The Soul Sessions is the debut album by English soul singer Joss Stone, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).
Making of The Soul Sessions
The Soul Sessions was produced by Miami soul singer Betty Wright and S-curve CEO Steve Greenberg. She worked with veteran Miami soul musicians Benny Lattimore, Little Beaver, Timmy Thomas and Wright herself. She also worked with contemporary musicians such as neo-soul singer Angie Stone and the Roots.
Joss Stone told MTV News that she felt intimidated by the credentials of the musicians that worked on the album. "It was weird because they've worked with so many great, great singers I'm talking the best. I kind of walked in, just like this little girl and started singing." By the end of the session, she had impressed everybody with her talent.
Singles and Chart Performance
"Fell in Love with a Boy" was the first single. "Fell in Love with a Boy" and The Soul Sessions have both made the British charts with The Soul Sessions spending five weeks on the British top 20 albums as of the end of February 2004. It reached No 1 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers, 39 on the Billboard Top 200 and 38 on the R&B charts. Her album debuted at number 35 on the ARIA Australian album chart.
Track listing
- "The Chokin' Kind" (Howard) - 3:36
- "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin on Me?), Pt. 1" (Garner) - 4:20
- "Fell in Love With a Boy" (White) - 3:38
- "Victim of a Foolish Heart" (Buckins, Jackson) - 5:31
- "Dirty Man" (Miller) - 2:59
- "Some Kind of Wonderful" (Ellison) - 3:56
- "I've Fallen in Love With You" (Thomas) - 4:29
- "I Had a Dream" (Sebastian) - 3:01
- "All the King's Horses" (Franklin) - 3:03
- "For the Love of You, Pts. 1-2" (Isley, Isley, Isley, Isley, Isley, Jasper) - 7:33
Personnel
- Joss Stone - vocals
- Cindy Blackman - bass, drums
- Adam Blackstone - bass
- Deanna Carroll - background vocals
- Marc Ciprut - guitar
- Jack Daley - bass
- Pierre Daniel - keyboard
- Kirk Douglass - guitar
- Karen Dreyfus - viola
- Taneka Duggan - background vocals
- Jimmy Farkus - guitar
- Sam Furnace - saxophone
- Steve Greenwell - bass
- Willlie "Little Beaver" Hale - guitar
- Dawn Hannay - viola
- Kamal - keyboard
- Lisa Kim - violin
- Myung Hi Kim - violin
- Sarah Kim - violin
- Soo Hyun Kwon - violin
- Benny Latimore - piano
- Liza Lim - violin
- Mike Mangini - tambourine
- Namphuyo Aisha McCray - background vocals
- Angelo Morris - acoustic guitar, guitar
- Ignacio Nunez - percussion
- Sharon Park - violin
- James Poyser - keyboard
- Robert Rienhart - viola
- Tom Rosenfeld - viola
- Laura Seaton - violin
- Sarah Seiver - cello
- Rob Shaw - violin
- Fiona Simon - violin
- Alan J. Stepansky - cello
- Angie Stone - background vocals
- Jenny Strenger - violin
- Timmy Thomas - organ
- Ahmir Khalib Thompson - drums
- Betty Wright - background vocals
- Jeanette Wright - background vocals
- Sharon Yamada - violin
- Jung Sun Yoo - violin
Production
- Producers: Steven Greenberg, Mike Mangini, Ahmir Khalib Thompson, Betty Wright
- Executive producer: Steven Greenberg
- Engineer: Steve Greenwell
- Mixing: Steve Greenwell
- Mastering: Chris Gehringer
- A&R: Fatou Sow
- String arrangements: John R. Angier
- Art direction: David Gorman, Bryan Lasley
- Design: David Gorman, Bryan Lasley
- Photography: Karen Fuchs, Charles Allen Smith
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year
| Chart
| Position
|
| 2004
| The Billboard 200
| 39
|
| 2004
| Top Heatseekers
| 1
|
| 2004
| Top Heatseekers
| 3
|
| 2004
| Top Internet Albums
| 65
|
| 2004
| Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
| 38
|
