Reload (Tom Jones album)

Reload is an album by Welsh singer Tom Jones, released in 1999. After a lengthy career, and a notable absence from the music charts for several years, he resurrected his career with this album of fifteen cover versions, a new version of one of his own songs ("Looking Out My Window," 1968), and one original track ("Sexbomb") recorded as duets with current artists. To ensure that the finished product retained the sound of these artists, he also recorded the tracks in the same studios these artists used, and also used their record producers.

Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching #1 on the British charts in 1999 and again in 2000. Its biggest single was the collaboration with Mousse T, "Sexbomb", which reached #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 six million copies worldwide. The album was not released immediately in the US with Jones's US record company stating that many of the artists were not known outside of the UK. Jones announced plans to record additional tracks with well-known US artists to prepare the album for US release. This did not occur.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)	David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison	3:40
2.	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)	Randy Newman	3:02
3.	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	3:44
4.	"All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)	Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley	4:12
5.	"Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)	Ray Davies	4:15
6.	"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)	Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor	3:09
7.	"Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T)	Mousse T, Errol Rennalls	3:50
8.	"You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	3:24
9.	"Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)	Tom Jones	4:26
10.	"Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)	Van Morrison	3:59
11.	"Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders)	Iggy Pop, David Bowie	6:13
12.	"Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)	George Baker Selection	4:01
13.	"Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)	Willa Dean Parker, Homer Banks	2:58
14.	"She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)	Fine Young Cannibals	3:11
15.	"Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)	INXS	3:00
16.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)	Frank Loesser	3:11
17.	"Motherless Child" (with Portishead)	Traditional	4:26

A "special edition" release of the album also includes remixes of "Sexbomb" and "You Need Love Like I Do" as bonus tracks.

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[1]	2× Platinum	140,000^{^}
Austria (IFPI Austria)^[2]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)^[3]	Gold	50,000^{^}
France (SNEP)^[4]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[5]	Platinum	500,000^{^}
Italy (FIMI)^[6]	2× Platinum	200,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[7]	Platinum	50,000^{^}
Sweden (GLF)^[8]	Platinum	80,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[9]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

External links

Official Website

References

↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
↑ "Austrian album certifications – Tom Jones – Reload" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Tom Jones in the field Interpret. Enter Reload in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
↑ "Canadian album certifications – Tom Jones – Reload". Music Canada.
↑ "French album certifications – Tom Jones – Reload" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Tom Jones; 'Reload')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
↑ "Musica: Tom Jones, il nuovo singolo in radio da domani" (in Italian). Adnkronos. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Tom Jones; 'Reload')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2000" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
↑ "British album certifications – Tom Jones – Reload". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Reload in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search

Preceded by Rhythm and Stealth by Leftfield Play by Moby Crush by Bon Jovi	UK number one album 9–15 October 1999 20–26 May 2000 17–23 June 2000	Succeeded by Come on Over by Shania Twain The Greatest Hits by Whitney Houston 7 by S Club 7

Tom Jones

Studio albums	Along Came Jones (It's Not Unusual) (1965) A-tom-ic Jones (1966) From the Heart (1966) Green, Green Grass of Home (1967) Delilah (1968) Reload (1999) Mr. Jones (2002) Praise & Blame (2010) Spirit in the Room (2012) Long Lost Suitcase (2015)

Live albums	John Farnham & Tom Jones – Together in Concert (2005)

Songs	"All You Need Is Love" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Black Betty" "Burning Down the House" "Carrying a Torch" "Darlin'" "Daughter of Darkness" "Delilah" "Detroit City" "Gimme Shelter" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Help Yourself" "I (Who Have Nothing)" "Islands in the Stream" "It's Four in the Morning" "It's Not Unusual" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Kiss" "Lady Lay Down" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Move Closer" "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" "Sex Bomb" "Sixteen Tons" "She's a Lady" "Stoned in Love" "Till" "What's New Pussycat?" "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer"

Related articles	Discography This Is Tom Jones (1969–71 TV show) Tom Jones (1980–81 TV show) Tom Jones: The Right Time (1992 TV show) The Wexford Carols

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