(Pop, Rock, Vocal, Blue-eyed Soul, Blues) Tom Jones [with: Mousse T., Art Of Noise, The Cardigans, The Stereophonics & Robbie Williams] - Greatest Hits - 2003, MP3, 320 kbps

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. Since then he has sung nearly every form of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records.

This Greatest Hits differs from the slew of Tom Jones compilations available by including songs from his later career, a time he was messing about with contemporary pop artists. The fact that 1999's pop guest star-filled Reload failed to raise an eyebrow in America is a marketing faux pas of monolithic proportions, since it was so ultra-fantastic and ultra-fun. A good portion of it shows up here, and it makes for a whiplash-inducing listen when going from the jaunty chestnut "It's Not Unusual" into the so-2000 dance thump of "Sexbomb." Buy it for Grandma and she might be asking about guest stars the Art of Noise, Portishead, or the Stereophonics. All the pop guests work well with the swaggering one, and it's a relief to laugh with him rather than at him. A glance at the track list will tell you that most of required standards are here, but one wishes they would have included the great "Detroit City" to show his more soulful side. Avoid it if you don't want the later years when the innuendo and volume were turned up a tad, but it's the best way to get a quick overview of his hedonistic sly wink of a career.

Joel Anderson Photography
The Art of Noise Guest Artist, Primary Artist
Burt Bacharach Composer
John Barry Composer
Don Black Composer
David Byrne Composer
The Cardigans Guest Artist, Primary Artist
Leon Carr Composer
Vince Clarke Composer
Jim Currie Composer
Charles Danvers Composer
Hal David Composer
Fred Dellar Liner Notes
Danny Dill Composer
Lonnie Donegan Composer
Carlo Donida Composer
Jack Fishman Composer
Chris Frantz Composer
Steve Harley Composer
Jerry Harrison Composer
Tom Jones Primary Artist
Chris Kenner Composer
Mike Leander Composer
Barry Mason Composer
Cerys Matthews Guest Artist
Gordon Mills Composer
Van Morrison Guest Artist
Mousse T Composer, Primary Artist
Mickey Newbury Composer
Randy Newman Composer
Daniele Pace Composer
Marissa Panzeri Composer
Lorenzo Pilat Composer
Portishead Guest Artist
Prince Composer
Curly Putman Composer
Herb Reed Composer
Les Reed Composer
Leslie Reed Composer
Errol Rennalls Composer
Rise Robots Rise Composer
Edward Seago Composer
Earl Shuman Composer
Carl Sigman Composer
Danny Small Composer
Geoff Stephens Composer
Stereophonics Guest Artist, Primary Artist
Toots Thielemans Primary Artist
Mel Tillis Composer
Tina Weymouth Composer
Robbie Williams Primary Artist