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Reload (Tom Jones album)

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Reload
Studio album by
Tom Jones
Released16 September 1999 (1999-9-16)
Recorded1998–1999
GenrePop
Length62:36
LabelGut/V2
Producer
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 studio 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, mostly recorded with each of the featured artists' 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".

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] It was not released in the US; instead the compilation Reloaded: Greatest Hits was issued there in 2003 and featured highlights from Reload.

Release

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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).

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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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, it has sold nearly 1.5 million copies.[8]

Track listing

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Reload track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)
Talking Heads3:39
2."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)Randy NewmanEric Burdon3:00
3."Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)
Lenny Kravitz3:27
4."All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)
Portishead3:59
5."Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)Ray DaviesThe Kinks3:26
6."I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)
Elvis Presley3:40
7."Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)
  • Mousse T.
  • Errol Rennalls
New song3:31
8."You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)
Gladys Knight & the Pips3:49
9."Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)Tom JonesTom 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 Pop3:42
12."Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)
George Baker Selection3:49
13."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)
Homer Banks2:42
14."She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)
Fine Young Cannibals3:35
15."Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)
INXS3:08
16."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)Frank LoesserFirst recorded in the film Neptune's Daughter3:41
17."Motherless Child" (with Portishead)UnknownTraditional5:09
Total length:62:36

Note

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

Personnel

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Adapted from the album's liner notes.[9]

"Burning Down the House"

  • The Cardigans – featured artist
  • Nina Persson – vocals
  • Peter Svensson – guitar
  • Magnus Sveningsson – bass guitar
  • Bengt Lagerberg – drums
  • Lasse Johansson – guitar, keyboards
  • Tore Johansson – additional keyboards, backing vocals
  • Pece Masalkovski – additional guitars
  • Jens Lindgård, Petter Lindgård, Sven Andersson – horns
  • Hello Bobadee – horn arrangement
  • Lynette Koyana, Per Sunding, Patrik Bartosch, Maurits Carlsson – backing vocals
  • Produced by Tore Johansson
  • Recorded at Tambourine


"Mama Told Me Not to Come"


"Are You Gonna Go My Way"


"All Mine"

  • The Divine Comedy – featured artist
  • Neil Hannon – vocals
  • Ivor Talbot – guitar
  • Bryan Mills – bass guitar
  • Joby Talbot – piano
  • Stuart 'Pinkie' Bates – Hammond Organ
  • Miggy Barradas – drums
  • Rob Farrer – percussion
  • Phil Eastop, Jim Rattigan, Nick Busch, Richard Clews – horns
  • Maurice Murphy, Andy Crowley, Steve Waterman, Stuart Brooks – trumpets
  • Neil Sidwell, Mike Hext – trombones
  • Pat Jackman, Roger Argente – bass trombones
  • Jamie Talbot – baritone saxophone
  • Gavyn Wright, Perry Montague-Mason, Rebecca Hirsch, Pat Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Jim McLeod, Dermot Crehan, Dave Woodcock, Chris Tombling, Jackie Shave, Vaughan Armon, Mark Berrow, Ben Cruft, Everton Nelson – violins
  • Peter Lale, Katie Wilkinson, Garfield Jackson, Bruce White – violas
  • Martin Loveday, Paul Kegg, Dave Daniels – cellos
  • Chris Laurence – double bass
  • Produced by Jon Jacobs & Neil Hannon
  • Engineered by Jon Jacobs; additional engineering by Andy Scade
  • Arranged by Joby Talbot
  • Recorded at Olympic; mixed by Jon Jacobs at Westside


"Sunny Afternoon"

  • Space – featured artist
  • Tommy Scott – vocals
  • Franny Griffiths – keyboards
  • Jamie Murphy – guitar
  • Dave Palmer – bass
  • Leon Caffrey – drums
  • Jens Lindgård, Petter Lindgård, Sven Andersson – horns
  • Produced by Tore Johansson
  • Recorded at Country Hell & Tambourine


"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"

