Green, Green Grass of Home (album)

Green, Green Grass of Home
Studio album by Tom Jones
Released	23 March 1967
Recorded	1966
Genre	Country, soul [1]
Label	Decca
Producer	Peter Sullivan
Tom Jones (Decca) chronology
From the Heart (1966) Green, Green Grass of Home (1967) Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (1967)
Singles from Green, Green Grass of Home
"Green, Green Grass of Home" Released: November 1966 "Detroit City" Released: February 1967 "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" Released: April 1967

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AllMusic	[1]

Green, Green Grass of Home is a 1967 album released by Tom Jones. His sixth overall album, it is his fourth studio album with Decca Records, produced by Peter Sullivan. The album was rush-released by Decca on Thursday, 23 March 1967. ^{[2] [3]}

London Records (Parrot label) (USA, Canada) released an abridged version of this album as Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (Parrot 71011), whilst that label's album titled Green, Green Grass of Home was largely made up of tracks from From the Heart .

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic notes with this album Jones "began to abandon his teenage pop audience to concentrate on a more mature, middle of the road group of listeners" but says the album is "inconsistent". ^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones)
2. "He'll Have to Go" (Audrey & Joe Allison)
3. "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" (Mickey Newbury)
4. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis)
5. "Two Brothers" (Irving Gordon)
6. "My Mother's Eyes" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert)
7. "Green, Green Grass of Home" (Curly Putman)

Side 2

1. "Ring of Fire" (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore)
2. "A Field of Yellow Daisies" (Charlie Rich)
3. "(I Wish I Could) Say No to You" (Mickey Newbury)
4. "All I Get From You Are Heartaches" (Al Frisch, Al J. Neiburg)
5. "Mohair Sam" (Dallas Frazier)
6. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan)
7. "Detroit City" (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Green, Green Grass of Home". AllMusic.
2. Anon. (25 March 1967). "Tom Jones: New Disc off LP" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo . p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via WorldRadioHistory. It is from his new album, Green, Green Grass Of Home, which Decca rush-released into the shops today (Thursday).
3. Anon. (18 March 1967). "New Releases Include - Tom Jones, Bachelors, Ifield" (PDF). New Musical Express . p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 26 October 2025– via WorldRadioHistory. "Riders in the Sky" and "He'll Have to Go" are two of the tracks on Tom Jones' LP Green Green Grass of Home, issued next Thursday on Decca.
4. "American album certifications – Tom Jones – Green Green Grass". Recording Industry Association of America.