Colour Me Free
by Joss Stone
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Oct 20, 2009
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Dot Music
    80
    This is a record that proves, again, Joss Stone's considerable worth.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    The second half succumbs to R&B overproducers, unfortunately, but for a while, she's on the right freedom trail.
  3. Billboard.com
    64
    She continues to hit each note with the precise amount of retro pomp that one would expect, and there are again moments when the '70s soul love affair gets a little carried away.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    63
    Colour Me Free succeeds about as well as Stone's other records: It's quite good in the up-tempo bits--check out 'Big Ole Game,' featuring the incomparable Raphael Saadiq--and a little soggy in the ballads.
  6. AllMusic
    60
    Her raw vocal skills remain impressive, as does her taste in soul, and even if this feels off-kilter, not quite achieving a balance between retro and modernity, it does beat with a messy human heart, one that was subdued on Introducing, so perhaps she did need to break free.
  7. PopMatters
    60
    Well, setting the bar that high that early on makes it nearly impossible to follow up with anything that could be better, let alone on par with how great that first track is.
  8. Hot Press
    50
    Devon’s finest makes a Motown-laced return.

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 9 out of 37
  1. TyroneP
    Mar 2, 2011
    5
    I think one day Joss Stone will make a great record, but this isn't it. There are signs of progress on her latest album, but they are in shortI think one day Joss Stone will make a great record, but this isn't it. There are signs of progress on her latest album, but they are in short supply. Colour Me Free gets on a roll midway through, peaking with "Governmentalist" before falling away much like her previous LP. The irony of the album title is also rather concerning, since Stone was not given the freedom by her record company to choose the album art as she saw fit, and no doubt a number of other things too.… Full Review »
  2. brubruzinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    Another great album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. EstellaKimberly
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    Joss Stone is one of the best singers of our time, and her music is so great and she delivers another amazing album here
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