The Hidden Land
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| Studio album by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones | ||||
| Released | February 14, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Sanctuary Studios | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, progressive bluegrass, post-bop, folk rock | |||
| Length | 59:53 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Producer | Béla Fleck with the Flecktones | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    |
| No Depression | (no rating) |
The Hidden Land is the eighth studio album and twelfth album overall released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 2006. 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.
In his Allmusic review, music critic Thom Jurek was lukewarm 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 reign them in 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."
All songs by Béla Fleck unless otherwise noted.
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