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Colour Me Free! is the fourth studio album by English recording artist Joss Stone. Originally scheduled for an April 2009 release, Stone's label, EMI, pushed back the album's release to July;[11] it was ultimately confirmed to be released on 20 October 2009.[12] The lead single is "Free Me",[13] released on 22 September,[14] which "is about being free in every sense, especially in music senses", as Stone told German Radio Bonn.[15] Colour Me Free! debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200, selling 27,000 units in its first week.[16] However, it underperformed on the UK Albums Chart where it only spent one week at number seventy-five before dropping out. The song "4 and 20" is included on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Valentine's Day.[17] The album was released to other US retailers on 6 April 2010 and added two additional bonus tracks (not seen in the Target/iTunes release) as well as the full artwork featured in the European release.[18]

Production and promotion

Stone stated that the album was written and recorded in about a week in Devon in early 2008, along with musicians and writers.[19] It was recorded at Mama Stone's—a music venue in Wellington, Somerset, owned by her mother, Wendy Joseph, which also enjoys recording studios and writing facilities—, where Stone also kicked off a promotional tour of concerts in several cities across the United Kingdom, including Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Dover.[20] Her only US performances to support the release were at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California on 18 April and at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on 23 April.[21]

Conflict with record label

It has been reported that Stone is willing to forfeit £2 million to terminate her four-album deal with EMI due to her discontentment with the label after it was taken over by private equity firm Terra Firma in 2007, stating that they have "no working relationship". EMI refused to free her and is taking legal action in return, claiming she is in breach of contract by failing to deliver the master tapes for Colour Me Free!. Stone expected to deliver the album in late 2008 so that it could be released in February 2009. "They were supposed to be launching the album in April but now they've postponed it until July. I just don't know what's happening with it. They really need to pull their finger out. I've worked very hard on this record and I don't know what the plans are until EMI confirm a release date", she went on to say in March 2009.[22]

Reception

Colour Me Free! received generally positive reviews from music critics, based on an aggregate score of 65/100 from Metacritic.[23] The Observer's Hugh Montgomery gave the album a generally favorable review and called it a "decent comeback".[24] Lincoln Journal Star gave the album a rating of A- and called it a "fine but raw recording".[7] Jim Farber of the NY Daily News praised the album's sound and perceived it as a "considerable leap ahead" for Stone.[25] People magazine gave the album 3 out of 4 stars and wrote that it shows that Stone is "still coming into her own as an artist, catching up to that big voice she's always had".[26] Despite commending Stone for her vocals, Hot Press writer Celina Murphy perceived songwriting as a weakness of the album, giving it a rating of 2.5/5.[27] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave it 3 out 5 stars and called it a "decent summery soul-pop record, albeit one that would have benefited from increased focus and some judicious slicing".[28]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducersLength
1."Free Me"Joss Stone, Jonathan Shorten, Conner Reeves, Kenya BakerStone, Shorten, Reeves3:53
2."Could Have Been You"Stone, Shorten, ReevesStone, Shorten, Reeves4:52
3."Parallel Lines" (featuring Jeff Beck and Sheila E.)Stone, Shorten, ReevesStone, Shorten, Reeves4:26
4."Lady"Stone, Shorten, ReevesStone, Shorten, Reeves4:22
5."4 and 20"Stone, Shorten, ReevesStone, Shorten, Reeves5:06
6."Big Ol' Game" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)Stone, SaadiqStone, Saadiq4:30
7."Governmentalist" (featuring Nas)Stone, Shorten, Reeves, Neville Malcolm, Hayley Carline, Nas 5:42
8."Incredible"Stone, Shorten, Colin Hickson, Paddy Milner, Pete Cherry, Nikolaij Joel, Michael Bowes, Richie Stevens 2:46
9."You Got the Love"Arnecia Michelle Harris, Anthony B. Stephens 3:35
10."I Believe It to My Soul" (featuring David Sanborn)Ray CharlesPhil Ramone4:29
11."Stalemate" (with Jamie Hartman)Jamie Hartman, Camilla Boler, StoneHartman4:18
12."Girlfriend on Demand"Stone, Dan Mackenzie 4:30
13."Mr. Wankerman" (UK hidden track[29])Stone, Javier Colon, Antonia Jenaé 13:44
UK iTunes bonus tracks[30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Every Time I Turn Around"Stone, Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson, Tony Reyes4:24
14."Mr. Wankerman"Stone, Colon, Jenaé13:44
Japanese bonus track[31]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."I Get High"Stone, Mackenzie3:14

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums Chart[32] 36
Austrian Albums Chart[33] 17
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[34] 50
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[35] 56
Canadian Albums Chart 26
Dutch Albums Chart[36] 16
French Albums Chart[37] 63
German Albums Chart[38] 26
Italian Albums Chart[39] 53
Swiss Albums Chart[40] 5
UK Albums Chart[41] 75
US Billboard 200[42] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[42] 9
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Portuguese Albums Chart[43] 25

Release history

Country Date Label
United States[2] 20 October 2009 Virgin Records
Canada[44] EMI
Austria[45] 30 October 2009
Germany[46]
Italy[47]
Switzerland[48]
United Kingdom[29] 2 November 2009 Virgin Records
Spain[49] 3 November 2009 EMI
Brazil[50] 5 November 2009
Australia[51] 6 November 2009
Japan[52] 18 November 2009

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