Nobody Owns You

Nobody Owns You is a 2023 studio album by American singer-songwriter Joan Osborne. The release balances personal and political themes and has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception
In American Songwriter, Lee Zimmerman rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, writing that "Osborne is in typical robust voice throughout, Rice’s production is appropriately subtle if needed and more vivid when required, but some selections don’t connect melodically" and "there is little of the frisky soul or funk that made Osborne’s albums of R&B, Motown, and oldie pop covers so successful, replaced by a somber, pensiveness". Jim Hynes of Glide Magazine praised the "raw emotional place" and how Osborne has "never been as focused and direct as she is with this poignant effort".

Track listing

 * 1) "I Should've Danced More" (Joan Osborne and Ben Rice) – 3:56
 * 2) "Nobody Owns You" (Osborn and Rice) – 3:32
 * 3) "So Many Airports" (Osborn and Rice) – 3:44
 * 4) "Woman's Work" (Adam Bernstein, Osborn, Larry Perfetti Jack Petruzzelli, and Rice) – 3:39
 * 5) "The Smallest Trees" (Osborn) – 3:40
 * 6) "Time of the Gun" (Osborn and Petruzzelli) – 4:03
 * 7) "Dig a Little Ditch" (Osborn) – 3:40
 * 8) "Secret Wine" (Rice and Wade Schuman) – 3:37
 * 9) "Child of God" (no songwriting credits) – 4:26
 * 10) "Tower of Joy" (Osborn) – 4:00
 * 11) "Lifeline" (Osborn and Rice) – 4:16
 * 12) "Great American Cities" (Osborn and Rice) – 4:39

Personnel

 * Joan Osborne – whistle, vocals, field recordings
 * Keith Brogdon – package design
 * Cindy Cashdollar – lap steel guitar, steel guitar, baritone guitar
 * Laura Crosta – photography
 * Joe LaPorta – audio mastering at Sterling Sound Edgewater, New Jersey, United States
 * Josh Lattanzi – bass guitar, electric upright bass
 * Jack Petruzzelli – baritone guitar, electric guitar, percussion, piano, organ
 * Ben Rice – banjo, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Mellotron, percussion, backing vocals, field recordings, audio engineering, mixing, production
 * Catherine Russell – backing vocals
 * Dave Sherman – piano, Hammond B3
 * Jill Sobule – backing vocals on "Great American Cities"
 * Greg Wieczorek – drums, percussion, glockenspiel
 * Rachael Yamagata – backing vocals