Mr. Jones | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 10 December 2002 | |||
Length | 44:45 | |||
Label | V2 | |||
Producer | ||||
Tom Jones chronology | ||||
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Singles from Mr. Jones | ||||
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Mr. Jones is the 35th studio album by Welsh musician Tom Jones. It was released by V2 Records on 10 December 2002.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Guardian | [2] |
AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann rated the album three and a half out of five stars. He found that "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 [...] 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."[1] In a negative review of the album, Dorian Lynskey from The Guardian wrote: "It's not that Wyclef isn't a capable pop-rap producer, nor that Jones doesn't still have a gutsy soul voice. It's simply that the twain should never have met."[2]
All tracks produced by Jerry Duplessis and Wyclef Jean.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tom Jones International" | 3:19 | |
2. | "Younger Days" |
| 5:23 |
3. | "Holiday" |
| 3:29 |
4. | "Whatever It Takes" |
| 3:59 |
5. | "Heaven's Been a Long Time Coming" |
| 3:26 |
6. | "Black Betty" | Huddie Ledbetter | 3:10 |
7. | "Jezebel" |
| 3:58 |
8. | "The Letter" |
| 3:48 |
9. | "This Is My Life" |
| 3:30 |
10. | "We've Got Tonight" | Robert Seger | 3:35 |
11. | "Feel the Rain" |
| 3:23 |
12. | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | 3:43 |
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 58 |
French Albums (SNEP)[4] | 95 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] | 78 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[6] | 21 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 31 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 62 |
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 44 |