Introducing Joss Stone

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]

Introducing Joss Stone
Studio album by Joss Stone
Released	9 March 2007 (2007-03-09)
Recorded	April 2006 – January 2007
Genre	Hip hop soul R&B
Length	55:47
Label	EMI S-Curve Virgin
Producer	Raphael Saadiq
Joss Stone chronology
Mind Body & Soul (2004) Introducing Joss Stone (2007) Colour Me Free! (2009)
Singles from Introducing Joss Stone
"Tell Me 'bout It" Released: 6 February 2007 (2007-02-06) "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" Released: 23 July 2007 (2007-07-23) "Baby Baby Baby" Released: 18 September 2007 (2007-09-18)

Reviews

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	64/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[5]
The Guardian	[6]
The Independent	[7]
NME	2/10[8]
PopMatters	7/10[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Slant Magazine	[11]
The Times	[12]
Yahoo! Music UK	[13]

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Change (Vinnie Jones Intro)"	Glenn Standridge Tarsha Proctor-Standridge	0:35
2.	"Girl They Won't Believe It"	Joss Stone Raphael Saadiq	3:15
3.	"Headturner"	Stone Billy Mann Otis Redding	3:16
4.	"Tell Me 'bout It"	Stone Saadiq Robert C. Ozuna	2:48
5.	"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" (featuring Common)	Stone Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson Tony Reyes Lonnie Lynn	4:22
6.	"Put Your Hands on Me"	Stone Saadiq	2:58
7.	"Music" (featuring Lauryn Hill)	Stone Stevenson Reyes Hill Wyclef Jean Samuel Michel	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"	Stone Saadiq Ozuna Chalmers "Spanky" Alford Vincent Corea Jeanne Roberts	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

iTunes Store bonus track
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Nothing Better Than"	3:52

Amazon MP3 bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Music" (live from Toronto)	Stone Stevenson Reyes Hill Jean Michel	3:43
16.	"Jet Lag" (live from Toronto)	Mike Mangini Steve Greenberg Betty Wright Shorten Conner Reeves	3:50

Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Big Ol' Game"	Stone Saadiq	4:29
16.	"My God"	Stone Saadiq	3:50
17.	"Tell Me 'bout It" (music video)

Deluxe edition bonus DVD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"In the Studio"
2.	"Common"
3.	"Strings"
4.	"Choosing Songs"
5.	"On the Set (Tell Me 'bout It)"
6.	"Tour Rehearsal"
7.	"Tell Me 'bout It" (music video)

Special edition bonus CD[15]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"L-O-V-E"	Bert Kaempfert Milt Gabler	2:47
2.	"Gimme Shelter" (Angélique Kidjo featuring Joss Stone)	Mick Jagger Keith Richards	4:10
3.	"Big Ol' Game"	Stone Saadiq	4:29
4.	"My God"	Stone Saadiq	3:46
5.	"Music" (live from the Bowery Ballroom)	Stone Stevenson Reyes Hill Jean Michel	4:00
6.	"Super Duper Love" (live from the Bowery Ballroom)	Willie Garner	5:29
7.	"Tell Me 'bout It" (live from the Bowery Ballroom)	Stone Saadiq Ozuna	5:20
8.	"What Were We Thinking" (live from the Bowery Ballroom)	Stone Saadiq	5:25
9.	"Tell Me 'bout It" (A Yam Who? Club Rework)	Stone Saadiq Ozuna	9:38

Sampling credits

• "Headturner" contains an interpolation of "Respect" by Otis Redding.
• "Music" contains an interpolation of "The Mask" by the Fugees.
• "Proper Nice" contains an interpolation of "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" by Pretty Poison.

Personnel

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

Joss Stone – lead vocals, executive producer, art direction, A&R Isaiah Abolin – assistant engineering (track 3) Jawara Adams – trumpet (tracks 8, 12) Chalmers "Spanky" Alford – guitar (tracks 2–4, 5, 7–13) Chris Anokute – A&R Mike Boden – assistant engineering (tracks 6, 12) Oswald Bowe – assistant engineering (tracks 2–5, 7–14) Brian Bowen Smith – photography Chuck Brungardt – mixing, recording (all tracks); Pro Tools operator (track 3) Jonathan "Meres" Cohen – body painting, graffiti Anthony Coleman – trumpet (track 3) Lois Colin – harp (track 10) Common – vocals (track 5) Tom Coyne – mastering Reggie Dozier – string recording (tracks 2–5, 7–14); horn recording (tracks 4, 5, 7, 14) Joi Gilliam – backing vocals (tracks 2–4, 9, 11) David Gorman – design Steve Greenwell – additional recording (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8–11, 13); vocal recording (tracks 7, 12) Charlie Happiness – clavinet (track 5) Lauryn Hill – vocals (track 7) Lionel Holoman – organ (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 13, 14); Rhodes (tracks 8, 11); keyboards (tracks 9, 10); Wurlitzer (track 12) Keisha Jackson – backing vocals (tracks 2–4, 9, 11) Priscilla Jones Campbell – backing vocals (tracks 8, 12) Vinnie Jones – voiceover (track 1) Justin Kessler – Pro Tools operator (tracks 9–13) Dave Larring – additional recording (track 7) Joshua Lutz – mural Jeremy Mackenzie – Pro Tools operator (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14) Marlon Marcel – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14)

Kate McGregor – art coordinator Mix Master Mike – turntables (tracks 6, 12) Dror Mohar – assistant engineering (tracks 3, 6, 14) Sean Mosher-Smith – art direction Robert Ozuna – sitar (track 2); percussion (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 9–12, 14); additional drums (tracks 2, 5, 6, 11); drums (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10, 13); turntables (tracks 4–7) Khari Parker – percussion (track 2); drums (tracks 2, 5–8, 11–14); additional drums (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10) Jermaine Paul – backing vocals (tracks 2–4, 9, 11) Tino Richardson – saxophone (tracks 8, 12) Raphael Saadiq – production (all tracks); bass (tracks 2–14); guitar (tracks 2–4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13); backing vocals (tracks 2, 10, 12, 13); horn arrangements (tracks 3, 4, 8, 12); keyboards (track 6); piano (tracks 7, 14) Bob Scott – photography Ian Shea – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 8, 9, 11–13) Luke Smith – assistant engineering (tracks 9–13) Scott Somerville – assistant engineering (tracks 3, 6, 12) Glenn Standridge – mixing, production coordinator, recording Charlie Stavish – assistant engineering (tracks 4, 5, 7, 10, 12) Neil Symonette – percussion (tracks 4, 8) James Tanksley – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14) John Tanksley – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14) Amy Touma – A&R Seamus Tyson – assistant engineering (track 3) Kenneth "Scooter" Whalum III – tenor saxophone (track 3); baritone saxophone (track 6) Benjamin Wright – string arrangements (tracks 2–5, 7–14); horn arrangements (track 14) James Zellar – trombone