Product Description

Second album from teenaged Dover soul diva follows 2003's 'The Soul Sessions'. Originally conceived as her debut beforethat album took over, this is more a contemporary pop-RnB album, albeit emboldened somewhat by the raw, soulful swaggerof Stone's voice, which has seen her dubbed "the new ArethaFranklin". With Stone co-writing most of the tracks, it includes the single 'You Had Me'.

Track Listing

1. Right To Be Wrong
2. Jet Lag
3. You Had Me
4. Spoiled
5. Don't Cha Wanna Ride
6. Less Is More
7. Security
8. Young At Heart
9. Snakes And Ladders
10. Understand
11. Don't Know How
12. Torn And Tattered
13. Killing Time
14. Sleep Like A Child
15. Daniel

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11684 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-27
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Stone's debut delved back into the deep Southern roots of the 1970s, but now Mind, Body & Soul is dedicated to original material. Joss features as co-writer on nearly all of its songs, with veteran singer Betty Wright still retaining a strong influence as co-producer and vocal coach. Stone's old-style grittiness remains intact, but there are moves to surround her emotive voice with a modernised R&B setting. Stone's highly respected team includes keyboardists Benny Lattimore and Timmy Thomas, and drummers Cindy Blackman and ?uestlove (from The Roots). Joss has also collaborated with Lamont Dozier and Portishead's Beth Gibbons. The opening "Right To Be Wrong" lays down the gauntlet of independence, riddled with pricking guitar fills, surging organ and subtle horn swells. The banal "Jet Lag" and "Understand" are her least inspiring efforts, the latter featuring some of the album's worst lines ("I keep our song on repeat/On my iPod, even when I sleep/And in my dream I'm holding you/Alone on an island, just we two"). Stone's lyrics are trite throughout, but they're merely a vehicle for her intense vocal expression. Several tunes are spoiled by clumping drum programs, but even within this context, Stone's voice rises higher. The album's first single, "You Had Me", could be coming straight from Destiny's Child. The compulsive reggae lope of "Less Is More" would be a wiser choice. "Security" might be an MOR ballad, but even this ascends towards its conclusion--Stone backed up by an incendiary guitar solo. Her voice is always mixed suitably high, and ultimately it's Stone's sheer vocal prowess that makes this album succeed. --Martin Longley

Album Description
Following the amazing success of The Soul Sessions, Mind, Body & Soul is the first album of original material from 17-year-old Joss Stone. This is her first self-penned material, and the 15-track album includes the brilliant single, "You Had Me".

Customer Reviews

"Far Better Than You'll Have Heard"
I've just picked this up from the shelf by the side of the computer,so what the hell!,here's a review!

Right to be wrong is a lovely,tender ballad,gentle on the ears but superbly delivered.You had me is a fiery corker of a track ,with seventies / funk influences and modern elements all thrown in.Two more stand out tracks for me are the gently brilliant Understand and on the bonus cd,the awesome "The Right Time" which echoes great traditional soul singers such as Aretha Franklin,etc.

The only sad thing is that it isn't ,for some reason,in vogue to admit to liking Joss,yet here we have an amazing british soul talent who deserves to be as big as Amy Winehouse.

See past the hype and give this album a go!

2 words love it
well shes did it once and shes done it again and now she has just did it again for the 3rd time i cant understand aneone hu doesnt like her xxxx

I'm lost
The hype surrounding Ms Stone led me to buy this album and I have to say that it's a remarkable achievement for one so young.

For someone like me, an oldie brought up on Billie, Ella and Nina, Joss has a remarkable voice and a great deal of potential but I have to say that it's a potential that hasn't been fulfilled yet. How could it be, when she's still just a kid?

Usually, I don't review stuff that I don't like much - one man's meat is another man's poison and all that. However, I feel that it's time to try to apply the brakes to the Joss Stone bandwagon, at least until such time as she grabs her first standard and makes it her own. What I mean is she has to get hold of something like Nat King Cole's "Let there be Love" or Ella's "Bewitched" or Billie's "My man" or Peggy Lee's "Fever" or even Cyndie Lauper's "Time after time" and then she has to make it her own, irrevocably and for all time. Until she does that, she's a will-be.

That's better than a has-been, but it's not all that great, either.