Reload (Tom Jones album)

Reload
Studio album by Tom Jones
Released	16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Pop
Length	62:36
Label	Gut/V2
Tom Jones chronology
The Lead and How to Swing It (1994) Reload (1999) Mr. Jones (2002)
Singles from Reload
"Burning Down the House" Released: 13 September 1999[1] "Baby, It's Cold Outside" Released: 6 December 1999[2] "Mama Told Me Not to Come" Released: 6 March 2000[3] "Sex Bomb" Released: 8 May 2000[4][a] "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".

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).

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)	David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison	3:39
2.	"Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)	Randy Newman	3:00
3.	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)	Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross	3:27
4.	"All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)	Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley	3:59
5.	"Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)	Ray Davies	3:26
6.	"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)	Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor	3:40
7.	"Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)	Mousse T., Errol Rennalls	3:31
8.	"You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)	Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong	3:49
9.	"Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)	Tom Jones	3:19
10.	"Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)	Van Morrison	5:00
11.	"Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders)	Iggy Pop, David Bowie	3:42
12.	"Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)	George Baker Selection	3:49
13.	"Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)	Willa Dean Parker, Homer Banks	2:42
14.	"She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)	Fine Young Cannibals	3:35
15.	"Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)	INXS	3:08
16.	"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)	Frank Loesser	3:41
17.	"Motherless Child" (with Portishead)	Traditional	5:09
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

• Tom Jones : Vocals
• Nina Persson : Vocals
• Robbie Williams : Vocals
• Neil Hannon : Vocals
• Heather Small : Vocals
• Van Morrison : Vocals
• Zucchero : Vocals
• Natalie Imbruglia : Vocals
• Cerys Matthews : Vocals
• Kelly Jones : Vocals, guitar
• James Dean Bradfield : Vocals, guitar, bass
• The Pretenders : Instrumentations with Chrissie Hynde on Vocals
• Simply Red : Instrumentations with Mick Hucknall on Vocals
• Portishead : Instrumentations
• Claudia Fontaine, Sam Brown : Backing vocals
• Lynette Koyana, Maurits Carlsson, Patrik Bartosch, Per Sunding, Tore Johansson : Backing vocals
• Lasse Johansson, Peter Svensson : Guitars
• Peter Masalkovski : Additional guitar
• Magnus Sveningsson : Bass guitar
• Lars-Olof Johansson : Keyboards
• Tore Johansson : Additional keyboards
• James Taylor Quartet : Instrumentations
• Jens Lindgård, Petter Lindgård, Sven Andersson : Horns
• Bengt Lagerberg : Drums

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Reload Chart (1999–2000) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10] 3 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 38 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 19 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[13] 16 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 10 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 31 French Albums (SNEP)[16] 9 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 3 Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 2 Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 12 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 4 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 6 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 22 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[25] 1

Year-end charts 1999 year-end chart performance for Reload Chart (1999) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 49 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 76 UK Albums (OCC)[28] 23 2000 year-end chart performance for Reload Chart (2000) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] 11 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[30] 57 European Albums (Music & Media)[31] 8 French Albums (SNEP)[32] 66 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33] 10 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 29 UK Albums (OCC)[35] 13

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Reload

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[36]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37]	Platinum	50,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[38]	Gold	25,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[39]	Gold	50,000^^
Denmark	—	15,983[40]
France (SNEP)[41]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[42]	Platinum	500,000^^
Italy (FIMI)[43]	2× Platinum	200,000^*
Netherlands (NVPI)[44]	Platinum	100,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45]	Platinum	15,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[46]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[47]	Platinum	80,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[48]	Platinum	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[49]	5× Platinum	1,500,000^‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[50]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* 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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External links

• Official Website