Pop & Miscellaneous Joss Stone Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
Joss Stone - Mind, Body & Soul (2004)
1.Right To Be Wrong 4:40 2.Jet Lag 4:01 3.You Had Me 3:59 4.Spoiled 4:03 5.Don't Cha Wanna Ride 3:31 6.Less Is More 4:17 7.Security 4:30 8.Young At Heart 4:20 9.Snakes Find Ladders 3:35 10.Understand 3:46 11.Don't Know How 4:01 12.Torn And Tattered 3:58 13.Killing Time 5:20 14.Sleep Like A Child 5:19 15.Daniel 2:46 16.The Right Time 3:53 17.God Only Knows 2:59 18.Calling It Christmas (feat. Elton John) 4:16 Joss Stone - Vocals, Vocals (Background) Mind Body & Soul Orchestra Voice Of Atlanta - Choir Raymond Angry - Clavinet, Hammond B3, Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Organ (Hammond), Piano Teodross Avery - Saxophone Ruby Baker - Vocals (Background) Cindy Blackman - Drums Bombshell - Vocals (Background) Astor "Crusty" Campbell - Drums Delroy "Chris" Cooper - Bass Jack Daley - Bass, Guitar (Bass) Clovette Danzy - Vocals (Background) Tanya Darby - Trumpet Jenni Fujita - Vocals (Background) Van Gibbs - Guitar Steve Greenwell - Bass Willie "Beaver" Hale - Guitar Vincent Henry - Clarinet, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano) David "Jody" Hill - Drums Stafford Hunter - Trombone Pete Iannacone - Bass Jonathan Joseph - Drums Ellison Kendrick - Vocals (Background) Betty Lattimore - Piano Tom "Bones" Malone - Flugelhorn, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor), Trombone, Trumpet Michael Mangini - Bass, Keyboards Mercedes Martinez - Vocals (Background) Pat Milando - French Horn Tracey Moore - Vocals (Background) Angelo Morris - Bass, Fender Rhodes, Guitar Phil Myers - French Horn A.J. Niilo - Guitar Ignacio Nunez - Percussion Bruce Purse - Flugelhorn, Trumpet Questlove - Drums Salaam Remi - Bass, Organ, Strings, Wurlitzer Margaret Reynolds - Vocals (Background) Nile Rodgers - Guitar Veronica Sanchez - Vocals (Background) William Scott - Vocals (Background) Dave Smith - French Horn Earl "Chinna" Smith - Guitar Angie Stone - Fender Rhodes Timmy Thomas - Organ, Organ (Hammond), Piano Carl Vandenbosche - Percussion Alan Weekes - Guitar (Electric) Betty Wright - Vocals (Background) Jeanette Wright - Vocals (Background) Nir "Z" Zidkyahu - Fender Rhodes, Percussion, Synthesizer
On the cover of her debut, The Soul Sessions, Joss Stone's face is obscured by a vintage microphone, a deliberate move that emphasized the retro-soul vibe of the LP while hiding the youthful face that would have given away that Stone was a mere 16 years old at the time of the album's release. The point was to put the music before the image and it worked, selling the album to an older audience that might have stayed away, thinking that the teenager sang teen pop. If the debut was designed to give Stone credibility, her second album, Mind, Body & Soul, delivered almost exactly a year after its predecessor, is designed to make her a superstar, broadening her appeal without losing sight of the smooth, funky, stylish soul at the core of her sound. There's no radical revision here -- she still works with many of the same musicians she did on The Soul Sessions, including Betty Wright and Little Beaver -- but there are some subtle shifts in tone scattered throughout the record. Certain songs are a little brighter and a little more radio-ready than before, there's a more pronounced hip-hop vibe to some beats, and she sounds a little more like a diva this time around -- not enough to alienate older fans, but enough to win some new ones. The album has a seductive, sultry feel; there's some genuine grit to the rhythms, yet it's all wrapped up in a production that's smooth as silk. By and large, the songs are good, too, sturdily written and hooky, growing in stature with each play. While Stone has developed a tendency to over-sing ever so slightly -- she doesn't grandstand like the post-Mariah divas, but she'll fit more notes than necessary into the simplest phrases -- she nevertheless possesses a rich, resonant voice that's a joy to hear. She may not yet have the set of skills, or the experience, to give a nuanced, textured performance -- one that feels truly lived-in, not just sung -- but she's a compelling singer and Mind, Body & Soul lives up to her promise. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review
To tak naprawdę płyta "Mind, Body and Soul" jest prawdziwym debiutem Joss Stone. Być może słowa te są zaskoczeniem dla fanów Joss Stone, siedemnastoletniej wokalistki z Devon, która dzięki swej pierwszej płycie "The Soul Sessions" , została uznana za jedną z najbardziej utalentowanych piosenkarek swojego pokolenia.
Jednak wydana w USA we wrześniu 2003 roku płyta (w Polsce w lutym 2004), jak przyznaje Joss, "była pomyślana jedynie jako mały, dodatkowy projekt, który nieoczekiwanie zmienił się w coś ogromnego."Aby powtórzyć niesamowity sukces " The Soul Sessions", produkcją większości, bo aż jedenastu piosenek na "Mind, Body & Soul" zajął się zespół w składzie Steve Greenberg, Mike Mangini i Betty Wright. Gwiazdorskiej obsady dopełnia gitarzysta Willie "Little Beaver" Hale, pianista Benny Latimore i organista Timmy Thomas. Jest to trójka weteranów soulu, którzy święcili triumfy w Miami w połowie lat siedemdziesiątych, a których przy okazji "The Soul Sessions" w 2003 roku ponownie zjednoczyła ich koleżanka, wokalistka/kompozytorka/aranżerka Betty Wright.
Swój wkład w "Mind, Body & Soul" miał również gitarzysta AJ Nilo, multi-instrumentalista Angelo Morris i mistrzowie instrumentów perkusyjnych - Cindy Blackman (która przez lata grała z Lenny Kravitzem) i David “Jody” Hill. Nile Rodgers z Chic zagrał partię gitary na “You Had Me”, zaś duet soulowo-hip-hopowy Jazzyfatnastees zaśpiewał w chórkach na “Jet Lag” i “Security.” Angie Stone gra w “Security”, a Guestlove z The Roots - na perkusji w “Sleep Like A Child.” Pierwszy teledysk do płyty, "You Had Me", został wyreżyserowany przez Chrisa Robinsona, który wcześniej realizował klipy m.in. dla Ushera, Alicii Keys, Jay-Z & Beyonce oraz Lenny Kravitza. ---muzyka.wp.pl
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