Joss Stone - Mind, Body and Soul

Anyone thinking Stone’s debut hit album was a fluke need only check out the British teenager’s followup. Where her first was a collection of retro r&b covers, Stone’s sophomore album features 14 soul numbers—12 of which she wrote or co-wrote—that are both convincing and utterly contemporary. “I’ve got to sing my own song,” she declares on the emotive ballad “Right to Be Wrong.” By the time she’s sung the epic soul and gospel-tinged workout “Killing Time,” she’s proven beyond a doubt that she should.