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" (1968), and one original track, "Sex Bomb".

Reload
Studio album by
Tom Jones
Released16 September 1999 (1999-09-16)
Recorded1998–1999
GenrePop, rock
Length62:36
LabelGut/V2
Tom Jones chronology
The Lead and How to Swing It
(1994)		 Reload
(1999)		 Mr. Jones
(2002)
Singles from Reload
  1. "Burning Down the House"
    Released: September 1999
  2. "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
    Released: December 1999
  3. "Mama Told Me Not to Come"
    Released: March 2000
  4. "Sex Bomb"
    Released: May 2000
  5. "You Need Love Like I Do"
    Released: November 2000

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 (a show Jones had guest starred on in 1992). The album has sold more than four million copies worldwide.[1]

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" (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
SourceRating
AllMusic link

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

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burning Down the House" (with The Cardigans)David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison3:40
2."Mama Told Me Not to Come" (with Stereophonics)Randy Newman3:02
3."Are You Gonna Go My Way" (with Robbie Williams)Lenny Kravitz, Craig Ross3:44
4."All Mine" (with The Divine Comedy)Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, Adrian Utley4:12
5."Sunny Afternoon" (with Space)Ray Davies4:15
6."I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" (with James Dean Bradfield)Stan Kesler, William E. Taylor3:09
7."Sex Bomb" (with Mousse T.)Mousse T., Errol Rennalls3:50
8."You Need Love Like I Do" (with Heather Small)Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong3:24
9."Looking Out My Window" (with James Taylor Quartet)Tom Jones4:26
10."Sometimes We Cry" (with Van Morrison)Van Morrison3:59
11."Lust for Life" (with The Pretenders)Iggy Pop, David Bowie6:13
12."Little Green Bag" (with Barenaked Ladies)George Baker Selection4:01
13."Ain't That a Lot of Love" (with Simply Red)Willa Dean Parker, Homer Banks2:58
14."She Drives Me Crazy" (with Zucchero)Fine Young Cannibals3:11
15."Never Tear Us Apart" (with Natalie Imbruglia)INXS3:00
16."Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Cerys Matthews)Frank Loesser3:11
17."Motherless Child" (with Portishead)Traditional4:26

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

Charts
Chart (1999–2000) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 3
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[4] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[5] 19
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] 10
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 31
French Albums (SNEP)[8] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[10] 12
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 4
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 1

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[16] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[17] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[18] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[20] Gold 190,800[21]
Germany (BVMI)[22] Platinum 500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[23] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[24] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[25] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Sweden (GLF)[27] Platinum 80,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[28] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[29] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[30] Platinum 1,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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