Medicine Music
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| Medicine Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Vocal, jazz | |||
| Length | 48:55 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | EMI[1] | |||
| Producer | Bobby McFerrin[2] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chicago Tribune | [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [5] |
Medicine Music is the third studio album by Bobby McFerrin, released in 1990.[6][7] The album reached number 146 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[8][9]
The album was nominated for a 1991 Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category.[10]
Voicestra, a 10-member a capella group formed by McFerrin, and Robert McFerrin, Bobby's father, appear on the album.[11] "Common Threads" served as the theme song to the documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt.[11] McFerrin wrote all of the songs on Medicine Music.[12] The lyrics to "Discipline" are based on several verses of the chapter Hebrews 12 from the New Testament, while the lyrics to "The 23rd Psalm" are based on Psalm 23 from the Old Testament.[13]
