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The Soul Sessions is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone, released on 16 September 2003 by S-Curve Records. The album consists of cover versions of soul songs from the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to a cover of the White Stripes` 2001 song `Fell in Love with a Girl`. In 2004, The Soul Sessions was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize and was nominated for a MOBO Award for Best Album.[2][3]
Released 16 September 2003
Recorded 9 April – 12 May 2003
Studio
The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami)[a]
The Studio (Philadelphia)[b]
Mojo (New York City)[c]
Genre Soul[1]
Length 42:06
Label S-Curve
Producer
Steve GreenbergMichael ManginiAhmir `Questlove` ThompsonBetty Wright

The Soul Sessions was produced by Miami soul singer Betty Wright and S-Curve Records chief executive officer Steve Greenberg. Stone worked with veteran Miami soul musicians Benny Latimore, Little Beaver, Timmy Thomas and Wright herself. She also worked with contemporary musicians such as neo soul singer Angie Stone and the alternative hip hop group the Roots.

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.`[4]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 74/100[5]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Blender [6]
Entertainment Weekly B+[7]
The Guardian [8]
The New Zealand Herald [9]
Rolling Stone [10]
Stylus Magazine C[11]
The Village Voice C+[12]
Yahoo! Music UK [13]
The Soul Sessions received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 15 reviews.[5] Jon Caramanica of Rolling Stone stated that `Stone shines on this impressive covers set` and that `[s]he chooses songs wisely.`[10] AllMusic`s Thom Jurek wrote that Stone `has unique phrasing and a huge voice that accents, dips, and slips, never overworking a song or trying to bring attention to itself via hollow acrobatics.`[1] Jim Greer from Entertainment Weekly noted that Stone `does have an extraordinary voice`, but added that `the only misguided ploy on The Soul Sessions is a Roots-produced slo-mo cover of a White Stripes tune.`[7] Russell Baillie from The New Zealand Herald opined that `with her strong, emotive voice she nails it time and again, and with performances that aren`t an excuse for the vocal acrobatic show you imagine this would have been had Stone been America`s next bright young thing.`[9]

The Guardian`s Dorian Lynskey described her singing as `rich, mature and agile but not showy`.[8] Nick Duerden of Blender magazine commented that `Stone`s voice is remarkably authentic, and the atmosphere she conjures is smoky and sleazy, pure mid-`60s Detroit.`[6] Jason MacNeil wrote for PopMatters that her voice is `more of a soulful voice than those so-called soul divas out there today` and that it `oozes sex appeal as Benny Latimore`s piano weaves some magic.`[14] At The A.V. Club, Keith Phipps remarked that `Sessions establishes Stone as a formidable interpreter.`[15] Andrew McGregor of BBC Music felt that the album `seems a bit of an artistic compromise, music from the rule book rather than the heart.`[16] Similarly, The Village Voice critic Robert Christgau viewed Stone`s covers as `the kind of soul marginalia Brits have been overrating since Doris Troy was on Apple`.[12]

All tracks are produced by Betty Wright, Steve Greenberg and Michael Mangini, except `Fell in Love with a Boy` and `The Player`, produced by Ahmir `Questlove` Thompson, Wright, Greenberg and Mangini, and `I`ve Fallen in Love with You`, produced by Greenberg and Mangini.

No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
1. `The Chokin` Kind` Harlan Howard Waylon Jennings (1967) 3:35
2. `Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin` on Me?) Pt. 1` Willie Garner Sugar Billy (1974) 4:20
3. `Fell in Love with a Boy` Jack White The White Stripes (2001) 3:38
4. `Victim of a Foolish Heart`
Charles BuckinsGeorge Jackson
Bettye Swann (1972) 5:31
5. `Dirty Man` Bobby Miller Laura Lee (1967) 2:59
6. `Some Kind of Wonderful` John Ellison Soul Brothers Six (1967) 3:56
7. `I`ve Fallen in Love with You` Carla Thomas Carla Thomas (1968) 4:29
8. `I Had a Dream` John Sebastian John Sebastian (1970) 3:01
9. `All the King`s Horses` Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin (1972) 3:03
10. `For the Love of You Pts. 1 & 2`
Ernest IsleyMarvin IsleyO`Kelly Isley, Jr.Ronald IsleyRudolph IsleyChristopher Jasper
The Isley Brothers (1975) 7:33
Total length: 42:06

Musicians
Joss Stone – vocals
Willie `Little Beaver` Hale – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Timmy Thomas – organ (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)
Benny Latimore – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Jack Daley – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Cindy Blackman – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Angelo Morris – acoustic guitar (track 1); guitar (tracks 2, 4, 5); organ (tracks 6, 9); keyboards (track 10)
Betty Wright – background vocals (tracks 1–3, 4, 6, 9, 11)
Jeanette Wright – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
Namphuyo Aisha McCray – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
Ignacio Nunez – percussion (track 2)
Mike Mangini – tambourine (track 2)
Angie Stone – background vocals (tracks 3, 11)
Ahmir `Questlove` Thompson – drums (tracks 3, 7, 11)
Kirk Douglas – guitar (tracks 3, 11)
Adam Blackstone – bass (tracks 3, 11)
James Poyser – keyboards (tracks 3, 11)
Kamal – keyboards (track 3)
Jimmy Farkus – acoustic guitar (track 5)
John Angier – string arrangement (track 7)
Danny Pierre – keyboards (track 7)
Mark Ciprit – guitar (track 7)
Sam Furnace – saxophone (track 7)
Steve Greenwell – bass (track 7)
Taneka Duggan – background vocals (track 7)
Deanna Carroll – background vocals (track 7)
Sandra Park – violin (track 7)
Lisa Kim – violin (track 7)
Sharon Yamada – violin (track 7)
Myung Hi Kim – violin (track 7)
Fiona Simon – violin (track 7)
Sarah Kim – violin (track 7)
Laura Seaton – violin (track 7)
Liz Lim – violin (track 7)
Soo Hyun Kwon – violin (track 7)
Jenny Strenger – violin (track 7)
Jung Sun Yoo – violin (track 7)
Rob Shaw – violin (track 7)
Karen Dreyfus – viola (track 7)
Robert Rinehart – viola (track 7)
Dawn Hannay – viola (track 7)
Tom Rosenfeld – viola (track 7)
Alan Stepansky – cello (track 7)
Sarah Seiver – cello (track 7)
Jeremy Turner – cello (track 7)
Leanne LeBlanc – cello (track 7)
Technical
Betty Wright – production (tracks 1–6, 8–11)
Steve Greenberg – production, executive production
Michael Mangini – production
Steve Greenwell – engineering, mixing
Ahmir `Questlove` Thompson – production (tracks 3, 11)
Chris Gehringer – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)
Artwork
David Gorman – art direction, design
Bryan Lasley – art direction, design
Charles Allen Smith – photography
Karen Fuchs – photography