# Star Turtle > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Star_Turtle > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Star_Turtle.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Turtle > Source revision: 1315152800 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} :'''''Star Turtle''' may also refer to [Great A'Tuin](/source/Discworld_(world)).'' {{Infobox album | name = Star Turtle | type = [Album](/source/Album) | artist = [Harry Connick Jr.](/source/Harry_Connick_Jr.) | cover = HCjr Star Turtle.jpg | alt = | released = July 2, 1996 | recorded = | venue = | studio = *[Power Station Studio A](/source/Power_Station_(recording_studio)), New York City *[Sony Studio D](/source/Sony_Music_Studios), New York City | genre = [Funk](/source/Funk), [psychedelic pop](/source/psychedelic_pop) | length = 65:41 | label = [Sony](/source/Sony)/[Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records) | producer = Tracey Freeman | prev_title = [She](/source/She_(Harry_Connick_Jr._album)) | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [To See You](/source/To_See_You) | next_year = 1997 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''[Q](/source/Q_magazine)'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} (9/96, p. 110) |}} '''''Star Turtle''''' is an [album](/source/music_album) by [Harry Connick Jr.](/source/Harry_Connick_Jr.), released in 1996, receiving a [Gold Album](/source/Gold_Album) Certification July 8, 2004. It is primarily a [funk](/source/funk) album but also features [pop](/source/Pop_music), [Mardi Gras](/source/Mardi_Gras) rhythms, [ballads](/source/ballads), and [rock](/source/rock_'n'_roll). "[City Beneath the Sea](/source/City_Beneath_the_Sea_(song))" describes unique New Orleans street scenes, and features a brief but notable [piano solo](/source/piano_solo). "[Hear Me in the Harmony](/source/Hear_Me_in_the_Harmony)" became an [MTV](/source/MTV) hit. The song is a tribute to [James Booker](/source/James_Booker). Four of the tracks, namely the four "Star Turtle" tracks, tell a tale of a giant space turtle coming to [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans), looking for music salvation. He is given a tour through the city and samples the musical diversity, visiting a [funk](/source/funk) club, a [jazz](/source/jazz) club, and a [street parade](/source/New_Orleans_Mardi_Gras). 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](/source/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](/source/City_Beneath_the_Sea_(song))" – 5:59 #"Star Turtle 4" – 1:45 The CD includes a [CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM) multimedia presentation. '''Target Bonus tracks''' *"Voodoo Mama" – 7:12 ==Musicians== *Harry Connick Jr. – [vocals](/source/Singing), [Piano](/source/Piano) *Jonathan DuBose Jr. – [Guitar](/source/Guitar), [vocals](/source/Singing) *Howard Kaplan – [Keyboards](/source/Keyboard_instrument) *Lucien Barbarin – [Trombone](/source/Trombone) *Tony Hall – [Bass](/source/Bass_(instrument)), [vocals](/source/Singing) *Louis Ford – [Clarinet](/source/Clarinet) *Raymond Weber – [drums](/source/Drum_kit), [percussion](/source/percussion_instrument) *Ned Goold – [Tenor Saxophone](/source/Tenor_Saxophone) *Jerry Weldon – Tenor Saxophone *Dave Schumacher – [Baritone Saxophone](/source/Baritone_Saxophone) *Jeremy Davenport – [Trumpet](/source/Trumpet) *Dan Miller – Trumpet *[John Allred](/source/John_Allred_(musician)) – Trombone, [Tuba](/source/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){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/vN9Tx0k.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Albums 1996|publisher=[ARIA](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association)|access-date=May 23, 2022}} | 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}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Harry Connick Jr.}} {{Authority control}} Category:1996 albums Category:Harry Connick Jr. albums Category:Blues rock albums by American artists Category:Jazz fusion albums by American artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Star Turtle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Turtle) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Turtle?action=history)). 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