:01

The Flecktones

• Béla Fleck
  Béla Fleck
  Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...
  
   - Banjo
  Banjo
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• Future Man
  Future Man
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   - Synth-Axe Drumitar, Vocals
• Howard Levy
  Howard Levy
  Howard Levy is a Grammy Award–winning, American harmonicist, pianist, composer, and producer....
  
   - Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , Piano
  Piano
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  , Harmonica
  Harmonica
  The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...
  
  
• Victor Wooten
  Victor Wooten
  Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards....
  
   - Bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jeff Coffin
  Jeff Coffin
  Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...
  
   - Saxophone
  Saxophone
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Guest Musicians

• Sam Bush
  Sam Bush
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   - Mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , Fiddle
  Fiddle
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   on tracks 2 and 7
• Paul McCandless
  Paul McCandless
  Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments.He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and is...
  
   - soprano saxophone
  Saxophone
  The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
  
   on track 2
• Dave Matthews
  Dave Matthews
  David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...
  
  - Vocals on track 9