Singer Tom Jones Releases All-New Album '24 Hours' On November 25

Legendary singer Tom Jones will release his new studio album on November 25 on S-Curve Records/EMI Music Canada. Entitled 24 Hours, most of the 13 songs are co-written by Jones and produced by British duo Future Cut, who have recently helmed tracks for Lily Allen, Kate Nash, Estelle, and others.

Jones co-wrote over half of the songs on 24 Hours, a first for him. “It’s all very well just singing songs, but for this record I really wanted to get properly personal. I’ve been getting reflective recently, looking over my journey through life, and I wanted to get that down in song. In other words, you listen to this album and you get the real me.” While the production references the impassioned cinematic classics of his early career mixed with a current cross-genre template, the performances deliver the unique power and iconic sound of Jones’ voice, given over to expressing the range and emotion of a mature man who has lived a large and full life.

In addition to Jones' co-written songs, Bono and the Edge of U2 contribute and play guitar on a brand new song "Sugar Daddy,” written specifically for Jones and inspired by a meeting of the friends in a pub in Dublin. Elsewhere, Jones soars on the Tommy James and the Shondells classic "I'm Alive," produced by the team of S*A*M and SLUGGO (Gym Class Heroes, Metro Station), delivers a devastating take on Bruce Springsteen’s "The Hitter,” produced by Steve Greenberg, Michael Mangini and Betty Wright (the team behind Joss Stone’s first two albums), swings a classic cool latin beat on the Pumali Panthers’ “Style and Rhythm,” and performs a previously unrecorded composition by Stax legend Carla Thomas, "More Than Memories."

When Jones appeared as a mentor on Canadian Idol this past summer, it marked the world-wide debut performance of his new album's first single "If He Should Ever Leave You." Now the song is set to make its Canadian radio debut on CBC Radio 2 on Monday, October 6. It will first premiere on 'Radio 2 Morning' with Tom Allen during the 7 AM hour, then Rich Terfry will spin it again on 'Radio 2 Drive' during the 4 PM hour, followed by 'Radio 2 Drive' playing the song during the Friday commute on October 10 in the 5 PM hour.

Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen of England in 2006, Sir Tom has sold over one hundred million records worldwide. His last album, 2000’s Reload (released ex-US), was the most successful of his career to date, selling over five million copies. Jones was awarded a Grammy in 1965 as "Best New Artist,” a 2000 Brit Award as "Best Male Vocalist” and an Outstanding Contribution to Music was awarded by the BPI in 2003. A 3-DVD retrospective of his 1970's television series ‘This Is Tom Jones' was released in 2007 to critical acclaim. Jones continues to play over 200 live shows per year and plans to promote and tour extensively in support of 24 Hours.

Tom Jones’ influence is all around us today in the likes of Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Duffy and more, and his voice is one of the great soul instruments. At the age of 68, and a recently anointed knight of the realm, Sir Tom Jones is still firing on all cylinders, still a huge music fan, still a genuinely great artist. 24 Hours is about to send him back up to the top of the charts and bears witness to the incredible creative rebirth that comes as an artist looks back over their life and discovers through the ageing process what it means to be alive.

Or, in his own more humble words, "I'm just opening up shop again. Let's see who comes in through the door. "

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