Surrounded by Time

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Surrounded by Time
Tom Jones - Surrounded by Time cover art.png
Studio album by
Released23 April 2021 (2021-04-23)
Recorded2019 – March 2020
Studio
Genre
Length61:43
Label
Producer Ethan Johns
Tom Jones chronology
The Complete Decca Studio Album Collection
(2020)
Surrounded by Time
(2021)
Singles from Surrounded by Time
  1. "Talking Reality Television Blues"
    Released: 15 January 2021
  2. "No Hole in My Head"
    Released: 27 January 2021
  3. "One More Cup of Coffee"
    Released: 18 March 2021
  4. "Pop Star"
    Released: 9 April 2021
Surrounded by Time track listing [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Won't Crumble with You If You Fall" Bernice Johnson Reagon 3:16
2."The Windmills of Your Mind" Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand 4:43
3."Pop Star" Cat Stevens 4:00
4."No Hole in My Head" Malvina Reynolds 4:08
5."Talking Reality Television Blues" Todd Snider 6:29
6."I Won't Lie" Paul Butler, Michael Kiwanuka 4:28
7."This Is the Sea" Mike Scott 7:11
8."One More Cup of Coffee" Bob Dylan 3:45
9."Samson and Delilah"Traditional (arranged by Ethan Johns, Tom Jones, Mark Woodward)5:06
10."Ol' Mother Earth" Tony Joe White 5:16
11."I'm Growing Old" Bobby Cole 4:14
12."Lazarus Man" Terry Callier 9:07
Total length:61:43
Japanese edition bonus track [18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."It's Not Unusual" Gordon Mills, Les Reed 2:03
Total length:63:46
The Hourglass Edition bonus disc [21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Not Dark Yet"Dylan3:53
2."One Hell of a Life" Katell Keineg 5:22
3."I Won't Crumble with You If You Fall" (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)Reagon4:56
4."Samson and Delilah" (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)Traditional (arr. Johns, Jones, Woodward)5:43
5."Ol' Mother Earth" (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)White4:57
6."This Is the Sea" (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire)Scott6:18
7."In Conversation with Pete Paphides"N/A16:55
Total length:109:47

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes and Tidal credits. [8] [44]

Charts

Chart performance for Surrounded by Time
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [45] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [46] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [47] 191
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [48] 54
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [49] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [50] 24
Irish Albums (IRMA) [51] 62
Scottish Albums (OCC) [52] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [53] 14
UK Albums (OCC) [54] 1
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [55] 68

Release history

ReleaseRegionDateFormatLabelCatalogue no.
Surrounded by TimeVarious23 April 2021 CD EMI EMICD 2021 [14]
12-inch vinyl EMIV 2021 [15]
Cassette EMIMC 2021 [16]
20UMGIM88837 [49]
JapanCDUICY-15987 [18]
United States
  • Download
  • streaming
S-Curve 4050538674811 [56]
7 May 2021CD4050538681352 [19]
Surrounded by Time
(The Hourglass Edition)
Various3 December 2021EMIEMICDY 2021 [21]
CD box set EMICDX 2021 [22]
  • Download
  • streaming
21UMGIM66100

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Additional recording at Three Crows East in Wiltshire and Bert Jansch Studio in Frome.

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