Spontaneous Inventions | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 39:16 | |||
Label | Blue Note Records | |||
Producer | Linda Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin | |||
Bobby McFerrin chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Record Mirror | 2/5[2] |
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.[3]
The album features special guests, amongst them Robin Williams (vocals on "Beverly Hills Blues") and 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.[4][5][6]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thinkin' About Your Body" (for Debs) | Robert McFerrin Jr. | 3:15 |
2. | "Turtle Shoes" | McFerrin, Herbert Hancock | 3:34 |
3. | "From Me to You" | Lennon–McCartney | 2:19 |
4. | "There Ya Go" | McFerrin | 3:40 |
5. | "Cara Mia" | McFerrin | 4:54 |
6. | "Another Night in Tunisia" | John 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" | McFerrin, Robin Williams | 3:52 |
11. | "Mañana Iguana" | McFerrin | 2:20 |