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"Few singers with a popular background are going to emerge with an album as remarkable as this during 2010."
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Tom Jones
FOUR STARS
Praise And Blame
Universal/Island
Pontypridd's boyo heads
back to basics
"What good am I, if I'm like all
the rest?" emotes Tom Jones
on his highly personalized
version of Dylan's What Good
Am I. No problem there. Few
singers with a popular
background are going to
emerge with an album as
remarkable as this during
2010. Recorded live, with no
overdubs, and no horn or
string trappings, the songs all
stem from exemplary sources
- culled from memories of
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marie
Knight, Mahalia Jackson, John
Lee Hooker, Jesse Mae
Hemphill and such like and
delivered with due reverence,
turning on the power when
required but never edging
into showbiz. The presence of
Ethan Johns, producer of
Kings Of Leon, Laura Marling
etc, not only provides Jones
with a dynamic sound but,
backed by drummer Jeremy
Stacy, bassist Dave Bronze
and a sprinkling of knowing
guests, donates some of the
most aggressive yet
agreeable guitar licks likely to
bend ears this year.
Fred Dellar
