Mind, Body & Soul is the second studio album by English soul singer Joss Stone, released in September 2004 (see 2004 in music). It was Stone's most successful album to date in the United Kingdom, where it debuted at number one the week of 9 October 2004 as the highest debut of the week (just like her previous effort, The Soul Sessions), staying atop for one week. Stone became the youngest female singer to top the UK Albums Chart—a record previously held by Avril Lavigne—, while Mind, Body & Soul became the first number-one album for Relentless Records. Subsequently, the album became the UK's thirty-ninth best-selling album of 2004. It also debuted and peaked at number eleven on the U.S. Billboard 200 the week of 16 October 2004. Despite the album's success, none of the singles released were eligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the album's third single, "Spoiled", managed to peak at number fifty-four on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

In the week of 9 September 2005, Mind, Body & Soul was certified triple platinum by the BPI and platinum by the RIAA. In addition, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2005.

The album's hidden track, "Daniel", is about Stone's former drug addict and armed robber half-brother, Daniel Skillin, who shares the same mother as her. He was sent to HM Prison Ford in Arundel, West Sussex, in 2000 for attempting to hold up a post office with a hammer. In June 2003, Skillin escaped from prison two months before his scheduled release. While on the run, he stole three cars and was sentenced to an additional fifteen months in jail. When released in 2004, he returned home to his family in Devon. The track also appears as a bonus track on the album's Japanese pressing in a longer version under the title "Holding Out for a Hero"—which is not a cover of the Bonnie Tyler 1984 song with the same name.

Track listing

1. "Right to Be Wrong" (Joss Stone, Desmond Child, Betty Wright) – 4:40
2. "Jet Lag" (Stone, Jonathan Shorten, Conner Reeves) – 4:00
3. "You Had Me" (Stone, Francis White, Wendy Stoker, Wright) – 3:59
4. "Spoiled" (Stone, Lamont Dozier, Beau Dozier) – 4:03
5. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (Stone, Child, Wright, Steve Greenberg, Mike Mangini, Eugene Record, William Sanders) – 3:31
• Contains a sample of Young-Holt Unlimited's "Soulful Strut" (Eugene Record, William Sanders).
6. "Less Is More" (Stone, Shorten, Reeves) – 4:17
7. "Security" (Stone, Greenberg, Daniel Pierre) – 4:30
8. "Young at Heart" (Stone, Salaam Remi) – 4:10
9. "Snakes and Ladders" (Stone, Shorten, Reeves) – 3:35
10. "Understand" (Stone, Wright, Angelo Morris, Mangini, Greenberg) – 3:46
11. "Don't Know How" (Pierre, Curtis Richardson, Jeremy Ruzumna, Justin Gray) – 4:01
12. "Torn and Tattered" (Austin Howard, Ben Wolf, Andy Dean, Wright) – 3:58
13. "Killing Time" (Beth Gibbons, Stone, Wright) – 5:11
14. "Sleep Like a Child" (Patrick Seymour) – 15:27
• The actual duration of music on this track is 5:19; the rest is filled with silence.
15. "Daniel" (hidden track) (Stone) – 2:44

Japanese edition

15. "Holding Out for a Hero" (Stone) – 3:35
• Based on Beethoven's "Moonlight" Sonata.

Special edition

15. "The Right Time" (Nappy Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman) – 3:51
16. "God Only Knows" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 2:57
17. "Calling It Christmas" (duet with Elton John) (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 4:16

DVD side

1. "You Had Me" (Video)
2. "Right to Be Wrong" (Video)
3. "Spoiled" (Video)
4. "Don't Cha Wanna Ride" (Video)
5. Mind, Body & Soul EPK

Limited Dutch edition bonus disc

1. "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me?) Pt. 1" (Live) – 7:00
2. "Fell in Love with a Boy" (Live) – 5:04
3. "Spoiled" (Live) – 4:18
4. "Less Is More" (Live) – 4:59
5. "Right to Be Wrong" (Live) – 5:25
6. "You Had Me" (Live) – 4:53

