Introducing Joss Stone
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Introducing Joss Stone is the third studio album by English soul singer Joss Stone, released in March 2007 (see 2007 in music) on Relentless Records in the United Kingdom and on Virgin Records and EMI in other parts of the world.
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[edit] Album information
The album's production is solely credited to renowned neo soul musician Raphael Saadiq, who had previously worked with the likes of D'Angelo, Macy Gray, Mary J. Blige, Kelis, and The Roots. "Raphael is the most incredible musician I've ever met in my whole life," Stone says. "Musically, I feel like he reads my mind. I'll give him a look and he'll know exactly what I want."[1] Stone began writing the lyrics in Barbados in May 2006,[2] and spent two months recording with Saadiq at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, followed by the album's mixing at New York City's Electric Lady Studios.[1] Other collaborators include Lauryn Hill, Common, Novel, Joi, and Mix Master Mike.
Virgin Records describes it as "an electrifying mix of warm vintage soul, '70s-style R&B, Motown girl-group harmonies, and hip-hop grooves."[3] Stone herself describes it as "truly me. That's why I'm calling it Introducing Joss Stone. These are my words, and this is who I am as an artist."[3]
The deluxe edition of the album includes a bonus DVD containing thirty-five minutes of material including recording footage, interviews with Stone, and the music video for "Tell Me 'Bout It."
[edit] Chart performance and singles
Introducing Joss Stone debuted moderately at number twelve on the UK Albums Chart the week of 24 March 2007 selling over 27,000 copies in its first week, and spent only four weeks on the chart, failing to reprise the success of Stone's previous efforts. Nevertheless, the album topped the United World Chart the week of 7 April 2007 selling 191,000 copies, the week's largest sales increase,[4] after debuting at number twenty-nine the week before with 66,000 copies sold.[5] Also in the week of 7 April 2007 it debuted strongly on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number two behind Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank with first-week sales of over 118,000 copies,[6] earning Stone her most successful album in the United States to date as well as the highest-charting debut for a British female solo artist on the Billboard 200, outdoing the record previously held by fellow soul-singing Briton Amy Winehouse, whose album Back to Black had debuted at number seven the week before.[7] This record would later be broken by Leona Lewis's Spirit, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 the week of 26 April 2008.[8] The album also charted highly in Canada and many European countries, reaching the top five and the top ten in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands (where it landed at number one in its third week on the run), Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, and Greece.
The album's lead single "Tell Me 'Bout It" was released in March 2007, and debuted at number twenty-eight on the UK Singles Chart as well as number one on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, peaking at number eighty-three inside the Hot 100 two weeks later—which gave Stone her first charted solo single on the chart—, while follow-up single "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (featuring Common) charted outside the UK top eighty. The Diane Warren-penned "Bruised but Not Broken" went for adds at urban AC radio stations on 16 July 2007 and so managed to chart at number fifty-five on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, but was not commercially released as a single. The third official single, "Baby Baby Baby," received a physical release on 14 January 2008.
[edit] Track listing
- Standard Edition
- "Change (Vinnie Jones Intro)" (Glenn Standridge, Tarsha Proctor-Standridge) – 0:35
- "Girl They Won't Believe It" (Joss Stone, Raphael Saadiq) – 3:15
- "Headturner" 1 (Stone, Billy Mann, Otis Redding) – 3:16
- "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Stone, Saadiq, Robert Ozuna) – 2:48
- "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (featuring Common) (Stone, Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson, Tony Reyes, Lonnie Lynn) – 4:22
- "Put Your Hands on Me" (Stone, Saadiq) – 2:58
- "Music" 2 (featuring Lauryn Hill) (Stone, Stevenson, Reyes, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Samuel Michel) – 3:41
- "Arms of My Baby" (Stone, Danny P, Jonathan Shorten) – 2:52
- "Bad Habit" (Stone, Danny P, Shorten) – 3:48
- "Proper Nice" 3 (Stone, Saadiq, Robert Ozuna, Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, Vincent Corea, Jeanne Roberts) – 3:24
- "Bruised but Not Broken" (Diane Warren) – 4:15
- "Baby Baby Baby" (Stone, Danny P, Shorten) – 4:34
- "What Were We Thinking" (Stone, Saadiq) – 4:24
- "Music Outro" (Stone, Saadiq) – 3:48 (includes hidden track featuring Vinnie Jones)
1 Contains an interpolation from "Respect" written and performed by Otis Redding.
2 Contains an interpolation from The Fugees's "The Mask" written by Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Samuel Michel.
3 Contains an interpolation from Pretty Poison's "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" written by Vincent Corea and Jeanne Roberts.
