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- Summary: The first album of new material in more than 15 years in the US for the Welsh singer was produced by Future Cut.
- Record Label: S-Curve
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop
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| If He Should Ever Leave You | |
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| Your captivating eyes The clever way they smile stops him in his tracks And add your pretty face you keep him in his place He’d do anything you... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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A return to what Jones does best: Stax-inspired soul-rock showpieces, brassy ballads, and an emphasis on the massive voice itself, which hasn't dissipated a scintilla since 1964.
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He smartly revisits songs from Bruce Springsteen ('The Hitter') and, for those who miss the raw, hungry Jones, he delivers a roaring rendition of Tommy James & the Shondell's 'I'm Alive.'
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Jones roars out of the box with Tommy James & the Shondells' 'I'm Alive,' a sweat-soaked jumpsuit of a song thick with fierce maleness.
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Q MagazineThis is an unusually sentimental record, co-written by the man himself, in which many songs bravely cast him as the old man he is. [Jan 2009, p.118]
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MojoIt's at once plush and anodyne, both insatiable and confined. [Dec 2008, p.100]
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UncutThis is a "Talk Of the Town" of the mind, and he is clearly in his elemnt. [Dec 2008, p.100
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They include brassy belters of the style that Mark Ronson has brought back into fashion, ugly stabs at funk and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's boxing classic, The Hitter, that is more Joe the Plumber than Joe Calzaghe. The ballads, however, offer richer pickings.
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