Spontaneous Inventions
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| Studio album by Bobby McFerrin | |
| Released | 1986 |
| Genre | Vocal jazz |
| Length | 39:16 |
| Label | Blue Note Records |
| Producer | Linda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Spontaneous Inventions is a 1986 live album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Blue Note Records.
The album reached number 103 on the Billboard 200, number 62 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, number 6 on the Top Jazz Albums chart, and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[2]
The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams (vocals on "Beverly Hills Blues") or Herbie Hancock (piano on "Turtle Shoes").
McFerrin later performed a modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990.[3][4][5]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thinkin' About Your Body" (for Debs) | Bobby McFerrin | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Turtle Shoes" | Bobby McFerrin & Herbie Hancock | 3:34 |
| 3. | "From Me to You" | Lennon–McCartney | 2:19 |
| 4. | "There Ya Go" | Bobby McFerrin | 3:40 |
| 5. | "Cara Mia" | Bobby McFerrin | 4:54 |
| 6. | "Another Night in Tunisia" | Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks, Frank Paparelli | 4:14 |
| 7. | "Opportunity" | Joan Armatrading | 3:53 |
| 8. | "Walkin'" | Richard Carpenter | 5:39 |
| 9. | "I Hear Music" | Burton Lane, Frank Loesser | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Beverly Hills Blues" | Bobby McFerrin, Robin Williams | 3:52 |
| 11. | "Mañana Iguana" | Bobby McFerrin | 2:20 |
References
- ↑ Yanow, Scott. "Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
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