Zygote (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Zygote

| type = studio

| artist = John Popper

| cover = Zygote (album).jpg

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| released = September 7, 1999

| recorded = April–June 1999

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| genre = Rock

| length = 61:36

| label = Interscope

| producer = Terry Manning

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/zygote-mw0000245361 |title=Zygote - John Popper | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=1999-09-07 |access-date=2013-07-24}}

| rev2 = Rolling Stone

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnpopper/albums/album/189410/review/5942121/zygote |title=John Popper – Album Reviews|website=www.rollingstone.com |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070518205122/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/johnpopper/albums/album/189410/review/5942121/zygote |archive-date=18 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}

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Zygote is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter John Popper.{{cite book |last1=Krampert |first1=Peter |title=The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica |date=2016 |publisher=Mel Bay Publications |page=139}} Produced by Terry Manning, it was released on September 7, 1999, less than a month after the death of bassist Bobby Sheehan (Popper's friend and fellow member of the band Blues Traveler). Accompanying Popper on the album were Carter Beauford (of the Dave Matthews Band) on drums, and Crugie Riccio on guitar, Rob Clores, and Dave Ares (all of Cycomotogoat). It peaked at No. 185 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web |title=John Popper |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/john-popper/ |website=Billboard |access-date=17 May 2024}}