[edit] iTunes edition
- "Nothing Better Than" – 3:52
- Digital Booklet - Introducing Joss Stone
[edit] Japanese edition
- "Big Ol' Game" – 4:31
- "My God" (Stone, Saadiq) – 3:47
- "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Video)
[edit] Deluxe edition bonus DVD
- In the Studio
- Common
- Strings
- Choosing Songs
- On the Set - "Tell Me 'Bout It"
- Tour Rehearsal
- "Tell Me 'Bout It" (Video)
[edit] Special Eedition - CD Double
- CD 1 (Standard Edition)
- CD 2 (Bônus track)
- L-O-V-E
- Gimme Shelter (featuring Angelique Kidjo)
- Big Ol' Game
- My God
- Music (Live from Bowery Ballroom)
- Super Duper Love (Live from Bowery Ballroom)
- Tell Me 'Bout It (Live from Bowery Ballroom)
- What Where We Thinking (Live from Bowery Ballroom)
- Tell Me 'Bout It (Yam who? Club Rework)
[edit] Leftover tracks
- "Flower Child" — presented on Guy Chambers's MySpace
- "Busful of Love" — presented on Guy Chambers's MySpace
- "L-O-V-E" — cover version of Nat King Cole's 1965 song, presented in the Coco Mademoiselle commercial, appears on the re-release of the album and as a B-side to the "Baby Baby Baby" single
- "All I Want for Christmas" — presented on her MySpace for the Christmas season
- "Did I Forget" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "I Can't Breathe" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "Love What You're Given" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "Mama's Got a Brand New Bag" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "Mr. Wankerman" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "What If I" — presented on her imeem page for the Christmas season
- "Not Real Love"
- "I Wish"
[edit] Tentative singles
- "Put Your Hands on Me"
- "Arms of My Baby"
- "Bad Habit"
- "Girl They Won't Believe It"
[edit] Personnel
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[edit] Charts
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[edit] Year-end charts
| Year | Chart | Rank |
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| 2007 | Australian ARIA Urban Albums Chart[24] | 20 |
| Belgian Ultratop 50 Albums (Flanders)[25] | 82 | |
| Swiss Albums Chart[26] | 27 | |
| U.S. Billboard 200[27] | 92 | |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[28] | 71 | |
| U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums[29] | 92 |
[edit] Certifications
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[edit] Release history
| Country | Date | Label |
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| Germany | 9 March 2007 | EMI |
| Netherlands | EMI | |
| United Kingdom | 12 March 2007 | Relentless |
| Japan | EMI Music Japan | |
| Thailand[34] | 13 March 2007 | EMI Music Thailand |
| Australia | 17 March 2007 | Virgin |
| United States | 20 March 2007 | Virgin |
| Canada | EMI Music Canada |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Introducing Joss Stone" Out on March 20, 2007. Virgin Records Canada (6 March 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Soul Princess Joss Stone's Favorite Isle. psychoPEDIA (13 October 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ a b Joss Stone Discusses New Album, Due March 20, With HARP. Harp (18 January 2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
- ^ Global Album Chart – week 14 / 2007. Media Traffic. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ Global Album Chart – week 13 / 2007. Media Traffic. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ Hasty, Katie (28 March 2007). Modest Mouse Steers Its 'Ship' To No. 1 Debut. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-04-30.
- ^ James, Sarah-Louise (29 March 2007). Joss Beats Winehouse. MTV UK. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ Jenison, David (16 April 2008). That's the Spirit! Leona Lewis' Historic No. 1. E! News. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
- ^ Introducing Joss Stone > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone – Music Charts. αCharts.us. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Chart Data: Joss Stone. Mariah-Charts.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Top 40 Urban Albums Chart. ARIA. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ ultratop.be – Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone (French). Ultratop. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Nielsen SoundScan Charts – R&B : Top 50. CANOE. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 15. týden 2007 (Czech). IFPI. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
- ^ European Top 100 Albums. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ (Greek). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.
- ^ Classifica Artisti (Italian). FIMI. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Introducing Joss Stone on Oricon (Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
- ^ Oficjalna lista sprzedaży. OLIS. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
- ^ Top Digital Albums. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Tastemakers. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Billboard Comprehensive Albums. Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Urban Albums 2007. ARIA. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Jaaroverzichten 2007 (Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
- ^ Swiss Year-End Charts 2007. SwissCharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-12.
- ^ The Billboard 200 (Year-End). Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Year-End). Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Top Comprehensive Albums (Year-End). Billboard. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Swiss Certifications – Awards 2007. SwissCharts.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ IFPI Austria – Gold & Platin Datenbank (German). IFPI (12 March 2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
- ^ CRIA: Gold & Platinum – April 2007. CRIA. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ RIAA – Searchable Database. RIAA (1 May 2007). Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Joss Stone – Introducing Joss Stone – EMI Music Thailand. EMI Music Thailand. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
| Preceded by Unwind by VanVelzen |
MegaCharts (Netherlands) number-one album 31 March 2007 |
Succeeded by Maak me gek by Gerard Joling |
| Preceded by Home by Mr. Children |
United World Chart number-one album 7 April 2007 |
Succeeded by Ai am Best by Ai Otsuka |
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