24 Hours | ||||
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Released | 28 November 2008 | |||
Length | 54:25 | |||
Label | S-Curve | |||
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24 Hours is the 37th studio album by Welsh musician Tom Jones. It was released by S-Curve Records on 28 November 2008.
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic editor John Bush noted that Jones has "always chosen collaborators who can pinpoint how his classic sound would work in a contemporary context. Here, it's a pounding and drum-heavy production that still allows room for organic touches (blazing horns, stinging brass, twanging guitars). The quality of the songs is high, and most are kept in-house, so they match his persona well." [1] Jude Rogers from The Guardian found thath 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." [2] Rogers' colleague, Observer critic Johnny Davis, wrote: "Jones bares his inner songwriter to Lily Allen producers Future Cut. Reflections on love, life and 'the wife' abound as horns parp Ronson-ly. But only Sixties cover "I'm Alive" soars." [3]
In the United Kingdom, 24 Hours reached Gold status on 9 January 2009. [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'm Alive" |
| S*A*M & Sluggo | 3:38 |
2. | "If He Should Ever Leave You" |
| Future Cut | 3:31 |
3. | "We Got Love" |
| Future Cut | 2:58 |
4. | "Give a Little Love" |
| Future Cut | 2:59 |
5. | "The Road" |
| Future Cut | 4:02 |
6. | "In Style and Rhythm" |
| The Pumali Panthers | 3:21 |
7. | "Sugar Daddy" |
| 3:37 | |
8. | "Seasons" |
| Future Cut | 4:12 |
9. | "Never" |
| Future Cut | 3:55 |
10. | "The Hitter" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 6:30 |
11. | "Seen That Face" |
| Future Cut | 2:27 |
12. | "24 Hours" |
| Future Cut | 3:55 |
13. | "More Than Memories" |
| 4:01 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Just Like a Woman" |
| Future Cut | 2:48 |
Total length: | 54:25 |
Chart (2008) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] | 61 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] | 80 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] | 73 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] | 55 |
French Albums (SNEP) [10] | 59 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [11] | 70 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] | 39 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [13] | 21 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [14] | 89 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] | 50 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 94 |
UK Albums (OCC) [17] | 32 |
US Billboard 200 [18] | 105 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [4] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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Various | 28 November 2008 |
| S-Curve | [19] |