Colour Me Free!

album by Joss Stone

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.

Colour Me Free!
Studio album by
Released20 October 2009 (2009-10-20)
Recorded2008
Genre
Length52:29
Label
Producer
  • Jamie Hartman
  • Dan Mackenzie
  • Phil Ramone
  • Conner Reeves
  • Raphael Saadiq
  • Jonathan Shorten
  • Sacha Skarbek
  • Joss Stone
Joss Stone chronology
Introducing Joss Stone
(2007)
Colour Me Free!
(2009)
LP1
(2011)
Singles from Colour Me Free!
  1. "Free Me"
    Released: 22 September 2009 (2009-09-22)

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(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 CharlesPhil 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
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]

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

RegionDateLabelRef.
Canada20 October 2009EMI[21]
United StatesVirgin[22]
Germany30 October 2009EMI[23]
Italy[24]
France2 November 2009[25]
United KingdomVirgin[26]
Australia6 November 2009EMI[27]
Japan18 November 2009[28]

References