Personnel

Musicians

• Joss Stone – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Raymond Angry – clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, piano
• Troy Auxilly-Wilson – drums
• Teodross Avery – saxophone
• Ruby Baker – backing vocals
• Cindy Blackman – drums
• Bombshell – backing vocals
• Astor "Crusty" Campbell – drums
• Brian Chen – viola
• Willburn "Squidley" Cole – drums
• Commissioner Gordon – percussion
• Carol Cook – viola
• Delroy "Chris" Cooper – bass
• Jack Daley – bass
• Clovette Danzy – backing vocals
• Tanya Darby – trumpet
• Elizabeth Dyson – cello
• Jeni Fujita – backing vocals
• Van Gibbs – guitar
• Steve Greenwell – bass
• Willie "Little Beaver" Hale – guitar
• Dawn Hannay – viola
• Vincent Henry – clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• David "Jody" Hill – drums
• Stafford Hunter – trombone
• Pete Iannacone – bass
• Jonathan Joseph – drums
• Vivek Kamath – viola
• Ellison Kendrick – backing vocals
• Lisa Kim – violin
• Sarah Kim – violin
• Tom Carney Myung-Hi Kim – violin
• Krzysztof Kuznik – violin
• Soo Hyun Kwon – violin
• Benny Latimore – piano, Wurlitzer
• Jeanne LeBlan – cello
• Jessica Lee – violin
• Matt Lehmann – violin
• Liz Lim – violin

• Tom "Bones" Malone – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
• Mike Mangini – bass, keyboards
• Mercedes Martinez – backing vocals
• Pat Milando – French horn
• Matt Milewsky – violin
• Kevin Mirkin – viola
• Eileen Moon – cello
• Tracey Moore – backing vocals
• Angelo Morris – bass, Fender Rhodes, guitar
• Phil Myers – French horn
• AJ Nilo – guitar
• Ignacio Nunez – percussion
• Danny P – bass, Fender Rhodes, guitar, piano
• Dan Panner – viola
• Sandra Park – violin
• Bruce Purse – trumpet, flugelhorn
• Conner Reeves – backing vocals
• Salaam Remi – bass, Wurlitzer, organ, strings
• Margaret Reynolds – backing vocals
• Nile Rodgers – guitar
• Veronica Sanchez – backing vocals
• William "Kooly" Scott – backing vocals
• Laura Seaton – violin
• Sarah Seiver – cello
• Jonathan Shorten – keyboards, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
• Fiona Simon – violin
• Dave Smith – French horn
• Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
• Angie Stone – Fender Rhodes
• Timmy Thomas – organ, Hammond organ
• Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson – drums
• Carl Vandenbosche – percussion
• Alan Weekes – electric guitar
• Betty Wright – backing vocals
• Jeanette Wright – backing vocals
• Sharon Yamada – violin
• Jung Sun Yoo – violin
• Nir Zidkyahu – percussion

Production

• Joss Stone – liner notes
• Mike Mangini – producer, mixing, programming
• Steven Greenberg – producer, executive producer
• Betty Wright – producer, vocal producer
• Jonathan Shorten – producer, programming, drum programming
• Conner Reeves – producer, backing vocal arrangement
• Commissioner Gordon – producer, engineer, programming
• Salaam Remi – producer
• Danny P – producer
• The Boilerhouse Boys – producer
• Steve Greenwell – engineer, mixing, programming
• Jamie Siegel – engineer

• Gary "Mon" Noble – engineer
• Shomoni "Sho" Dylan – assistant engineer
• John Angier – string arrangements
• Thom Bell – string and horn arrangements
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• David Gorman – art direction, design
• Bryan Lasley – art direction, design
• Aleeta Mayo – art direction, design
• Roger Moenks – photography
• Amy Touma – photography
• Brian Magallones – hair stylist
• Charlie Green – make-up artist

Charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

• 3× platinum

BPI: 1,000,000

• Platinum

IFPI: 20,000

NVPI: 60,000

IFPI: 200,000

IFPI: 1,000,000

RIAA: 1,200,000

• 2× platinum

CAPIF: 80,000

• Gold

RIANZ: 7,500

AFP: 10,000

IFPI: 20,000

ARIA: 35,000

ABDP: 50,000

Release history

References