Recorded: 2013

Genre: Acoustic, rock, folk

Length: 47:17

Label: Naive Records

Producer: Blair MacKichan, Benjamin Constant

Bed of Stone is the third studio album by Nigerian-French recording artist Aṣa. It was released on 25 August 2014 through Naive Records. Recorded in the East-Sussex area in the UK, the album was co-written and produced by Blair MacKichan, a British producer that has already worked with Sia and Lily Allen. Bed of Stone is, according to the label

company an album that goes "right to the heart". It features a folk sound similar to her previous albums Beautiful Imperfection and Aṣa.

Its lead single, "Dead Again" was released in May, 2014, while a clip video hasbroadcast the same day. The song is the opening track of the record, it is a piano ballad that deals with a bitter love. The album was acclaimed by critics upon release. Bed of Stone received widespread critical acclaim upon release.

Pop Magazine rated the album 4 out of 5 stars, and called it "a full and rounded musical experience," as well as a more "personal" album than Aṣa's previous releases. They also praised the album's musical style, calling it "smooth" and"graceful".

Festus Okubor Goziem of 360Submissions also praised Bed of Stone, and deemed it a "masterful, controlled, [and] confident album." They further applauded Aṣa for her vocal delivery, and compared her to Florence and the Machine, Alabama Shakes and the Civil wars.

Bellanaija acclaimed the album, stating that the album was "one of the best albums you would hear this year"; they further praised it by calling it "Grammy-winning music".

Udochukwu Ikwuagwu of The Breaking Times gave Bed of Stone another acclaimed review.He rated the album an 8 of 10 and called it a near "masterpiece".

Asa's vocal delivery and songwriting as well as the album's production, were particularly acclaimed. 

Oscar Okeke of Lo Batan gave a more positive review, albeit more critical review of the album. Rating the album a B on a scale of A to F, Oscar praised the album's production and its lyrical content, but was more critical of Asa's vocal delivery: " Intensified vocals and instrumental surge is what the album needs. Its called a musical frisson, and Asa could have given us more of it"  Okeke said in his review.
The album was preceeded by Beautiful Imperfection (2011)