Reload (Tom Jones album)


Reload is a 1999 album by Tom Jones. It contains fifteen 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 his own songs, "Looking Out My Window", and one original track, "Sex Bomb".
Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching number one on the British charts 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. The album has sold more than four million copies worldwide.

Release

The album was released on 16 September 1999 in the UK by Gut Records. The album was released a little later in the US by V2 Records. Five singles were released: "Burning Down the House", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Mama Told Me Not to Come", "Sex Bomb", and "You Need Love Like I Do"

Reception

Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1999 and again in 2000.

Track listing

A "special edition" release of the album also includes remixes of "Sex Bomb" and "You Need Love Like I Do" as bonus tracks.

Charts

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