{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} :'''''Star Turtle''' may also refer to Great A'Tuin.''
{{Infobox album | name = Star Turtle | type = Album | artist = Harry Connick Jr. | cover = HCjr Star Turtle.jpg | alt = | released = July 2, 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = *Power Station Studio A, New York City *Sony Studio D, New York City | genre = Funk, psychedelic pop | length = 65:41 | label = Sony/Columbia | producer = Tracey Freeman | prev_title = She | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = To See You | next_year = 1997 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Q'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} (9/96, p. 110) |}} '''''Star Turtle''''' is an album by Harry Connick Jr., released in 1996, receiving a Gold Album Certification July 8, 2004. It is primarily a funk album but also features pop, Mardi Gras rhythms, ballads, and rock. "City Beneath the Sea" describes unique New Orleans street scenes, and features a brief but notable piano solo.
"Hear Me in the Harmony" became an MTV hit. The song is a tribute to James Booker.
Four of the tracks, namely the four "Star Turtle" tracks, tell a tale of a giant space turtle coming to New Orleans, looking for music salvation. He is given a tour through the city and samples the musical diversity, visiting a funk club, a jazz club, and a street parade. These four tracks ("Star Turtle 1", 2, 3 & 4) are special; the first one is a wild arrangement of drums, horns, guitars and overdubbed, whispery voices. Connick plays every instrument and is the voice of every word heard on the four pieces.
==Track listing== All music and lyrics composed by Harry Connick Jr. #"Star Turtle" – 4:35 #"How Do Y'all Know" – 4:55 #"Hear Me in the Harmony" – 4:46 #"Reason to Believe" – 4:50 #"Just Like Me" – 4:46 #"Star Turtle 2" – 2:27 #"Little Farley" – 6:05 #"Eyes of the Seeker" – 4:51 #"Nobody Like You to Me" – 3:43 #"Boozehound" – 5:14 #"Star Turtle 3" – 2:10 #"Never Young" – 5:26 #"Mind on the Matter" – 4:09 – sung by Tony Hall (the bassist) #"City Beneath the Sea" – 5:59 #"Star Turtle 4" – 1:45
The CD includes a CD-ROM multimedia presentation.
'''Target Bonus tracks''' *"Voodoo Mama" – 7:12
==Musicians== *Harry Connick Jr. – vocals, Piano *Jonathan DuBose Jr. – Guitar, vocals *Howard Kaplan – Keyboards *Lucien Barbarin – Trombone *Tony Hall – Bass, vocals *Louis Ford – Clarinet *Raymond Weber – drums, percussion *Ned Goold – Tenor Saxophone *Jerry Weldon – Tenor Saxophone *Dave Schumacher – Baritone Saxophone *Jeremy Davenport – Trumpet *Dan Miller – Trumpet *John Allred – Trombone, Tuba *Mark Mullins – Trombone *Tracey Freeman – Producer *Gregg Rubin – Recording & Mix Engineer
==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Star Turtle'' !scope="col"|Chart (1996) !scope="col"|Peak |- {{album chart|Australia|16|artist=Harry Connick, Jr.|album=Star Turtle|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2022}} |- {{album chart|France|38|artist=Harry Connick, Jr.|album=Star Turtle|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2022}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|18|artist=Harry Connick, Jr.|album=Star Turtle|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2022}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|38|artist=Harry Connick Jr|rowheader=true|access-date=May 23, 2022}} |}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1996 year-end chart performance for ''Star Turtle'' !scope="col"|Chart (1996) !scope="col"|Rank |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/vN9Tx0k.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1996|publisher=ARIA|access-date=May 23, 2022}}</ref> | 100 |}
==Certifications and sales== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Harry Connick Jr.|title=Star Turtle|award=Gold|certyear=2004|relyear=1996|accessdate=October 9, 2019}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
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Category:1996 albums Category:Harry Connick Jr. albums Category:Blues rock albums by American artists Category:Jazz fusion albums by American artists