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Country · 1982 · 10 tracks · 33m

Country

Tom Jones

A surprisingly intimate pivot into Nashville-inspired sentimentality. Jones trades his Vegas swagger for pedal steel, soft piano, and a weary, tender baritone.

1982 · Mercury

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A quiet, blue-hued collection of country ballads that trades spectacle for genuine emotional weight.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 33m
01
I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
3:15
02
A Woman’s Touch
4:03
03
If I Ever Had to Say Goodbye to You
3:08
04
We’re Wasting Our Time
3:35
05
Somebody’s Cryin’
3:09
06
Marie
2:45
07
My Last Goodbye
3:05
08
Touch Me (Then I’ll Be Your Fool Once More)
3:36
09
We Could Be the Closest of Friends
3:50
10
It’ll Be Me
2:50
Moments Worth Listening For
The way the pedal steel swells to meet the vulnerability in his voice during the chorus of track 1
A rare moment of grit as he leans into the lower register on track 7, sounding genuinely weary
The transition from a sparse piano intro to a full, warm country-pop arrangement on track 9
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Country sound next to the rest of Tom Jones's catalogue?

Pedal Steel+3.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds pedal steel far more than the catalogue usually does.

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