Colour Me Free!

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Colour Me Free!
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Studio album by
Released20 October 2009 (2009-10-20)
Recorded2008
Studio
Genre Soul [1]
Length52:29
Label Virgin
Producer
Joss Stone chronology
Introducing Joss Stone
(2007)
Colour Me Free!
(2009)
LP1
(2011)
Alternative cover
Joss Stone - Colour Me Free (US and Canada).png
North American cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Free Me"
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
3:53
2."Could Have Been You"
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
4:52
3."Parallel Lines" (featuring Jeff Beck and Sheila E.)
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
4:26
4."Lady"
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
4:22
5."4 and 20"
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
5:06
6."Big Ol' Game" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)
  • Stone
  • Saadiq
  • Stone
  • Saadiq
4:30
7."Governmentalist" (featuring Nas)
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
5:42
8."Incredible"
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Colin Hickson
  • Paddy Milner
  • Pete Cherry
  • Nikolaij Joel
  • Michael Bowes
  • Richie Stevens
Shorten2:46
9."You Got the Love"
  • Arnecia Michelle Harris
  • Anthony B. Stephens
 3:35
10."I Believe It to My Soul" (featuring David Sanborn) Ray Charles Phil Ramone 4:29
11."Stalemate" (with Jamie Hartman)
  • Hartman
  • Camilla Boler
  • Stone
4:18
12."Girlfriend on Demand"Mackenzie4:30
13."Mr Wankerman" (hidden track; not on some US and Canadian pressings)
Stone13:44
iTunes Store bonus tracks [47]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Every Time I Turn Around"
 4:24
14."Mr Wankerman"
  • Stone
  • Colon
  • Jenaé
Stone13:44
Japanese edition bonus track [48]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."I Get High"
  • Stone
  • Mackenzie
Mackenzie3:14

Sample credits

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Colour Me Free! [49]

Musicians

  • Joss Stone – vocals (all tracks); background vocals (tracks 3–5)
  • Pete Iannacone – bass (tracks 1–4, 9)
  • Lemar Carter – drums (tracks 1–5, 9)
  • Stanton Moore – drums (track 1)
  • Bobby Ozuna – percussion (tracks 1, 4); additional percussion (track 3)
  • Kenya Baker – guitar (tracks 1–5, 9); additional guitar (track 6)
  • Hollie Farris – trumpet (tracks 1–5, 9)
  • Jeff Watkins – saxophone (tracks 1–4, 9)
  • Winston Rollins – trombone (tracks 1–4)
  • Charlie Happiness – sitar, bass harmonica (track 1)
  • Raphael Saadiq – bass (track 2); featured artist, background vocals, bass, drums, guitar, percussion (track 6)
  • Christian Lohr – Hammond (tracks 2–4, 9); keyboards (tracks 2, 3); piano (tracks 4, 5)
  • Jonathan Shorten – piano (track 2); clavinet (track 3); Wurlitzer (track 4); Hammond (tracks 5, 7)
  • Paul Riser – string arrangements (tracks 2, 5, 12); The Paul Riser Orchestra conductor (track 12)
  • Jeff Beck – featured artist (track 3)
  • Sheila E. – featured artist (track 3)
  • Charles Jones – background vocals (tracks 3, 8)
  • Ellison Kendrick – background vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)
  • Conner Reeves – background vocals (tracks 4, 5)
  • Steven Grier – beatbox (track 4)
  • Paula Mitchell – background vocals (track 5)
  • Neville Malcolm – upright bass (track 5); background vocals, guitar (track 7)
  • Antonia Jenae – background vocals (track 6)
  • Artia Lockett – background vocals (tracks 6, 9)
  • Nas – featured artist (track 7)
  • Richie Stevens – background vocals (track 7); drums (tracks 7, 8)
  • Marc "Makani" Cyril – background vocals, bass (track 7)
  • Darren Abraham – background vocals, percussion (track 7)
  • Rob Bacon – guitar solo (track 7)
  • Pete Cherry – bass (track 8)
  • Michael Bowes – percussion (track 8)
  • Nikolaij Joel – guitar (track 8)
  • Paddy Miller – keyboards (track 8)
  • Tony Kofi – saxophone (track 8)
  • Mellissa LaRochelle – background vocals (track 9)
  • Latonya Shorter – background vocals (track 9)
  • Abel Pabon – piano (track 9)
  • David Sanbornalto saxophone (track 10)
  • Christian McBride – bass (track 10)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (track 10)
  • Russell Malone – guitar (track 10)
  • Gil GoldsteinRhodes (track 10)
  • Ricky Pederson – Hammond (track 10)
  • Keyon Harold – trumpet (track 10)
  • Lew Soloff – trumpet (track 10)
  • Mike Davistenor trombone (track 10)
  • Lou Marinitenor saxophone (track 10)
  • Howard Johnsonbaritone saxophone (track 10)
  • Charles Pillow – bass clarinet (track 10)
  • Jamie Hartman – vocals, 12-string guitar, synth strings, Rhodes (track 11)
  • Malcolm Moore – bass (track 11)
  • Karl Brazil – drums, percussion (track 11)
  • Luke Potashnik – guitar (track 11)
  • Kris Houston – piano (track 11)
  • Sacha Skarbek – Rhodes (track 11)
  • Morgan Visconti – string arrangements (track 11)
  • James Poyser – piano (track 12)
  • Anatoly Rosinsky – violin (track 12)
  • Elizabeth Wilson – violin (track 12)
  • Liane Mautner – violin (track 12)
  • Robert Brosseau – violin (track 12)
  • Amy Hershberger – violin (track 12)
  • Armen Garabedian – violin (track 12)
  • Sally Berman – violin (track 12)
  • Joe Ketendjian – violin (track 12)
  • Agnes Gottschewski – violin (track 12)
  • Robert Berg – viola (track 12)
  • Lynn Grants – viola (track 12)
  • Karolina Naziemiec – viola (track 12)
  • Sam Formicola – viola (track 12)
  • Maurice Grants – cello (track 12)
  • Miguel Martinez – cello (track 12)
  • Vahe Hayrikian – cello (track 12)
  • Mike Velerio – contrabass (track 12)
  • Drew Dembowski – contrabass (track 12)
  • Paul Baker – harp (track 12)
  • Stephanie O'Keefe – horn (track 12)
  • Dan Kelley – horn (track 12)
  • Phil Yao – horn (track 12)
  • John Yoakum – oboe, English horn (track 12)
  • Patricia Cloud – flute, alto flute (track 12)
  • Paul Sternhagen – percussion (track 12)

