Track Listing

1. I'm Alive
2. If He Should Ever Leave You
3. We Got Love
4. Give A Little Love
5. The Road
6. In Style and Rhythm
7. Sugar Daddy
8. Seasons
9. Never
10. The Hitter
11. Seen That Face
12. 24 Hours
13. More Than Memories

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15440 in Music
• Brand: Tom
• Released on: 2008-11-24
• Number of discs: 1

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Music icon Tom Jones returns with his first album of new material to be released in the United States in over 15 years. "24 Hours" represents another milestone for Tom Jones; from interpreting a classic Bruce Springsteen track (The Hitter) to writing and working alongside the likes of Bono and The Edge (Sugar Daddy).

Utilizing modern day producing maestros, Future Cut (Lily Allen), Tom Jones' "24 Hours" showcases the best of what has made him a legend. From the pulsing first single, If He Should Ever Leave You, to the soaring I'm Alive; from the reflective title track to the emotional depths of The Hitter, Tom Jones delivers one of the most powerful albums of his career.

Having sold over 100 million albums throughout his career and still touring and performing over 200 days out of the year, Tom Jones brings his best to this latest recording and shows why he remains at the top of his craft after 40 years.

Customer Reviews

He still has it, but he's looking at the today's pop charts!
"24 Hours", his 28th album, is the umpteenth in Jones's attempts to reconnect with musical relevance, and this time the direction came courtesy of his son, who suggested the retro soul vibe of Amy Winehouse might suit his style.
Despite a few covers, the majority of the material on offer is co-written by Jones himself.
"I'm aliiiive," he roars, and this time, for the first time, he has helped to write and choose the songs, too.
His cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells' song is delivered with full-blooded relish. The panoramic backing of horns, strings and garagey guitar is a retooled, though self-conscious throwback to his virile 1960s recordings
While most of it never really breaks out of the kind of lounge soul that made him a star of the Saturday night variety all those years ago, the subject matter is a surprise. Family, friends and past mistakes are all addressed here.
They include brassy belters of the style that Mark Ronson has brought back into fashion, stabs at funk and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's boxing classic, "The Hitter".
It switches between sweaty Sixties R&B workouts and breezy, free-and-easy swingers.
The ballads, however, offer richer pickings.
"24 Hours" is an effective piece of Johnny Cash-lite about a man on death row. The final breaths of this character may close the album, but Jones's belly-deep bellow abides: unfortunately all that gravity is wasted.
"Seasons", a convincing southern soul simmerer looks back over a career filled with many wrong turns.
But the key text here is "The Road", a blue-eyed, melancholy Bacharach-style schmaltzer that pays tribute and apologises to Linda, his long-suffering wife of over 50 years for his extramarital adventures: "I know I caused you pain/Left you shattered on the ground".
The torch blues of "Never" is a high point, but a fine moment is the Bruce Springsteen's moving boxer's memoir "The Hitter".
The cover carries the whiff of a vanity cover. Jones makes the mistake of being a tad portentous in his interpretation of Bruce Springsteen's tale of a broken boxer, but it is hard to grudge him his enjoyment of the interpretation, which is pure Otis Redding pastiche.
Fans of the cheesier Jones will enjoy the loungey bossa nova of "In Style And Rhythm" - "so when you check someone out... don't concentrate on the lips, just keep your eyes on the hips, and if there's plenty of swing, and sure enough there is zing, you gotta do it in style and rhythm" he instructs with alacrity.
A big mistake is "Sugar Daddy". Written by Bono and The Edge, with its nudging, winking, wheezing priapism, it portrays Tom as the worst kind of lecherous old geezer: bumping and grinding in a style most unbecoming of his age.
There is something unconvincing and rather unlikely in "24 Hours", if you just think that the it's aided by Future Cut production team, the duo behind Lily Allen's biggest hits, and most of it aims to compete on the glossy terms of today's charts.
Surely a man of 68, with a magnificent voice, should be making more grown-up and substantial records.
Pick of the Album: "I'm Alive", "Season", "The Hitter" and "Never".

Fine Album
I'm not sure why some reviewers feel it's just a run-of-the-mill pop album, I don't hear it that way at all. It's infused with retro/ classic Tom Jones, sure with modern elements but that's a good thing. It's clear he put a lot of time into making this album, every song has its own feel, they all are good and fresh, his voice is still in top form, and the album sounds better after each listen... it's TJ moving forward as an artist.

He's Still Got It!
What can I say that hasn't already been written about this guy? There's virtually no style of song he can't sing with awesome pathos! I've been a huge fan of Tom Jones since the late 60's -I have all of his early LP's. As a serious singer myself I've always been amazed at the incredible vocal range and power he posesses. He's about a year older than me (I'm 68) and he's my vocal icon/hero... seeing/hearing him keeps me hanging in there - if he can still belt out the tunes, so can I. As far as this album, I like the fact that he's finally writing a lot of his own material. There's nothing like singing songs you've penned the lyrics and music to and lived yourself... it comes through as emotionally real and much more believable to the listener. His skillfulness on this album of songs is right up there with all of his previous albums. I can't wait for his next album! As far as I'm concerned... He's Still Got It!