Mind Adventures Explained

Mind Adventures
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Des'ree
Cover:	Des'ree_-_Mind_Adventures.jpg
Released:	17 February 1992
Recorded:	1989–1991
Length:	47:33
Next Title:	I Ain't Movin'
Next Year:	1994

Mind Adventures is the debut album by British soul singer-songwriter Des'ree.^[1] It was released on 17 February 1992 on the Sony Soho Square record label, and features the UK top 20 hit, "Feel So High". The album became Des'ree's first top 40 album, peaking at number 26 on the UK Albums Chart.^[2]

The album was not released in the United States at the time. It got a belated release on 4 April 1995, after Des'ree's second album I Ain't Movin' had been released there the previous year and she was achieving success with the single "You Gotta Be". Since "Feel So High" had been included on the US edition of I Ain't Movin, the US edition of Mind Adventures excluded it from its track list.

Singles

Three singles were released from Mind Adventures, "Feel So High" (in both 1991 and 1992), "Mind Adventures" and "Why Should I Love You".

Track listing

Worldwide edition (US edition excludes "Feel So High")

Credits

Production

• Arranged by Michael Graves (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6), Phil Legg (track: 7), Ashley Ingram (tracks: 4, 9)
• Executive producer – Des'ree
• Mixed by Phil Legg (tracks: 1, 2)
• Produced by Ashley Ingram (tracks: 1, 2, 5), Femi (track: 3), Phil Legg (tracks: 4, 6–10)
• Mastered by David Massey, Vlado Meller
• Engineered and mixed by Charlie Smith

Personnel

• Strings – Nick Ingram
• Bass – Fionn O'Lochlainn, Malcolm Joseph
• Drums – Ritchie Stevens, Trevor Murrell
• Drums, bass, guitar – Phil Legg
• Drums, bass, guitar, keyboards – Ashley Ingram
• Engineer – Brendan Lynch
• Executive producer, writer, backing vocals – Des'ree
• Guitar – Glenn Nightingale, Greg Lester, Ian Alleyne
• Keyboards – Pete Hinds, Pete Wingfield
• Percussion – Harry Morgan, Jeff Scantlebury
• Saxophone – Gary Barnacle
• Artwork – Me Company
• Photography – Monica Curtin

Other

• Management – Casper King Management

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)^[3]	39
UK Albums Chart^[4]	26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Des'ree.
2. Web site: DES'REE – Artist – Official Charts. Official Charts Company. 29 December 2011.
3. 79.
4. Web site: 1992-02-29 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive . 20 February 1992 . . 29 December 2011.