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".
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| Released | 16 September 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 62:36 | |||
| Label | Gut/V2 | |||
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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
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| 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
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
Year-end charts
| Chart (1999) | Position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] | 49 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] | 76 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[28] | 23 |
| Chart (2000) | Position |
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| 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
| 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. | ||