Water for Your Soul

Water for Your Soul is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Joss Stone. It was released on 31 July 2015 by her own label, Stone'd Records.

Water for Your Soul
Studio album by
Released31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)
Recorded2012–2015
Genre
Length64:10
LabelStone'd
Producer
  • Steve Greenwell
  • Jonathan Shorten
  • Joss Stone
Joss Stone chronology
The Soul Sessions Vol. 2
(2012)
Water for Your Soul
(2015)
Singles from Water for Your Soul
  1. "Stuck on You"
    Released: 11 May 2015 (2015-05-11)
  2. "The Answer"
    Released: 12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Billboard     [2]
Daily Mail     [3]
Entertainment WeeklyB[4]
Exclaim!7/10[5]
The Guardian     [6]
The Independent     [7]
Paste8.3/10[8]
PopMatters          [9]
Boston Globe          [10]

Water for Your Soul received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.[11]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Love Me"  
  5:06
2. "This Ain't Love"  
  • Stone
  • Jonathan Shorten
  4:28
3. "Stuck on You"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  4:18
4. "Star"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  5:07
5. "Let Me Breathe"  
  5:15
6. "Cut the Line"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  4:06
7. "Wake Up" (featuring Damian Marley)
  • Stone
  • Marley
  • Shorten
  • Reeves
  4:44
8. "Way Oh"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Marc Cyril
  • 'Level' Neville Malcolm
  • Richie Stevens
  5:49
9. "Underworld"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Malcolm
  • Stevens
  • E. 'Kenya' Baker
  4:08
10. "Molly Town"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  3:34
11. "Sensimilla"  
  4:17
12. "Harry's Symphony"  
  3:54
13. "Clean Water"  
  • Stone
  • Cyril
  4:30
14. "The Answer"  
  • Stone
  • Shorten
  • Bovell
  4:46
Sample credits
  • "Harry's Symphony" contains samples from "Here I Come" by Barrington Levy, "Young Lover" by Cocoa Tea, "Be Careful" by Matthew McAnuff and "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 27
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 68
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18] 25
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[20] 77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[21] 11
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[23] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 13
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[26] 1
US Billboard 200[27] 34
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[29] 3
US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[30] 1

References

  1. "Joss Stone Water for Your Soul review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. Horowitz, Steven. "Joss Stone Falls Flat With Reggae Experiment 'Water for Your Soul': Album Review". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. Thrills, Adrian (24 July 2015). "It's Friday! music: Now Joss Stone puts her soul into reggae". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  4. Madison, Vain (17 July 2015). "Water for Your Soul by Joss Stone: EW review". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  5. Bauer, Matt (29 July 2015). "Joss Stone Water for Your Soul". Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. Caroline, Sullivan. "Joss Stone: Water for Your Soul review – poor choices on a listenable album". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. Gill, Andy. "Joss Stone, Water For Your Soul - album review". The Independent. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. Gleason, Holly (14 July 2015). "Joss Stone: Water For Your Soul Review". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. Horowitz, Steve (23 July 2015). "Joss Stone Water for Your Soul". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  10. Morse, Steve (30 July 2015). "Joss Stone, 'Water for Your Soul'". Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  11. "Reviews for Water for Your Soul by Joss Stone". Metacritic. CBS Interactive.
  12. "Joss Stone – Water For Your Soul – Target Exclusive". Target. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  13. "Water For Your Soul : Joss Stone". HMV Japan. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  14. "Joss Stone – Water for Your Soul (Amazon Exclusive Deluxe Edition)". Amazon.com. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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  21. "Joss Stone – Water For Your Soul" (in Deutsch). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment.
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  23. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  24. "Swisscharts.com – Joss Stone – Water for Your Soul". Hung Medien.
  25. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  26. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.
  27. "Joss Stone Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  28. "Joss Stone Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  29. "Joss Stone Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  30. "Joss Stone Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard.