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Tom Jones
Definitive 1964-2002
4
CD
Box Set
Includes the 93 All Time
Greatest Hits
Without
question, this is the most complete
compilation of
Tom Jones' singing career
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Track Listing
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Little Lonely One
2. Chills & Fever
3. It's Not Unusual
4. Spanish Harlem
5. Some Other Guy
6. Once Upon a Time
7. With These Hands
8. What's New Pussycat
9. Thunderball
10. Bama Lama Bama Loo
11. To Make a Big Man Cry
12. Little You
13. Stop Breaking My Heart
14. Once There Was a Time
15. Not Responsible
16. Begin the Beguine
17. Taste of Honey
18. If Ever I Would Leave You
19. Green, Green Grass of Home
20. Detroit
21. Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
22. Sixteen Tons
23. He'll Have to Go
24. (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall in Love Again
25. I'm Coming Home
26. That Lucky Old Sun
27. Land of 1000 Dances
28. I Wake up Crying
29. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
30. You Keep Me Hangin' On
31. Delilah
32. Weeping Annaleah
33. Just Out of Reach
34. Help Yourself
35. Minute of Your Time
36. My Girl Maria
37. Looking Out of My Window
38. Can't Stop Loving You
39. Love Me Tonight
40. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
41. Wichita Lineman
42. Dock of the Bay
43. Hey Jude
44. That Wonderful Sound
45. Without Love
46. Daughter of Darkness
47. I Can't Turn You Loose
48. Let There Be Love
49. I (Who Have Nothing)
50. Lodi
51. Try a Little Tenderness
52. To Love Somebody
53. She's a Lady
54. Puppet Man
55. Do What You Gotta Do
56. In Dreams
57. You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)
58. Till
59. Young New Mexican Puppeteer
60. Witch Queen of New Orleans
61. Tired of Being Alone
62. If
63. Letter to Lucille
64. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
65. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
66. Today Is Starting Loving You Again
67. Lean on Me
68. Pledging My Love
69. Right Place Wrong Time
70. Rainin' in My Heart
71. I Got Your Number
72. Memories Don't Leave Like People Do
73. Lusty Lady
74. Darlin
75. No Guarantee
76. Boy From Nowhere
77. Kiss
78. Move Closer
79. Carrying a Torch
80. Gimme Shelter (New Model Army Ft Tom Jones)
81. If I Only Knew
82. Something For Your Head
83. Girl Like You
84. (Make Me Smile) Come up & See Me/You Can Leave Your Hat On/Lands of 1000 Dances
85. Burning Down the House (Ft the Cardigans)
86. Mama Told Me Not to Come (Ft the Stereophonics)
87. Sexbomb (Ft Mousse T)
88. Sometimes We Cry (Ft Van Morrison)
89. Motherless Child (Ft Portishead)
90. Black Beauty
91. Letter (Ft Allure)
92. Tom Jones International
93. Younger Days
Album Notes
A
complete four CD career retrospective anthology of the Welsh singing
sensation's long career covering the years 1964-2002 with a whopping
93 tracks. Includes a 64 page booklet, extensive sleeve notes, rare
and classic photos, memorabillia and discography., This four-disc
retrospective anthology spans nearly 40 years in the career of Welsh
singer Toots Thielemans. Over 90 tracks from the years 1964 to 2002
are accompanied by a 64-page booklet containing sleeve notes, photos,
and discography.The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002 pretty much
fulfills the criteria most fans expect a multi-disc, career-spanning
box set to satisfy. The four-CD, 93-track collection includes most of
his chart hits -- and all of the big ones, though some minor entries
get skipped over -- as well as a load of less familiar album tracks.
Diehards might particularly rue the absence of the 1977 Top 20 single
"Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow," his cover of
"Resurrection Shuffle" (which charted as a B-side in the
U.S. in 1971), and his early single "This and That." Also,
the sheer weight of material means that it's not nearly as
concentrated in its power as a more concise greatest-hits collection.
