Praise & Blame 4* NY Daily News Review
July 20th, 2010 | By TomJones
Tom Jones’ ‘Praise and Blame’ eclipses his trademark sex appeal with fire and brimstone. Read this 4* Review..
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Tom Jones: Praise and Blame, 5* Telegraph Review
July 19th, 2010 | By TomJones
By far Jones’s best album in two decades or more and it isn’t made up of hymns. Rating: * * * *
Tom Jones: Praise And Blame 4* American Songwriter Review
July 14th, 2010 | By TomJones
By Rick Moore on July 13th, 2010 Tom Jones Praise And Blame Lost Highway Rating: **** It may seem a little weird to compare Tom Jones to Johnny Cash. But about ten seconds into Jones’s new Praise and Blame CD, that comparison just happens. On this excellent collection of songs examining the human condition, Jones [...]
Tom Jones Goes Gospel for New Album – Billboard
July 12th, 2010 | By TomJones
A French expression best describes the latest news from a Welsh phenomenon-Tom Jones has gone au naturel, and not just by finally letting his grey hair show. Just weeks after his 70th birthday, the legendary singer adds another page to his résumé with the release of his gospel-flavored album “Praise & Blame.” Released July 27 [...]
Review: Tom Jones- Praise and Blame – No Depression
July 9th, 2010 | By TomJones
Posted by Adam Sheets on July 7, 2010 at 4:30pm In 1969, when Elvis Presley made his return to live performing at Las Vegas’s International Hotel (later to be renamed the Las Vegas Hilton) his goal was to create a musical experience that contained all of the great forms of American music: folk, pop, rock, [...]
4/5 The Fly Magazine Review – Tom Jones ‘Praise and Blame’
July 1st, 2010 | By TomJones
There’s something slightly odd yet wonderfully right about ‘Praise and Blame’, the record where Tom Jones – he of Sex Bomb – finds God through gospel and blues. As from the surprisingly brilliant and sombre opening of Bob Dylan’s ‘What Good Am I? Jones – with the help of Ethan Johns (Kings of Leon and [...]
8/10 Clash Magazine Review – Tom Jones ‘Praise and Blame’
July 1st, 2010 | By TomJones
Seventy-year-old Jones has finally matured, delving into his musical heritage, and delivering a stunning album. With Ethan Johns as the Rick Rubin to his Johnny Cash, Jones presents stripped down cover songs that enriched him – from Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Staple Singers and more – anchored by a voice that sounds more impassioned and [...]
**** Mojo Review – “Pontypridd’s Boyo Heads Back to Basics”
July 1st, 2010 | By TomJones
“What good am I, if I’m like all the rest?” emotes Tom Jones on his highly personalised 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 [...]
Tom Jones at 70
June 8th, 2010 | By TomJones
MusicOMH Review – Posted by Michael Hubbard on 07 June 2010 at 11:27 PM Sir Tom Jones turned 70 years of age today (7th June) but, as we witnessed in the atmospheric surroundings of One Mayfair last week, he’s far from gracefully retiring with a pipe and slippers. The Welsh warbler showcased his upcoming new [...]
The Q Music.com Review – Tom Jones debuts new god-fearing material
June 8th, 2010 | By TomJones
The Q Music.com Review – Tom Jones debuts new god-fearing material The legendary Tom Jones has dabbled in more musical genres over his 35-year career than his native Wales has valleys, and to a small crowd at a Mayfair venue last night, he previewed his forthcoming album Praise And Blame; a body of work which [...]
