Colour Me Free!

Colour Me Free!
Colour Me Free!
Studio album by Joss Stone
Released	20 October 2009
Recorded	2008
Genre	Soul; R&B;
Length	52:29
Label	EMI; S-Curve; Virgin;
Producer	Jamie Hartman; Dan Mackenzie; Phil Ramone; Conner Reeves; Raphael Saadiq; Jonathan Shorten; Sacha Skarbek; Joss Stone;
Joss Stone chronology
Singles from Colour Me Free!
	"Free Me"; Released: 22 September 2009;

Colour Me Free! is the fourth studio album by English singer-songwriter Joss Stone, released on 20 October 2009 by Virgin Records. The album was originally scheduled to be released in April 2009. However, Stone's label, EMI, delayed it to July and again to 20 October.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Free Me"	Joss Stone Jonathan Shorten Conner Reeves Kenya Baker	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 Neville Malcolm Hayley Carline Nas		5:42
8.	"Incredible"	Stone Shorten Colin Hickson Paddy Milner Pete Cherry Nikolaij Joel Michael Bowes Richie Stevens		2:46
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	Sacha Skarbek Hartman	4:18
12.	"Girlfriend on Demand"	Stone Dan Mackenzie	Mackenzie	4:30
13.	"Mr Wankerman" (hidden track) (not featured on US and Canadian pressings)	Stone Javier Colon Antonia Jenaé		13:44

iTunes Store bonus tracks[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Every Time I Turn Around"	Stone Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson Tony Reyes	4:24
14.	"Mr Wankerman"	Stone Colon Jenaé	13:44

Japanese edition bonus track[2]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"I Get High"	Stone Mackenzie	3:14

Sampling credits

"Free Me" embodies portions of "Do the Dirt" by The Meters.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Colour Me Free![3]

Joss Stone – vocals (all tracks); production (tracks 1–6); backing vocals (tracks 3–5); album coordination, executive producer
Darren Abraham – backing vocals, percussion (track 7)
Ainsley Adams – assistant engineering (track 11)
Rob Bacon – guitar solo (track 7)
Kenya Baker – guitar (tracks 1–5, 9); engineering, recording (track 2); additional guitar (track 6)
Paul Baker – harp (track 12)
Jeff Beck – vocals (track 3)
Robert Berg – viola (track 12)
Sally Berman – violin (track 12)
Michael Bowes – percussion (track 8)
Alan Branch – additional recording, assistant engineering (track 3)
Karl Brazil – drums, percussion (track 11)
Robert Brosseau – violin (track 12)
Gerry Brown – string recording (tracks 2, 5, 12)
Chuck Brungardt – mixing (tracks 1, 3–9, 12); assistant engineering (track 5); engineering, recording (track 9)
Lemar Carter – drums (tracks 1–5, 9)
Pete Cherry – bass (track 8)
Courtney Christian – album coordination
Patricia Cloud – alto flute, flute (track 12)
Paul Conroy – album coordination
Tom Coyne – mastering
Marc "Makani" Cyril – backing vocals, bass (track 7)
Mike Davis – tenor trombone (track 10)
Sir Mychael Davison – additional recording, assistant engineering (track 3)
Drew Dembowski – contrabass (track 12)
Bojan Dugic – recording (track 6)
Sheila E. – vocals (track 3)
Hollie Farris – trumpet (tracks 1–5, 9)
Joe Ferla – mixing, recording (track 10)
Sam Formicola – viola (track 12)
Steve Gadd – drums (track 10)
Armen Garabedian – violin (track 12)
Gil Goldstein – Rhodes (track 10)
Dyre Gormsen – recording (track 11)
Agnes Gottschewski – violin (track 12)
Lynn Grants – viola (track 12)
Maurice Grants – cello (track 12)
Steven Grier – beatbox (track 4)
Charlie Happiness – bass harmonica, sitar (track 1)
Keyon Harold – trumpet (track 10)
Jamie Hartman – 12-string guitar, production, Rhodes, synth strings, vocals (track 11)
Vahe Hayrikian – cello (track 12)
Amy Hershberger – violin (track 12)
Iain Hill – assistant engineering (track 11)
Kris Houston – piano (track 11)
Pete Iannacone – bass (tracks 1–4, 9)
Pete Ibsen – recording (track 11)
Antonia Jenae – backing vocals (track 6)
Nikolaij Joel – guitar (track 8)
Howard Johnson – baritone saxophone (track 10)
Charles Jones – backing vocals (tracks 3, 8)
Jonathan Joseph – recording (tracks 1–5, 12); engineering (tracks 2, 4)
Dan Kelley – horn (track 12)