It becomes less and less interesting as it ventures beyond the early
'70s, particularly on the last CD, taken up by a good number of
clubby productions and celebrity duets from the 1990s and early
2000s. Still, Jones' remarkable voice remains at peak efficiency even
on the fourth disc, something you can say of few other pop singers
when they pass the half-century mark. And the collection does
document his versatility in a number of genres -- rock & roll,
soul, MOR pop, and country music -- as well as his willingness to
tackle material from a wide assortment of major popular composers,
from Paul Anka, Jimmy Webb, James Brown, and Burt Bacharach to Merle
Travis, Mickey Newbury, John Barry, and his early manager, Gordon
Mills. Wisely, it also heavily emphasizes his earliest and best work,
tracks from his first decade as a recording artist taking up most of
the first three discs. Those previously only well-versed in his hits
will be pleased to find some unsung quality efforts here, like the
punchy pop-soul of "Some Other Guy," the ballads "To
Make a Big Man Cry" and "I Wake Up Crying," a snazzy
rendition of "Begin the Beguine," the brooding funk of
"Looking Out of My Window," and his cover of Solomon
Burke's "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)."
Frankly, however, the material and production aren't always good or
suited for his voice, doing much to expose the limitations of his
blustery approach as well as to complement its strength. As for
rarities, there aren't many, though it does include the Joe
Meek-produced "Little Lonely One" (recorded before Jones
signed with Decca, and belatedly released after Jones became a star)
and his 1964 flop debut single, "Chills & Fever," his
best pure rock & roll track. The lengthy historical essay by
Peter Doggett in the bound-in booklet is good, but the track listings
are more skeletal than they should be on a package of this magnitude,
with no original release information beyond the years the songs were
first issued.
Customer
Reviews
Keeping Up With The Jones, August 19, 2008
This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)
Like all great and popular performers,
Tom Jones has his adamant fans, and equally adamant critics. The
legendary Welshman who burst onto the musical radar screen during a
second wave of the British Invasion in 1965 has long since gained a
reputation for being a ladies man that has gone as far as some of
them throwing their panties onstage during his Las Vegas shows (a
practice that he has always been, at best, uneasy with); and his
performances are arguably so over-the-top that they defy
description.
But as THE DEFINITIVE TOM JONES 1964-2002 shows
us, there's more to Mr. Jones than just all of that--much, much more.
Once one digs into this 4-CD collection, one finds that Jones was and
still is one of the great male vocalists of the age with a huge voice
on par with the man he is basically the Welsh equivalent of, Elvis.
Much gets made of the kitsch value of "It's Not Unusual"
and "What's New Pussycat?", his first two big hits in
America (both Top Tens), not to mention his biggest US smash, 1971's
"She's A Lady" (a #2 hit). But the man's longevity can
clearly be traced to many other hits he's had as well, many of them
covers of classic American R&B and country favorites. His
approach to such Music City smashes as "Green, Green Grass Of
Home", "Detroit City", or the Jim Reeves classic
"He'll Have To Go", all of which are from 1967, are a kind
of cross between R&B and countrypolitan styles, redolent with
Floyd Cramer-type piano work, and they fit Jones to a tee, despite
him not being American. Jones also cross-pollinated those styles onto
a song closer to his UK roots, the Jim Currie/Lonnie Donegan
composition "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", which
originally only got to #49 here in America in the fall of 1967, but
which, upon re-release, got up to #6 in September 1969, aided by the
success of his TV variety show "This Is Tom Jones." It is a
performance of such extreme emotion that it's almost painful.
For
my money, the best of Jones' performances is his take on the
R&B/gospel chestnut "Without Love (There Is Nothing)."
Here's a song of incredible durability that had already seen
tremendous cover versions by legends like Clyde McPhatter, Ray
Charles, Little Richard, and (ironically) Elvis himself; and Jones
put his own powerful stamp on it in late 1969. The song incredibly
hit #1 on the US adult contemporary chart, and #5 on the Billboard
Hot 100, at the end of January 1970, becoming one of Jones'
unquestionable displays of how astute a vocal powerhouse he was. And
to follow up that big hit, there was "Daughter Of Darkness";
"I (Who Have Nothing)" (the 1963 Ben E. King hit that was
written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller); and "Can't Stop
Loving You"--all three equally viable and memorable hits from
that same year of 1970.
