Tom Jones Album: “Complete Tom Jones”

I'm so happy that this CD is such a great value! There's one particular song that I've been trying to get for a LONG time and that is "I Couldn't Say Goodbye" which is so heartbreaking. Tom Jones was popular long before I was born, but I can really appreciate his songs through these CDs.

Unlike a release for his Parrot stablemate, Engelbert Humperdinck, they did not call this his "greatest hits" - but then again it's not exactly "complete" either. Nor is British journalist/broadcaster Miranda Sawyer totally accurate in her two pages of liner notes where she says "... Deram is proud to present this collection of his all-time most famous hits."

Two of the tracks (15 and 17) were not among the 47 he registered between 1965 and 1988 on the Billboard Pop Hot 100, Adult Contemporary (AC), and Country charts (he also had three R&B cross-over hits in that span), while four others fell outside the Top 40 on the more lucrative Hot 100 listings, although they did marginally better on the other charts: I'm Coming Home (# 57 Hot 100 in early 1968 and # 30 AC); Till (# 41 Hot 100 late 1971 and # 4 AC0; The Young New Mexican Puppeteer (# 80 Hot 100 May 1972 and # 14 AC); and Letter To Lucille (# 60 Hot 100 June 1973 and # 11 AC).

The thing is, how can they put out an album titled "The Complete Tome Jones" and leave off these solid smash hits: With These Hands (# 3 AC/# 27 Hot 100 late summer 1965); Thunderball (# 5 AC/# 25 Hot 100 late 1965/early 1966); Can't Stop Loving You (# 3 AC/# 25 Hot 100 late 1970); Puppet Man (# 26 Hot 100 June 1971); and probably the most glaring omission, Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow (# 1 Country/ # 3 AC/# 15 Hot 100 early 1977)?

Even so, as another reviewer points out the sound quality ranges from adequate to very good, and although it lacks a proper discography, it remains a 4-star compilation.

and tell me this man can't hitch up a pair of pants...

Anyone growing up in the 50's and 60's would love this CD. Amazon makes it so easy to find "our" music and purchase it without having to go through thousands of websites or books. Tom Jones was and still is one of the greatest singers of our time. Frank Sinatra was great and Tom goes right in there with him.

If you like Tom Jones' music, everything that he ever did that's worthwhile, (and a couple that arn't) is on this disc. This is the disc you need to buy if you don't want to buy a copy of every album he's ever cut. This is a pretty good buy for the money.