Reload (Tom Jones album)

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Reload
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Studio album by
Tom Jones
Released16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Recorded1998–1999
Genre Pop
Length62:36
Label Gut/V2
Tom Jones chronology
The Lead and How to Swing It
(1994)		Reload
(1999)		 Mr. Jones
(2002)
Singles from Reload
  1. "Burning Down the House"
    Released: 13 September 1999 [1]
  2. "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
    Released: 6 December 1999 [2]
  3. "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
    Released: 6 March 2000 [3]
  4. "Sex Bomb"
    Released: 8 May 2000 [4] [a]
  5. "You Need Love Like I Do"
    Released: 6 November 2000 [6]

Reload is the 34th album by Tom Jones, released in 1999. It contains 15 duets with a range of artists including Van Morrison, Cerys Matthews, Stereophonics, Robbie Williams, and Portishead, recorded with their usual record producers and in their usual studios. The tracks are mainly cover versions, with a new version of one of Jones' own songs, "Looking Out My Window" (1968), and one original track, "Sex Bomb".

Contents

Reload became the highest seller of Jones's career, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1999 and again in 2000. Its biggest single was the collaboration with Mousse T, "Sex Bomb", which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was later used in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons (a show Jones had guest starred on in 1992). The album has sold more than four million copies worldwide. [7] The album was not released in the US; instead the compilation Reloaded: Greatest Hits was issued there in 2003 and featured highlights from Reload.

Release

The album was released on 16 September 1999 in the UK by Gut Records and was released a little later in the US by V2 Records. Five singles were released from the album: "Burning Down the House" (September 1999), "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (December 1999), "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (March 2000), "Sex Bomb" (May 2000), and "You Need Love Like I Do" (November 2000).

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Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1999 and again in 2000. As of April 2021, has sold nearly 1.5 million copies. [8]

Track listing

Reload track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans) David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison Talking Heads 3:39
2."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics) Randy Newman Eric Burdon 3:00
3."Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams) Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross Lenny Kravitz3:27
4."All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy) Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley Portishead3:59
5."Sunny Afternoon" (with Space) Ray Davies The Kinks 3:26
6."I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield) Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor Elvis Presley 3:40
7."Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)Mousse T., Errol RennallsNew song3:31
8."You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong Gladys Knight & the Pips 3:49
9."Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet) Tom Jones Tom Jones (re-recording)3:19
10."Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)Van MorrisonVan Morrison (re-recording)5:00
11."Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders) Iggy Pop, David Bowie Iggy Pop3:42
12."Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)Jan Visser, Hans Bouwens George Baker Selection 3:49
13."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)Willa Dean Parker, Homer Banks Homer Banks2:42
14."She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero) Roland Gift, David Steele Fine Young Cannibals 3:35
15."Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia) Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence INXS 3:08
16."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews) Frank Loesser First recorded in the film Neptune's Daughter 3:41
17."Motherless Child" (with Portishead)UnknownTraditional5:09
Total length:62:36

Note

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Reload
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [36] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [37] Platinum50,000*
Belgium (BEA) [38] Gold25,000*
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Gold50,000^
Denmark—15,983 [40]
France (SNEP) [41] Gold100,000*
Germany (BVMI) [42] Platinum500,000^
Italy (FIMI) [43] 2× Platinum200,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [44] Platinum100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [45] Platinum15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [46] 2× Platinum200,000^
Sweden (GLF) [47] Platinum80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [48] Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [49] 5× Platinum1,500,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [50] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ First released in certain European countries in 1999 and early 2000. [5]

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