Tom Jones Spirit In The Room Cd

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Tom jones spirit in the room cd.

Spirit in the room features all new repertoire made up of gospel blues and americana and includes songs by bob dylan paul simon odetta paul mccartney tom waits and leonard cohen. Add to collection. The album is composed entirely of covers largely of folk songs performed in jones soul style. The songs have fairly unadorned arrangements which puts the emphasis on jones voice.

Although it isn t the revelation or surprising extraordinary achievement that his 2010 record praise blamewas spirit in the roomis another solid very welcome set of stripped back interpretations from tom jones produced once again by ethan johns making those comparisons to johnny cash s late period recordings with rick rubinall the more fitting. Spirit in the room is the 40th studio album by welsh musician tom jones released 21 may 2012 it was produced by ethan johns. Edit release all versions of this release new submission. Spirit in the room cd album dig island records.

Accompanied by ethan johns throughout the album includes gems from a diverse choice of writers richard thompson leonard cohen paul simon and paul mccartney amongst others. Produced by ethan johns ryan adams kings of leon ray lamontagne laura marling spirit in the room marks a new adventurous path for jones one that is rootsy bluesy bold and raw. Although it isn t the revelation or surprising extraordinary achievement that his 2010 record praise blame was spirit in the room is another solid very welcome set of stripped back interpretations from tom jones produced once again by ethan johns making those comparisons to johnny cash s late period recordings with rick rubin all the more fitting. Spirit in the room is done in a style similar to tom jones previous release praise blame.

Reviews add review r12848764 release. Recorded at bath s real world studios spirit in the room like it s predecessor allows an unvarnished tom jones to bring a voice to songs as only he can. Among the songs covered on the album are tom waits bad as me odetta s hit or miss vera hall ward s travelling shoes richard linda thompson s dimming of the day and charlie darwin by the low anthem. Spirit in the room cd album dig island records.