Tom Jones: Long Lost Suitcase
Tom Jones
Long Lost Suitcase
(S-Curve Records)
This 41st studio album by Tom Jones has something for everyone, really. The 75-year-old, Welsh-born singer truly delivers on covers like Willie Nelsonâs âOpportunity to Cry,â The Milk Carton Kidsâ Celtic hoedown âHoney Honey,â and a truly ballsy read on Los Lobosâ âEverybody Loves a Train.â Highlights here are Jones and his fantastic backing band riffing through Billy Boy Arnoldâs âI Wish You Would,â the soft snare brush approach to âTomorrow Night,â and big, plopping bass and pluck of album ender âRaise a Ruckus.â (These last two songs are the only original tunes on this album, which is the third in a trilogy of back-to-basics music Jones has released in the past few years.) Youâd be hard pressed to find a male vocalist as strong and expressive as Jones, especially one nearing his 80âs. But Tom Jones delivers once again with his second decade of this century releases. Long Lost Suitcase is a knock-it-out-of-the-park winner.