24 Hours (Tom Jones album)

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24 Hours
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Studio album by
Released28 November 2008
Length54:49 (International version)
54:25 (US version)
Label
Producer
Tom Jones chronology
Tom Jones & Jools Holland
(2004)
24 Hours
(2008)
Praise & Blame
(2010)

24 Hours is the 37th studio album by Welsh musician Tom Jones. It was released on 28 November 2008 by S-Curve Records internationally and by EMI Records in the United States.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

In a review of the album for 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 that the ballads on 24 Hours "offer richer pickings", and described the title track as "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]

Commercial performance

In the United Kingdom, 24 Hours reached Gold status on 9 January 2009. [4]

Track listing

24 Hours international version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Alive"
S*A*M & Sluggo 3:38
2."If He Should Ever Leave You"
  • Tom Jones
  • Darren Lewis
  • Iyiola Babalola
  • Nicole Morier
Future Cut3:31
3."We Got Love"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Lisa Greene
Future Cut2:58
4."Feels Like Music"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut3:37
5."Give a Little Love"
Future Cut3:00
6."The Road"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut4:02
7."In Style and Rhythm"
  • Georg Hartwig
  • Thomas Wander
The Pumali Panthers3:22
8."Sugar Daddy"
3:38
9."Seasons"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut4:12
10."Never"
  • Babalola
  • Lewis
  • DioGuardi
Future Cut3:55
11."The Hitter" Bruce Springsteen 6:30
12."Seen That Face"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Morier
Future Cut4:20
13."24 Hours"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut8:06
Total length:54:49

Note


24 Hours US version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I'm Alive"
  • Lucia
  • James
S*A*M & Sluggo3:38
2."If He Should Ever Leave You"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Morier
Future Cut3:31
3."We Got Love"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut2:58
4."Give a Little Love"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • DioGuardi
Future Cut2:59
5."The Road"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut4:02
6."In Style and Rhythm"
  • Hartwig
  • Wander
The Pumali Panthers3:21
7."Sugar Daddy"
  • Bono
  • Carmody
  • The Edge
  • Future Cut
  • Hooper
3:37
8."Seasons"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut4:12
9."Never"
  • Babalola
  • Lewis
  • DioGuardi
Future Cut3:55
10."The Hitter"Springsteen
  • Wright
  • Mangini
  • Greenberg
6:30
11."Seen That Face"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Morier
Future Cut2:27
12."24 Hours"
  • Jones
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut3:55
13."More Than Memories"
  • Wright
  • Mangini
  • Greenberg
4:01
Bonus track [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Just Like a Woman"
  • Lewis
  • Babalola
  • Greene
Future Cut2:48
Total length:54:25

Charts

Chart performance for 24 Hours
Chart (2008)Peak
position
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

Certifications

Certifications for 24 Hours
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

24 Hours release history
RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Various28 November 2008
  • Digital download
  • CD
S-Curve [19]

References

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