Introducing Joss Stone
Artist(s):
Joss Stone
Label: Virgin Records Us
Publisher(s):
Virgin Records Us
Studio: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 76268
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Track Listing
1.
Change (Vinnie Jones Intro)
2.
Girl They Won't Believe It
3.
Headturner
4.
Tell Me `Bout It
5.
Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now feat. Common
6.
Put Your Hands On Me
7.
Music feat. Lauryn Hill
8.
Arms Of My Baby
9.
Bad Habit
10.
Proper Nice
11.
Bruised But Not Broken
12.
Baby Baby Baby
13.
What Were We Thinking
14.
Music Outro
Editorial Reviews
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In the run-up to this, her third album, Joss Stone told a phalanx of glossy magazines that the difference between this disc and the two that preceded it was a newfound clarity of vision. Whereas the other records--their gold status notwithstanding--represented the fumblings of a huge-voiced kid being bossed around by experienced music-biz types, this one, she promised, would reveal the real her. Thus, the titular "introduction." To which anybody who spins the 14 groovy and fully unbuttoned tracks herein will wish to reply not "nice to meet you"--far too lame a sentiment for so fully realized a disc--but "Where have you been all my life?" As good as Joss Stone's previous efforts are, Introducing Joss Stone represents a giant step forward: there's a freshness to these songs that suits her age (19 as of the album's release) and a funkiness that suits modern pop sensibilities. There's also a cross-hatching of visions with artists like Lauryn Hill and Common that will rightly advance her reputation as an artist who can sling disco, R&B, and rock almost as convincingly as soul. Splicing girl-group harmonies with blaxploitation-style funk with Joplin-esque and, at times, Shelby Lynne-reminiscent vocals, Stone works these Raphael Saadiq-produced beats with the stealth and steadiness of a '70s-era legend who's still going strong. "Girl They Won't Believe It," she wails against the tight hoo-hoo harmonizing of talented backup singers on the opening track; get a load of how much she's accomplished in the space of three albums, and you won't believe it, either. --Tammy La Gorce
Customer Reviews
everything old is new again
basically it's 60's-70's retro soul made more contemporary by adding rappers and hip hop beats...i heard joss' the soul sessions album back a few years ago...i thought joss could sing, but i figured she was just an r and b version of mandy moore: joss would be destined to be a mid-tier soul singer, who would sell enough records to just keep making records ...and it's a damn shame, because joss has the talent to really have a breakout album...raphael saddiq from tony toni tone, produced this and as you well know, 3-T knew a thing or two about good r and b...girl she won't believe it, is hot...headturner made me think of that picture of joss inside the cd case...the song lives up to its name....tell me what we're gonna do now is the radio hit with common and i love both of them on this song....music i skipped on purpose, not because i didn't like it, but because i thought lauryn hill was a hypocrite for making a song with joss...10 years ago when l boogie's record was doing good, she said that she would rather see babies die than have white people buy her records...i guess lauryn changed her mind....better for blacks and whites to have a love/hate relationship then no relationship at all, i guess...baby baby baby is a good song to get it on by....i put off listening to this for the longest until i finally broke down and did it....joss was worth it....
excellent cd!
Bought this to replace the one that a friend borrowed and never returned! lol
Oh my god!
I love this CD so much I just ordered 4 more as gifts! She is awesome, just really blew me away...
joss stone
The music was okay, but not great and not really what I thought it would be.
a little too slick
I have every sound recording Joss Stone has ever released as far as I know, including special iTunes and AOL sessions, her Christmas single, tracks with other artists such as Santana and all three of her full length albums. I'm a big fan. However, I'm not such a big fan of this album. The production is just a little too slick. There are too many tracks with strings... and it's obvious they are programmed, not real. This album just lacks the raw R&B power of her first two full length albums, and frequently it feels to me like she is trying to sing pop music... not R&B. Stone chose the kind of music she wanted to sing, R&B, rather than letting sound moguls trap her into pop star fame. They'd be best advised to let her sing true R&B and not gloss it up too much. It doesn't work very well.
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