Ellison Kendrick – backing vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 9)
Joe Ketendjian – violin (track 12)
Tony Kofi – saxophone (track 8)
Mellissa LaRochelle – backing vocals (track 9)
Artia Lockett – backing vocals (tracks 6, 9)
Christian Lohr – Hammond (tracks 2–4, 9); keyboards (tracks 2, 3); piano (tracks 4, 5)
Dan Mackenzie – production (track 12)
Neville Malcolm – upright bass (track 5); backing vocals, guitar (track 7)
Russell Malone – guitar (track 10)
Marlon Marcel – assistant engineering (tracks 1–5)
Lou Marini – tenor saxophone (track 10)
Miguel Martinez – cello (track 12)
Liane Mautner – violin (track 12)
Christian McBride – bass (track 10)
Paddy Miller – keyboards (track 8)
Paula Mitchell – backing vocals (track 5)
Malcolm Moore – bass (track 11)
Stanton Moore – drums (track 1)
Ryan Moys – additional recording, assistant engineering (track 12)
Nas – rap (track 7)
Karolina Naziemiec – viola (track 12)
Stephanie O'Keefe – horn (track 12)
Bobby Ozuna – percussion (tracks 1, 4); additional percussion (track 3)
Abel Pabon – piano (track 9)
Ricky Pederson – Hammond (track 10)
Charles Pillow – bass clarinet (track 10)
Luke Potashnik – guitar (track 11)
James Poyser – piano (track 12)
Natasha Radford – album coordination
Phil Ramone – production (track 10)
Conner Reeves – production (tracks 1–5); backing vocals (tracks 4, 5)
Paul Riser – string arrangements (tracks 2, 5, 12); The Paul Riser Orchestra conductor (track 12)
Winston Rollins – trombone (tracks 1–4)
Anatoly Rosinsky – violin (track 12)
Raphael Saadiq – bass (track 2); backing vocals, bass, drums, guitar, percussion, production, vocals (track 6)
David Sanborn – alto saxophone (track 10)
Jonathan Shorten – production (tracks 1–5); piano (track 2); clavinet (track 3); Wurlitzer (track 4); Hammond (tracks 5, 7); engineering, recording (track 7)
Latonya Shorter – backing vocals (track 9)
Sacha Skarbek – production, Rhodes (track 11)
Jerry Smith – engineering, recording (track 8)
Lew Soloff – trumpet (track 10)
Paul Sternhagen – percussion (track 12)
Richie Stevens – backing vocals (track 7); drums (tracks 7, 8)
Paul Suarez – assistant engineering (tracks 1–5, 7–9, 12)
James Tanksley – additional recording (tracks 1–4)
Mike Velerio – contrabass (track 12)
Morgan Visconti – string arrangements (track 11)
Jeff Watkins – saxophone (tracks 1–4, 9)
Jeremy Wheatley – mixing (track 11)
Elizabeth Wilson – violin (track 12)
Phil Yao – horn (track 12)
John Yoakum – English horn, oboe (track 12)

Charts

Chart (2009–10)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums Chart[4]	36
Austrian Albums Chart[5]	17
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[6]	50
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[7]	56
Canadian Albums Chart[8]	26
Croatian Foreign Albums Chart[9]	37
Dutch Albums Chart[10]	16
French Albums Chart[11]	63
German Albums Chart[12]	26
Italian Albums Chart[13]	53
Japanese Albums Chart[14]	102
Portuguese Albums Chart[15]	25
Swiss Albums Chart[16]	5
UK Albums Chart[17]	75
UK R&B Albums Chart[18]	10
US Billboard 200[19]	10
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[20]	9

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
Canada	20 October 2009	EMI	[21]
United States	20 October 2009	Virgin	[22]
Germany	30 October 2009	EMI	[23]
Italy	30 October 2009		[24]
France	2 November 2009		[25]
United Kingdom	2 November 2009	Virgin	[26]
Australia	6 November 2009	EMI	[27]
Japan	18 November 2009	EMI	[28]

References

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"Colour Me Free! : Joss Stone". HMV Japan. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
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"Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
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[1] "Colour Me Free! by Joss Stone". iTunes Store (GB). Apple. Retrieved 1 May 2011.

[2] "Colour Me Free! : Joss Stone". HMV Japan. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[3] Colour Me Free! (CD liner notes). Joss Stone. Virgin Records. 2009. 509994 58018 2 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[4] "ARIA Digital Albums – Week Commencing 16th November 2009" (PDF). ARIA Charts. Pandora Archive. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[5] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in German). austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[ultratop-6] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[7] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 November 2009.

[can-8] "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[9] "Top Stranih – Tjedan 2. 2010" [Top Foreign – Week 2. 2010.] (in Croatian). Hrvatska diskografska udruga. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[10] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[11] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in French). lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[12] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 July 2015.

[13] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!". italiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[14] "カラー・ミー・フリー! | ジョス・ストーン" [Colour Me Free! | Joss Stone] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[15] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!". portuguesecharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[16] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free!". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[uk-17] "Joss Stone" (select "Albums" tab). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[18] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. 8–14 November 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[19] "Joss Stone – Chart history: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[20] "Joss Stone – Chart history: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[21] "Joss Stone : Colour Me Free". ShopEMI. EMI Music Canada. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

[allmusic-22] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Colour Me Free! – Joss Stone". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[23] "Joss Stone // Colour Me Free" (in German). EMI Music Germany. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2009.

[24] "Joss Stone – Colour Me Free" (in Italian). Internet Bookshop Italia. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

[25] "Colour me free – Joss Stone – CD album" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[hmv-26] "Joss Stone: Colour Me Free". HMV. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.

[27] "Colour Me Free". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 8 February 2015.

[28] "ジョス・ストーン / カラー・ミー・フリー！" [Joss Stone / Colour Me Free!] (in Japanese). EMI Music Japan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2009.