{{EngvarB|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox album | name = Mind Adventures | type = Studio | artist = Des'ree | cover = Des'ree_-_Mind_Adventures.jpg | alt = | released = 17 February 1992 | recorded = 1991–1992 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|pop}} | length = 47:33 | label = {{hlist|Epic|550|Sony Soho Square}} | producer = {{hlist|Ashley Ingram|Femi|Phil Legg}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = I Ain't Movin' | next_year = 1994 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternate cover | type = album | cover = Desree_mind_adventures_USA.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = American edition cover }} {{Singles | name = Mind Adventures | type = studio | single1 = Feel So High | single1date = 1991 | single2 = Mind Adventures | single2date = 1992 | single3 = Why Should I Love You | single3date = 1992 }} }} {{album reviews |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2768&name=Des%27ree|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Des'ree|website=www.robertchristgau.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Mind+Adventures+des%27ree+1992+larkin&pg=PA633|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}</ref> }}
'''''Mind Adventures''''' is the debut album by British soul singer-songwriter Des'ree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/desree/|title=Des'ree}}</ref> 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.<ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/des'ree/|title=DES'REE – Artist – Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref>
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")
{{Track listing | total_length = | title1 = Average Man | writer1 = {{hlist|Desirée Weekes|Michael Graves}} | length1 = 5:06 | title2 = Feel So High | writer2 = {{hlist|Weekes|Graves}} | length2 = 3:53 | title3 = Sun of '79 | writer3 = Weekes | length3 = 5:14 | title4 = Why Should I Love You | writer4 = Weekes | length4 = 4:14 | title5 = Stand on My Own Ground | writer5 = {{hlist|Weekes|Graves}} | length5 = 4:07 | title6 = Competitive World | writer6 = {{hlist|Weekes|Graves}} | length6 = 5:31 | title7 = Mind Adventures | writer7 = Weekes | length7 = 4:44 | title8 = Laughter | writer8 = Weekes | length8 = 4:47 | title9 = Save Me | writer9 = Weekes | length9 = 5:29 | title10 = Momma Please Don't Cry | writer10 = Weekes | length10 = 4:28 }}
== Credits ==
=== Personnel === * Des'ree – vocals, backing vocals * Ashley Ingram – keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, string arrangements, arrangements (4), track and choir arrangements (9) * Pete Hinds – keyboards * Pete Wingfield – keyboards * Mick Talbot – keyboards (3) * Andy Williams – programming (3) * Young Disciples – all other instruments (3) * Ian Alleyne – guitars * Phil Legg – guitars, bass, drums, arrangements (7) * Greg Lester – guitars * Glenn Nightingale – guitars * Malcolm Joseph – bass * Fionn O'Lochlainn – bass * Trevor Murrell – drums * Ritchie Stevens – drums * Harry Morgan – percussion * Jeff Scantlebury – percussion * Gary Barnacle – saxophones * Nick Ingman – string arrangements * Michael Graves – arrangements (1, 2, 5, 6) * The Ashley Ingram Choir – backing vocals (9)
=== Production === * Des'ree – executive producer * Ashley Ingram – producer (1, 2, 5), additional production (4, 9) * Phil Legg – additional production (1, 2), mixing (1, 2), producer (4, 6–10) * Femi Fem – producer (3) * Brendan Lynch – engineer (3) * Me Company – design * Monica Curtin – photography * Casper King Management – management
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1992) !Peak<br>position |- | Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)<ref name="ARIA">{{cite Ryan|page=79}}</ref> |align="center"| 39 |- |UK Albums Chart<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19920223/7502/ |title=1992-02-29 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive |date=20 February 1992 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=29 December 2011}}</ref> |align="center"|26 |}
==Certifications and sales== {{certification Table Top}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Mind Adventures|type=album|artist=Des'ree|relyear=1992|region=Canada|award=Gold|certyear=1995}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Mind Adventures|type=album|artist=Des'ree|relyear=1992|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|certyear=1993|id=4285-2189-2}} {{certification Table Entry|title=Mind Adventures|type=album|artist=Des'ree|relyear=1992|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=28,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Des%27ree+billboard&pg=PA20|title=550 Music's Des'ree Gets 'Supernatural' on 3rd Set|publisher= Billboard |first=Paul|last=Sexton|date=13 June 1998|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Summary}} {{certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=400,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ4EAAAAMBAJ&q=Des%27ree+billboard&pg=PA20|title=550 Music's Des'ree Gets 'Supernatural' on 3rd Set|publisher= Billboard |first=Paul|last=Sexton|date=13 June 1998|accessdate=29 April 2018}}</ref>}} {{certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
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Category:1992 debut albums Category:Des'ree albums Category:Epic Records albums Category:S2 Records albums Category:550 Music albums