As several reviewers have already
remarked, the collection does miss the man's 1977 Top 15
countrypolitan hit "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow." It
also misses a pair of other songs Jones did that I think are of
significant validity as well: "If I Ruled The World", the
Leslie Bricusse/Cyril Ordanel composition from the musical "Pickwick"
that Jones did for his 1970 album TOM; and "If I Ever Had To Say
Goodbye To You" from 1982, which is one of his most moving
performances.
Still, the absence of those three doesn't change
the five-star rating, because there's too much else on this
collection to ignore. Once you get past the camp, kitsch labelling
that critics have attached to him, there really isn't anything else
left but to conclude that Tom Jones remains a very serious vocal
powerhouse, one that may never ever be seen again.
Tom 'the voice' Jones, May 1, 2004
This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)
A truly great collection. The presentation standards are good, with a decent printed cover, and full colour booklet with some great photos of a young tom jones. The booklet acts as a kind of mini biography, charting his career from start to finish, with some nice quotes from Tom himself. Particularly interesting is the way Tom talks about his friendship with Elvis, and how when the first met, elvis asked him 'how the hell do you sing like that?'
The music on the 4 cds is all top class. Although mostly cover versions, Tom really does add his own touch to them, and makes them his own. The remastering is perfect, with the exception of track 1 on disc 1, which sounds a little grainy, but as the 4 cds are all in chronological order, this is oldest, so some quality loss is understandable.
To sum up, Tom Jones isnt an artist. He is however, one of the great entertainers, and this box set showcases his career very nicely, and justifies the hefty price tag.
Best Complilation Yet For Legendary Performer, August 1, 2006
This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)
Tom Jones compilation discs are too
numerous to mention. Most of them deal with specific genres or types
of songs the grammy winning pop star recorded, be it country songs,
romantic ballads, live concert sets, and a multitude of collecions
highlighting his Top40 hits in the US and UK. This collection, a 3 CD
box set complete with extensive liner notes, rare photos, and an
interview with the singer, is by far the most comprehensive treatment
his four decades long career has recieved.
The songs are
largely in chronolgical order of orignal release, starting with the
very first single Jones ever recorded, nearly a year before his
trademark "It's Not Unusual" put him on the map in both
England and the states. The first two discs focus mainly on Jones
recordings from his "prime period", 1965-1971 when he
enjoyed the bulk of his commercial success. Plenty of album cuts (mix
of original songs and remakes) and occassional live cuts surround a
collection of nearly every notable hit single the singer had in his
heyday. US million sellers such as "She's A Lady", "I'll
Never Fall In Love Again", and "Without Love (There Is
Nothing)", along with other notable hits such as "Green,
Green Grass Of Home", "Delilah", "Help Yourself",
etc are all included. There's a handful of lesser known songs from
the mid 70's when Jones career was slowing down that are not often
available on CD. The third CD picks up with Jones re-emergence in
1987 and follows him through his more recent work, which while not as
well known in the US as his 60's output, has garnered high critical
acclaim. If nothing else, the third disc shows Jones versatility is
alive and well and his voice has held up extremely well also.
The
only thing missing is Jones Nashville years, when he focused on
country oriented material in the late 70's through mid 80's. Jones
scored multiple Top 20 hits on the US Country Charts during that
time, highlighted by 1977's "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow"
which topped the country chart and hit #15 on Billboard's Hot 100. No
explanation is given as to why this significant period of recordings
is ignored, unusual given that Jones affection for country oriented
material dates back to the early days of his career, especially with
60's singles like "Detroit City" and album cuts he recorded
such as Willie Nelson's "Funny How Tme Slips Away", both of
which are featured here.
One thing about Tom Jones, he has
tried his unmistakably identifiable voice on almost every genre of
music, hard rock, heavy metal, pre rock era standards, Broadway show
tunes, adult contemporary pop, country, and this collection, despite
a few noteworthy ommisions, captures the best of all of them. For the
price, this is a very good overview of the singer's career and shows
that there is much more to Tom Jones than his Vegas showman persona
would seem to indicate.
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