# Mind Adventures
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mind Adventures
| type = Studio
| artist = [Des'ree](/source/Des'ree)
| cover = Des'ree_-_Mind_Adventures.jpg
| alt =
| released = 17 February 1992
| recorded = 1991–1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B)|[soul](/source/Soul_music)|[pop](/source/Pop_music)}}
| length = 47:33
| label = {{hlist|[Epic](/source/Epic_Records)|[550](/source/550_Music)|[Sony Soho Square](/source/Sony_Soho_Square)}}
| producer = {{hlist|Ashley Ingram|Femi|Phil Legg}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [I Ain't Movin'](/source/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](/source/Feel_So_High)
| single1date = 1991
| single2 = Mind Adventures
| single2date = 1992
| single3 = Why Should I Love You
| single3date = 1992
}}
}}
{{album reviews
|rev2 = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}[{{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}}]
|rev3 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}[{{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}}]
}}
'''''Mind Adventures''''' is the debut album by [British](/source/United_Kingdom) soul singer-songwriter [Des'ree](/source/Des'ree).[{{Cite web|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/desree/|title=Des'ree}}] It was released on 17 February 1992 on the [Sony Soho Square](/source/S2_Records) [record label](/source/record_label), and features the UK top 20 hit, "[Feel So High](/source/Feel_So_High)". The album became Des'ree's first top 40 album, peaking at number 26 on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart).[{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/des'ree/|title=DES'REE – Artist – Official Charts|publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)|accessdate=29 December 2011}}]
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'](/source/I_Ain't_Movin')'' had been released there the previous year and she was achieving success with the single "[You Gotta Be](/source/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](/source/Des'ree)|Michael Graves}}
| length1 = 5:06
| title2 = [Feel So High](/source/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](/source/Imagination_(band)) – keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, string arrangements, arrangements (4), track and choir arrangements (9)
* Pete Hinds – keyboards
* [Pete Wingfield](/source/Pete_Wingfield) – keyboards
* [Mick Talbot](/source/Mick_Talbot) – keyboards (3)
* Andy Williams – programming (3)
* [Young Disciples](/source/Young_Disciples) – all other instruments (3)
* Ian Alleyne – guitars
* [Phil Legg](/source/Essential_Logic) – guitars, bass, drums, arrangements (7)
* Greg Lester – guitars
* Glenn Nightingale – guitars
* Malcolm Joseph – bass
* Fionn O'Lochlainn – bass
* Trevor Murrell – drums
* [Ritchie Stevens](/source/Latin_Quarter) – drums
* Harry Morgan – percussion
* Jeff Scantlebury – percussion
* [Gary Barnacle](/source/Gary_Barnacle) – saxophones
* [Nick Ingman](/source/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](/source/Brendan_Lynch_(music_producer)) – engineer (3)
* Me Company – design
* Monica Curtin – photography
* Casper King Management – management
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1992)
!Peak
position
|-
| Australian Albums ([ARIA Charts](/source/ARIA_Charts))[{{cite Ryan|page=79}}]
|align="center"| 39
|-
|[UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart)[{{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](/source/Official_Charts_Company) |accessdate=29 December 2011}}]
|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=[{{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}}]}}
{{certification Table Summary}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=400,000|salesref=[{{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}}]}}
{{certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Des'ree}}
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Category:1992 debut albums
Category:Des'ree albums
Category:Epic Records albums
Category:S2 Records albums
Category:550 Music albums
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