Friday Afternoon in the Universe is the third album by the experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood.

[2][3] The album title is taken from the opening sentence of "Old Angel Midnight", by Jack Kerouac.

Trouser Press wrote: "Short, rough-hewn vignettes like 'Paper Bass' and 'Tea' are pure improvisation, instantaneous explorations building into massive, irresistible grooves.

"[7] The Washington Post stated that "the three players move as one through impressionistic, atmospheric patches into driving funk grooves and then off onto spacey tangents.

"[1] All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted in parentheses.