Technical

  • Joss Stone – production (tracks 1–6); album coordination, executive production
  • Jonathan Shorten – production (tracks 1–5); recording, engineering (track 7)
  • Conner Reeves – production (tracks 1–5)
  • Jonathan Joseph – recording (tracks 1–5, 12); engineering (tracks 2, 4)
  • James Tanksley – additional recording (tracks 1–4)
  • Chuck Brungardt – mixing (tracks 1, 3–9, 12); engineering assistance (track 5); recording, engineering (track 9)
  • Marlon Marcel – engineering assistance (tracks 1–5)
  • Paul Suarez – engineering assistance (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 12)
  • Kenya Baker – recording, engineering (track 2)
  • Gerry Brown – string recording (tracks 2, 5, 12)
  • Sir Mychael Davison – additional recording, engineering assistance (track 3)
  • Alan Branch – additional recording, engineering assistance (track 3)
  • Raphael Saadiq – production (track 6)
  • Bojan Dugic – recording (track 6)
  • Jerry Smith – recording, engineering (track 8)
  • Phil Ramone – production (track 10)
  • Joe Ferla – recording, mixing (track 10)
  • Sacha Skarbek – production (track 11)
  • Jamie Hartman – production (track 11)
  • Dyre Gormsen – recording (track 11)
  • Pete Ibsen – recording (track 11)
  • Iain Hill – engineering assistance (track 11)
  • Ainsley Adams – engineering assistance (track 11)
  • Jeremy Wheatley – mixing (track 11)
  • Dan Mackenzie – production (track 12)
  • Ryan Moys – additional recording, engineering assistance (track 12)
  • Tom Coyne – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City)
  • Courtney Christian – album coordination
  • Paul Conroy – album coordination
  • Natasha Radford – album coordination

Charts

Chart performance for Colour Me Free!
Chart (2009–2010)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [50] 36
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [51] 17
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [45] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [52] 56
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan) [46] 26
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [53] 37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [54] 16
French Albums (SNEP) [55] 63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [56] 26
Italian Albums (FIMI) [57] 53
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [58] 102
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [59] 25
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [60] 5
UK Albums (OCC) [40] 75
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [61] 10
US Billboard 200 [62] 10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [63] 9

Release history

Release history for Colour Me Free!
RegionDateLabelRef.
Canada20 October 2009 EMI [64]
United States Virgin [29]
Germany30 October 2009EMI [65]
Italy [66]
France2 November 2009 [67]
United KingdomVirgin [68]
Australia6 November 2009EMI [69]
Japan18 November 2009 [70]

Notes

  1. Tracks 1–5 and 12
  2. Track 9; additional recording on tracks 1–4; strings on tracks 2, 5 and 12
  3. 1 2 Additional recording on track 3
  4. Tracks 6 and 10
  5. Track 7
  6. Track 8
  7. Track 9
  8. Track 11
  9. Additional recording on track 11
  10. Strings on track 11
  11. Additional recording on track 12

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