Solo Flights

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Solo Flights
Studio album by
Chet Atkins
Released1968
RecordedRCA's "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry, pop
LabelRCA Victor
Chet Atkins chronology
Solid Gold 68
(1968) 		Solo Flights
(1968) 		Lover's Guitar
(1969)

Solo Flights is the thirty-sixth studio album by Chet Atkins. Side one of this album features Atkins' experiment with the "Octabass Guitar," where he replaced the two low strings (the E and A strings) with heavier strings in order to drop an octave and create a fuller sound with bass.

The album debuted on the US Billboard Top LPs on the 3rd of February, peaking at No. 184 during a three-week stay on the chart.[1]

This album was reissued on CD for the first time, in Japan only, on April 22, 2009.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar [2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richard S. Ginell wrote of the album "All told, this is one of Atkins' more pleasing collections from that era."[2]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Drive In" (Rich) 2:15
  2. "Three Little Words" (Burt Kalmar, Harry Ruby) 2:35
  3. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) 3:25
  4. "Chet's Tune" (Cohen) 2:18
  5. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (Joe Zawinul) 2:12
  6. "Cheek to Cheek" (Irving Berlin) 3:10

Side two

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  1. "Cindy Oh Cindy" (Robert Barron, Burt Long) 2:25
  2. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Ned Washington, Leigh Harline) 2:46
  3. "Music to Watch Girls By" (Sid Ramin, Tony Velona) 2:30
  4. "Choro da Saudade" (Agustín Barrios) 2:37
  5. "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (Milton Kellem) 2:05
  6. "Georgy Girl" (Jim Dale, Tom Springfield) 2:45

Personnel

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  • Chet Atkins – guitar

Charts

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Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[1] 184

References

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  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 13. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. "Solo Flights > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.