Water for Your Soul
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| Studio album by Joss Stone | ||||
| Released | 31 July 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2012–2015 | |||
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| Length | 64:10 | |||
| Label | Stone'd | |||
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| Metacritic | 62/100 |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
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| Paste | 8.3/10 |
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Water for Your Soul is the seventh studio album by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone, released on 31 July 2015 by her own label, Stone'd Records. It marks her first full-length studio album since 2011's LP1, following the release of the covers album The Soul Sessions Vol. 2 (2012). Musically, it incorporates reggae and hip hop with influences from many different genres, including soul, R&B, world, gospel, Latin and some Indian and Irish influence. The art design was made by Irish designer Aoife Hastings, who won a competition launched by Stone through social media which gave to fans the opportunity to draw her new album cover art.
In 2008, Stone launched a legal battle in a bid to leave her record label, EMI, and free her of her current three-album deal with the record label. After EMI delayed the release of Colour Me Free!, originally scheduled for April 2009, Stone finally released the album on 20 October 2009. Joss revealed that her record company also fought her about the original cover of her new album, calling it "offensive" but by late August 2010, it was reported that Stone had left EMI and formed her own independent record label, Stone'd Records.
Stone partnered with Surfdog Records to release LP1 on 26 July 2011, through her own label Stone'd Records. Stone also joined the supergroup SuperHeavy which was formed by Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones, together with Dave Stewart (credited by Mick with the original idea of SuperHeavy), Damian Marley (the youngest son of Bob Marley) and the Indian musician and producer A.R. Rahman. The album was recorded at Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles and was released on 20 September 2011 by A&M Records. The debut single, "Miracle Worker", was released on 19 July 2011. Following Stones decision to join SuperHeavy she released "The Soul Sessions Vol 2" which saw Stone return to her original label, S-Curve Records, who released the album jointly with the artist's Stone'd Records.
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