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At age 62, Tom Jones is, in a sense, making a comeback with each new recording. That is certainly the case with Mr. Jones, on which he puts himself in the hands of producers Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis. Jones has never minded being the mouthpiece of a producer or two, confident enough in his own persona to stretch to meet different styles. Here, he collaborates with his partners, co-writing many of the songs. And the trio isn't afraid to take on the Jones' legend directly, starting with the lead-off track, "Tom Jones International," which even finds the singer rapping -- well, sort of -- in a dance-friendly paean to himself. The self-referential tone continues with "Younger Days," a reminiscence about the past when Jones was a star, that ends up declaring that he's still got it. The rest of the album is a demonstration of that claim, as Jean and Duplessis provide the rhythmic instrumental tracks and Jones is his usual emphatic self. The originals are augmented by well-chosen covers, including a version of Leadbelly's "Black Betty" that features a sample of the folk-blues singer and a cover of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight." Finally, Jones closes as he started, by paying tribute to himself (and even sampling himself) on a remake of "I Who Have Nothing," a song he first recorded in 1970. Along with Jean and Duplessis, Jones seems to realize that the key to reinventing himself is to evoke his heyday and set it to contemporary beats.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, Producer, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - JERRY "WONDER" DUPLESSIS, Producer
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Marie Wright, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Jim Sells, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist - M T Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Anne Stokes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Wyclef Jean, Producer - Tom Jones, MainArtist - JERRY "WONDER" DUPLESSIS, Producer - Huddie 'Ledbelly' Ledbetter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Solomon Burke, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Tom Jones, MainArtist - Bob Seger, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Jerry Duplessis, ComposerLyricist - Wyclef Jean, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Carlo Donida Labati, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Tom Jones, MainArtist - Giulio Rapetti, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
Album review
At age 62, Tom Jones is, in a sense, making a comeback with each new recording. That is certainly the case with Mr. Jones, on which he puts himself in the hands of producers Wyclef Jean and Jerry Duplessis. Jones has never minded being the mouthpiece of a producer or two, confident enough in his own persona to stretch to meet different styles. Here, he collaborates with his partners, co-writing many of the songs. And the trio isn't afraid to take on the Jones' legend directly, starting with the lead-off track, "Tom Jones International," which even finds the singer rapping -- well, sort of -- in a dance-friendly paean to himself. The self-referential tone continues with "Younger Days," a reminiscence about the past when Jones was a star, that ends up declaring that he's still got it. The rest of the album is a demonstration of that claim, as Jean and Duplessis provide the rhythmic instrumental tracks and Jones is his usual emphatic self. The originals are augmented by well-chosen covers, including a version of Leadbelly's "Black Betty" that features a sample of the folk-blues singer and a cover of Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight." Finally, Jones closes as he started, by paying tribute to himself (and even sampling himself) on a remake of "I Who Have Nothing," a song he first recorded in 1970. Along with Jean and Duplessis, Jones seems to realize that the key to reinventing himself is to evoke his heyday and set it to contemporary beats.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:38
- Main artists: Tom Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited ℗ 2002 Seconds Out Productions LLC under exclusive license to V2 Music Limited
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