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Tom Jones all but invented saucy power pop back before the sixties even started to swing when his second single "It's Not Unusual" rocketed up the UK charts in 1965. After that initial triumph the singer never looked back, tying his hair back with a thin black ribbon and putting some rather expressive body English into his stage moves, which assure
Tom Jones all but invented saucy power pop back before the sixties even started to swing when his second single "It's Not Unusual" rocketed up the UK charts in 1965. After that initial triumph the singer never looked back, tying his hair back with a thin black ribbon and putting some rather expressive body English into his stage moves, which assured that the stage floor would be routinely pelted with various undergarments pitched by enthusiastic fans. Almost four decades later both Jones and his audience are no less fervent as Wales' second-most famous export runs through his extensive and varied songbook, still imbuing his old chestnuts like "What's New Pussycat?" and "Delilah" with a sense of naughty fun and irony. But Jones is at his best while giving the latest generation of rockers a run for their money, as he pairs up with the likes of Wyclef Jean, the Sterophonics, Art of Noise, the Cardigans, and Mousse T; as he overhauls staid tired standards like "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" or "Baby It's Cold Outside" with his arch humor and gutsy delivery. Prince's "Kiss" crackles with an inner light that even the great Minneapolis savant didn't intend, while his duet with Portishead is as cold and disturbing as a grave. A must have album. --Jaan Uhelszki
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Track listing1. It's Not Unusual 2. Sexbomb [Peppermint Jam Mix] 3. What's New Pussycat? 4. Delilah 5. Kiss - The Art of Noise 6. She's a Lady 7. Mama Told Me (Not to Come) 8. Tom Jones International 9. Thunderball 10. Baby, It's Cold Outside 11. Black Betty 12. If I Only Knew 13. Green, Green Grass of Home 14. Sometimes We Cry 15. Without Love (There Is Nothing) 16. Motherless Child 17. With These Hands 18. Help Yourself 19. Burning Down the House - The Cardigans
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