  • James Dean Bradfield – featured artist; vocals, guitars, bass
  • Nick Nasmyth – keyboards
  • Greg Haver – drums
  • Produced & mixed by Dave Eringa & James Dean Bradfield; assisted by Boris Aldridge
  • Recorded at RAK; mixed at Olympic


"Sex Bomb"

  • Mousse T. – featured artist; producer
  • Peter Hinderthür – horn, bass
  • Uwe Granitza – horn
  • Lutz Krajenski – Hammond organ
  • Recorded at Peppermint Park & Bunk, Junk and Genius


"You Need Love Like I Do"

  • Heather Small – featured artist; vocals
  • Johnny Douglas – drums, guitars, keyboards
  • Dave Clew – programming, keyboards
  • Paul Turner – bass
  • Mike Stevens – saxophone
  • Nicol Thomson – trombone
  • Duncan Mackay – trumpet
  • Alan Ross – guitar
  • Beverly Skeete, Sylvia Mason-James, Andy Caine, Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Produced by Johnny Douglas
  • Mixed by Ren Swan
  • Engineered by Marc Lane
  • Recorded & mixed at Sarm West


"Looking Out My Window"

  • James Taylor Quartet – featured artist
  • James Taylor – Hammond organ
  • Ed Baden-Powell – programming, bass, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
  • John Thirkell – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Steve Marston – saxophones
  • Kwame Kwaten – additional keyboards
  • Harriet Williams – opera voice
  • Pascal Consoli – drums
  • Produced by D'Influence
  • Pre-production at the D-lab
  • Recorded at Sarm West & Master Rock
  • Mixed at Master Rock; mix engineer: Paul Emanuel


"Sometimes We Cry"

  • Van Morrison – featured artist; vocals
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Ralph Salmins – percussion
  • Mick Cox – acoustic guitar
  • Geoff Dunn – drums
  • Geraint Watkins – keyboards
  • Pee Wee Ellis – horns
  • Johnny Scott – guitar
  • Malcolm Mortimore – drums
  • Andy Duncan – programming, percussion
  • Carmen Smart – vocals
  • Mark Ralph – guitar
  • Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Simon Clarke – horn arrangement, baritone & alto saxophone
  • Jenny La Touche, Travis J. Cole, Leonard Meade, Cornelius Macarthy, Irene Myrtle Forrester, Carmen Smart – backing vocals
  • Produced by Van Morrison
  • Additional production & mixing by Stephen Hague; mix engineer: Bob Kraushaar
  • Recorded by Walter Samuel
  • Recorded at The Wool Hall & RAK


Lust for Life


"Little Green Bag"

  • Barenaked Ladies – featured artist
  • Steven Page – vocals
  • Jim Creeggan – double bass
  • Tyler Stewart – drums
  • Ed Robertson, Kevin Hearn – electric guitar
  • Chris Brown – organ, clavinet
  • Andy Duncan – programming, percussion
  • Mark Ralph – guitar
  • Produced by Stephen Hague
  • Mixed by Stephen Hague & Bob Kraushaar at RAK
  • Richard Norris – recording engineer
  • Recorded at Dep & Sarm West


"Ain't That a Lot of Love"

  • Simply Red – featured artist
  • Mick Hucknall – vocals
  • Gota Yashiki & James Wiltshire – programming, keyboards
  • Gota Yashiki & Greg Bone – guitar
  • Neil Cowley – keyboards
  • Laurence Cottle – bass guitar
  • Ian Kirkham & Chris de Margary – saxophones
  • Kevin Robinson – trumpet
  • John Johnson – trombone
  • Produced by Gota Yashiki
  • James Wiltshire, John Lee, Matthew White, Alan Douglas – recording engineers
  • Emily Cracknell, Josh T. – assistant engineers
  • Mixed by Jeremy Wheatley at the Town House
  • Recorded at Westpoint


"She Drives Me Crazy"

  • Zucchero – featured artist; vocals
  • Chester Kamen – guitar
  • Magnus Fiennes – keyboards, programming
  • Willy South – Hammond organ
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar
  • Ged Lynch – drums
  • Simon Clarke – baritone & alto saxophones
  • Roddy Lorimer – trumpet, baritone & alto saxophones
  • Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone
  • Annie Whitehead – trombone
  • Produced by Jeremy Wheatley & Magnus Fiennes
  • Recorded & mixed at the Town House


