''Mind Adventures'' is the debut album by

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soul singer-songwriter

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. It was released on 17 February 1992 on the

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, and features the UK top 20 hit, "

Feel So High "Feel So High" is a song by British singer-songwriter Des'ree, released as the first single from her debut album, '' Mind Adventures''. It peaked at 13 in the UK and No. 67 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100. Details "Feel So High" was the song ...

". The album became Des'ree's first top 40 album, peaking at number 26 on the

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. 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 "

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". 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,

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* Percussion – Harry Morgan, Jeff Scantlebury * Saxophone –

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* Artwork – Me Company * Photography – Monica Curtin

Other

*Management – Casper King Management

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{Authority control 1992 debut albums Des'ree albums Epic Records albums