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Joss Stone launched her career by singing soul standards so when it came time for a reboot she went back to the beginning, dusting off the old blueprint for The Soul Sessions and following it to a T, right down to replicating its title and giving a contemporary alt-rock hit a soul makeover. First time around, the intent was to prove that teenage Joss had soul bona fides, but in 2012 the purpose of The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 is to signal how she's done messing around with fleeting fashions and is getting back down to the real business. Stone doesn't dig deep into the crates this time around, nor does she stick to deep soul; she chooses to mine hits from the early '70s, favoring songs by the Dells, the Chi-Lites, and Sylvia, giving these smooth tunes a bit of a polished Southern spin. And "professional" is the operative word here: this is the work of seasoned veterans who play with every note falling neatly into place, stretching just enough to show off their chops but never enough to alter the DNA of a song. The exception to the rule is, of course, "The High Road," a Broken Bells song refashioned to sound old, thereby occupying the same space as Joss' White Stripes "Fell in Love with a Boy" cover did on the first Soul Sessions. This is the song to prove that Stone isn't living in the past but rather she's seeing the future through a retro prism that turns everything into something that feels classic. That Stone remains a bit too theatrical a singer, overemphasizing every phrase, is almost besides the point, as she's a diva and is expected to sing with more gusto than the song requires just as long as the overall package feels right. And, for the most part, The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 does feel right: it has the form and sound of classic soul while never acknowledging that R&B continued to develop past, say, 1972. For an audience that agrees with that thesis, this is fun.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Joss Stone, MainArtist - Labi Siffre, Composer, Writer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Eugene Record, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Edith Wayne, Composer - RONALD DUNBAR, Composer, Writer - Brian Burton, Composer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Edythe Wayne, Writer - James Russel Mercer, Composer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Linda Lewis, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Eddie Floyd, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Joe Shamwell, Composer, Writer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Cecil Womack, Composer, Writer - Linda Womack, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Linda Cooke Womack, Composer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Eugene Record, Composer, Writer - Barbara Acklin, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Larry Wade, Composer, Writer - Terry Callier, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Unkown, Composer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Edith Wayne, Composer - RONALD DUNBAR, Composer, Writer - Brian Burton, Composer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Edythe Wayne, Writer - James Russel Mercer, Composer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Sylvia Robinson, Composer, Writer - Michael Burton, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
John D. Loudermilk, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Joss Stone, MainArtist - Wilson Turbinton, Composer, Writer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Leonard Perry, Composer, Writer - Lawrence Brown, Composer, Writer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Theresa G. McFaddin, Composer, Writer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Joss Stone, MainArtist - Alan Robinson, Composer - Toussaint McCall, Composer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Jr., Composer - Jerry Williams, Composer - Joss Stone, MainArtist - Jerry Williams Jr., Writer - Yvonne Williams, Composer, Writer - Charlie Foxx, Composer, Writer - Brooks O'Dell Johnson, Composer, Writer
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
Album review
Joss Stone launched her career by singing soul standards so when it came time for a reboot she went back to the beginning, dusting off the old blueprint for The Soul Sessions and following it to a T, right down to replicating its title and giving a contemporary alt-rock hit a soul makeover. First time around, the intent was to prove that teenage Joss had soul bona fides, but in 2012 the purpose of The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 is to signal how she's done messing around with fleeting fashions and is getting back down to the real business. Stone doesn't dig deep into the crates this time around, nor does she stick to deep soul; she chooses to mine hits from the early '70s, favoring songs by the Dells, the Chi-Lites, and Sylvia, giving these smooth tunes a bit of a polished Southern spin. And "professional" is the operative word here: this is the work of seasoned veterans who play with every note falling neatly into place, stretching just enough to show off their chops but never enough to alter the DNA of a song. The exception to the rule is, of course, "The High Road," a Broken Bells song refashioned to sound old, thereby occupying the same space as Joss' White Stripes "Fell in Love with a Boy" cover did on the first Soul Sessions. This is the song to prove that Stone isn't living in the past but rather she's seeing the future through a retro prism that turns everything into something that feels classic. That Stone remains a bit too theatrical a singer, overemphasizing every phrase, is almost besides the point, as she's a diva and is expected to sing with more gusto than the song requires just as long as the overall package feels right. And, for the most part, The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 does feel right: it has the form and sound of classic soul while never acknowledging that R&B continued to develop past, say, 1972. For an audience that agrees with that thesis, this is fun.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:28
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Joss Stone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: S-Curve Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2012 S-Curve Records ℗ 2012 S-Curve Records
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