Mr. Jones (Tom Jones album)
2002 studio album by Tom 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.
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| Released | 10 December 2002 | |||
| Length | 44:45 | |||
| Label | V2 | |||
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Critical reception
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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]
Track listing
All tracks written by Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean and Tom Jones, except where noted.
| 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" | Bob Seger | 3:35 |
| 11. | "Feel the Rain" | 3:23 | |
| 12. | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | 3:43 |
Charts
| 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 (Official Charts)[9] | 44 |