"Never Tear Us Apart"

  • Natalie Imbruglia – featured artist; vocals
  • Alan Ross – guitar
  • Paul Turner – bass
  • Johnny Douglas – drums, guitars, keyboards
  • Dave Clews – programming, keyboards
  • Vocals recorded by Stephen Hague
  • String arrangement by Simon B. Hale
  • Ann Morfee, Ian Humphries, Anna Hemery, Bev Davison, Chris Tombling, Iain King, Andrew Roberts, Rachel Byrt, R. George, Helen Hathorn, Richard Milone – violins
  • Nick Barr, Steve Tees, Andrew Byrt – violas
  • Sophie Harris, Nicholas Roberts, Nick Cooper, Adrian Bradbury – cellos
  • Paul Sherman, Roger Linley – double bass
  • Beverly Skeete, Sylvia Mason-James, Andy Caine, Miriam Stockley – backing vocals
  • Produced by Johnny Douglas
  • Engineered by Steve Price & Marc Lane; assisted by Tim Lambert
  • Mixed by Ren Swan
  • Recorded at Mayfair, Angel & Sarm West
  • Mixed at the Town House


"Baby, It's Cold Outside"

  • Cerys Matthews – featured artist; vocals
  • John Parricelli – electric guitar
  • Steve Pearce – bass
  • Simon Chamberlain – piano
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Phil Todd, Jamie Talbot – alto saxophone
  • Chris Davis, Chris White – tenor saxophone
  • Dave Bishop – baritone saxophone
  • Derek Watkins, Steve Sidwell, Simon Gardner, Stuart Brooks – trumpets, flugelhorn
  • Pete Beachill, Neil Sidwell, Mark Nightingale – trombones
  • Adrian Hallowell – bass trombone
  • Rolf Wilson, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Rachel Allen, Bev Davison, Wilf Gibson, Helen Hathorn, Paul Willey, Pauline Lowbury, Paul Robertson, Sonia Slany, Pippa Ibbotson – violins
  • Bill Hawkes, Andy Parker, Steve Tees, Roger Chase – violas
  • Jonathan Williams, Nick Cooper, Mellisa Phelps – cellos
  • Orchestra arranged by Matt Dunkley
  • Produced & mixed by TommyD at the Town House
  • Engineered by Andy Bradfield


"Motherless Child"

  • Portishead – featured artist
  • Beth Gibbons – backing vocals
  • Adrian Utley – guitar, bass
  • Clive Deamer – drums, timpani
  • John Baggott – piano, vibes
  • Gavyn Wright, Perry Montague-Mason, Pat Kiernan, Boguslav Kostecki, Vaughan Armon, Cathy Thompson, Warren Zielinski, Peter Lale, Rachel Bolt, Bruce White, Dave Daniels, Martin Loveday – string players
  • Simon Gardner, Guy Barker, Tony Fischer, Neil Sidwell, Mark Nightingale, Sarah Williams – brass players
  • Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
  • Strings & brass arranged by Nick Ingman
  • Produced by Geoff Barrow & Adrian Utley
  • Engineered by Steve Price & Niven Garland; assistant engineer: Marty McCorry
  • Recorded at Starfish & Swanyard

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for Reload
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[37] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[38] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BRMA)[39] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[40] Gold 50,000^
Denmark — 15,983[41]
France (SNEP)[42] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[43] Platinum 500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[44] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[45] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[46] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[47] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[48] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[49] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[50] 5× Platinum 1,500,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[51] Platinum 1,000,000*

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

Notes

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

References

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  2. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 6 December, 1999". Music Week. 4 December 1999. p. 25.
  3. ^ "Reviews – For Records Released on March 6, 2000". Music Week. 26 February 2000. p. 23.
  4. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting May 8, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 6 May 2000. p. 23.
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  6. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting November 6, 2000: Singles". Music Week. 4 November 2000. p. 29.
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