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The Soul Sessions
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: A 16-year-old white British girl singing covers of American soul classics? Odd as it may sound, that is the recipe for a hit, as evidenced by this debut album for Dover, England teenager Joss Stone, who tackles works by everyone from Aretha Franklin to, well, the White Stripes.

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Fell In Love With A Boy
Fell in love with a boy, I fell in love once and almost completely He's in love with the world But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading, He... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. E! Online
    83
    Stone navigates her way with confidence and prowess, passion and experimentation.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Thing is, Joss Stone does have an extraordinary voice, and the only misguided ploy on The Soul Sessions is a Roots-produced slo-mo cover of a White Stripes tune.
  3. Dot Music
    80
    It's a record that benefits from the homogenous, warm feeling such an intimate set-up can make for, the tracks setting up Stone's remarkable voice rather than intentionally distracting from the singer's limitations.
  4. Q Magazine
    70
    A fine start. [Mar 2004, p.113]
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  5. Blender
    70
    Stone’s voice is remarkably authentic, and the atmosphere she conjures is smoky and sleazy, pure mid-’60s Detroit.
  6. The Guardian
    70
    Her singing is rich, mature and agile but not showy, at least until the final number.
  7. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    58
    Norah Jones is herself, give her that. I hate to think what this phenom will have to go through to get that far.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. RoxanneKimberly
    Nov 24, 2021
    10
    What an amazing debut, Joss Stone was so young and yet so so talent, great songs here
  2. EstellaKimberly
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    What an amazing debut by Joss Stone, her voice is so powerful and her songs so great and relaxing!
  4. brubruzinha
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    I love this debut!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  5. EloB
    Mar 5, 2004
    9
    I keep hearing it in my head and it sounds good!
  6. ChrisJ
    Mar 4, 2006
    8
    Candi Stanton?! You f*cking prat! Cracking voice, good songs, and she's English!
  7. VictorB
    Mar 3, 2004
    7
    Very well done! I won't comment on the fact that Joss Stone is white and sings 'black' because everyone is doing that these Very well done! I won't comment on the fact that Joss Stone is white and sings 'black' because everyone is doing that these days. Joss Stone took mostly old soul standards and held her own in singing them, no small feat when you see the American Idol finalists barly able to pull off one song of this caliber. In however efficient Joss Strone is in taking us to 'back in the day' she never takes us anywhere new except on the reworking of "Fell in Love With A Boy". Nothing else gives us a reason to buy this disc and not a remastered one by the original artists. … Collapse
  8. DRanged
    Mar 9, 2004
    1
    TRASH!This CD is a total rip-off. She's just another Christina Aguilera,with a loud voice! Candi Stanton's latest collection is WAY TRASH!This CD is a total rip-off. She's just another Christina Aguilera,with a loud voice! Candi Stanton's latest collection is WAY better than this garbage.… Expand

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