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The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009
Greatest hits album by Joss Stone
Released	23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)
Recorded	2003–2009
Genre	Soul R&B
Length	51:09
Label	Virgin
Producer	Steve Greenberg Jamie Hartman Michael Mangini Conner Reeves Raphael Saadiq Jonathan Shorten Sacha Skarbek Joss Stone Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson Betty Wright
Joss Stone chronology
LP1 (2011) The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009 (2011) The Soul Sessions Vol. 2 (2012)

The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009 is the first greatest hits album by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone, released on 23 September 2011 by Virgin Records. Initially announced under the title Super Duper Hits: The Best of Joss Stone, the compilation contains songs from all of Stone's studio albums released under EMI: The Soul Sessions (2003), Mind Body & Soul (2004), Introducing Joss Stone (2007) and Colour Me Free! (2009).

Stone expressed her reluctance towards the album's release in an August 2011 interview with The San Francisco Examiner, stating, "They are not allowed to do that—I do have a say, and I have to approve all the songs that they use, all the artwork, and especially the title. And oh my God, I've never heard such a cheesy title in all my life! And I don't know what kind of hits they're gonna put on there, because I've never had any hits!"

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
PopMatters	5/10

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated, "If this doesn't dig deep, it nevertheless hits all the highlights drawing a picture of the decade when Stone was always on the cusp of stardom yet never quite truly there. As introductions go, it's a solid one, capturing her potential and promise, alternating between singles frustrating and fun."

In a mixed review, Victor Valdivia of PopMatters noted that the album has "all of the songs she's most known for assembled in a package that's meant to cement her status as a major artist. What the collection actually does, however, is underline the contradictions that have always made Stone's work so difficult to embrace. Stone has a fine voice but she doesn't seem to actually live or feel her songs. She just sings them with uncanny technical precision."

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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• 2011 greatest hits albums
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