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Introducing Joss Stone

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Introducing Joss Stone
Studio album by
Released9 March 2007 (2007-03-09)
RecordedApril 2006 – January 2007
Genre
Length55:47
Label
ProducerRaphael Saadiq
Joss Stone chronology
Mind Body & Soul
(2004)
Introducing Joss Stone
(2007)
Colour Me Free!
(2009)
Singles from Introducing Joss Stone
  1. "Tell Me 'bout It"
    Released: 5 March 2007 (2007-03-05)
  2. "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now"
    Released: 23 July 2007 (2007-07-23)
  3. "Baby Baby Baby"
    Released: 23 December 2007 (2007-12-23)

Introducing Joss Stone is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Joss Stone. It was released on 9 March 2007 by Virgin Records. The album peaked at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart.[1] In the United States, it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 chart.[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[5]
The Guardian3/5 stars[6]
The Independent2/5 stars[7]
NME2/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]
Rolling Stone3/5 stars[10]
Slant Magazine3/5 stars[11]
The Times2/5 stars[12]
Yahoo! Music UK7/10 stars[13]

Introducing Joss Stone received mixed to positive criticism from critics.[14]

Track listing

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No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Change (Vinnie Jones Intro)"  
0:35
2. "Girl They Won't Believe It"   3:15
3. "Headturner"   3:16
4. "Tell Me 'bout It"  
2:48
5. "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (featuring Common) 4:22
6. "Put Your Hands on Me"  
  • Stone
  • Saadiq
2:58
7. "Music" (featuring Lauryn Hill)
3:41
8. "Arms of My Baby"  
  • Stone
  • Danny P
  • Jonathan Shorten
2:52
9. "Bad Habit"  
  • Stone
  • P
  • Shorten
3:41
10. "Proper Nice"  
3:24
11. "Bruised but Not Broken"  Diane Warren 4:15
12. "Baby Baby Baby"  
  • Stone
  • P
  • Shorten
4:34
13. "What Were We Thinking"  
  • Stone
  • Saadiq
4:24
14. "Music Outro" (includes hidden track featuring Vinnie Jones)
  • Stone
  • Saadiq
3:48
Sampling credits

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Introducing Joss Stone.[16]

References

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  1. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 18–24 March 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. Hasty, Katie (28 March 2007). "Modest Mouse Steers Its 'Ship' To No. 1 Debut". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  3. "Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone". AllMusic. All Media Network.
  5. Rosen, Jody (23 March 2007). "Introducing Joss Stone Review". Entertainment Weekly. No. 926. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  6. Petridis, Alexis (9 March 2007). "Joss Stone, Introducing ..." The Guardian. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  7. Gill, Andy (9 March 2007). "Album: Joss Stone". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 August 2009.
  8. Miller, Alex (9 March 2007). "Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone (Virgin)". NME. Inspire.
  9. Joseph, Mike (21 March 2007). "Joss Stone: Introducing Joss Stone". PopMatters.
  10. Hoard, Christian (7 March 2007). "Introducing Joss Stone : Joss Stone". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  11. Cinquemani, Sal (17 March 2007). "Joss Stone: Introducing...Joss Stone". Slant Magazine.
  12. Paphides, Peter (9 March 2007). "Joss Stone – Introducing". The Times. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  13. Gennoe, Dan (12 March 2007). "Joss Stone – 'Introducing Joss Stone'". Yahoo! Music UK. Archived from the original on 19 March 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  14. "Introducing Joss Stone – Joss Stone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  15. "Stone,Joss – Introducing Joss Stone – CD" (in German). musicline.de. PHONONET. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  16. Introducing Joss Stone (CD liner notes). Joss Stone. Virgin Records. 2007. 0946 3 76268 2 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)