Album Review - Joss Stone - Introducing...Joss Stone
Since releasing her debut The Soul Sessions in 2003, Joss Stone has been
everywhere. She has made appearances at the Grammy Awards, was
interviewed by Oprah, and was featured in two major advertising
campaigns for a clothing outlet. She performed at the Live 8 benefit,
and she has shared the stage with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Mavis
Staples, Elton John, and James Brown. In other words, the world already
is quite aware of whom she is, and consequently, no further introduction
is necessary.
The meaning behind the title of her latest outing Introducing...Joss
Stone, however, has less to do with making her a household name than it
does with giving her more control over her career. After all, The Soul
Sessions was a good album, but it also was scripted from start to finish
by an army of industry veterans. The same was true of her sophomore
effort Mind, Body & Soul, though the effort also stood on shakier
ground, no thanks to its blander material and over-the-top production.
Although she jettisoned her former collaborators in order to forge a
working relation****p with producer Raphael Saadiq, the differences
between Introducing...Joss Stone and her prior endeavors are, when all
is said and done, marginal. In effect, she swapped one set of seasoned
performers for another.
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