Spirit in the Room

Studio album by Tom Jones

Released

May 21, 2012^[1]

Genre

Blues, soul, rock n' roll

Tom Jones chronology

Praise & Blame
(2010)

Spirit in the Room
(2012)

Long Lost Suitcase
(2015)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Independent	^[4]
BBC Music	Favourable^[1]
Pop Matters	8/10^[5]
MusicOMH	^[6]
NME	7/10^[7]

Spirit in the Room is the 40th studio album by Welsh musician Tom Jones, released 21 May 2012 It was produced by Ethan Johns. Tracks featured on Spirit In The Room include interpretations of Tom Waits’ "Bad as Me", Odetta’s "Hit or Miss", Vera Hall Ward’s "Travelling Shoes", Richard Thompson's "Dimming of the Day", and "Charlie Darwin" by Low Anthem. Spirit in the Room also includes songs by Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and Paul McCartney amongst others.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tower of Song"	Leonard Cohen	3:56
2.	"(I Want to) Come Home"	Paul McCartney	3:16
3.	"Hit or Miss"	Odetta Gordon	3:41
4.	"Love and Blessings"	Paul Simon	4:23
5.	"Soul of a Man"	Blind Willie Johnson	3:49
6.	"Bad as Me"	Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	3:33
7.	"Dimming of the Day"	Richard Thompson	3:01
8.	"Traveling Shoes"	Ethan Johns, Tom Jones	2:38
9.	"All Blues Hail Mary"	Joe Henry	4:25
10.	"Charlie Darwin"	The Low Anthem	4:45
11.	"Just Dropped In"	Mickey Newbury	4:36
12.	"Lone Pilgrim"	B.F. White and Adger M. Pace	3:04
13.	"When the Deal Goes Down"	Bob Dylan	5:27
14.	"Hit or Miss (radio version) (bonus track)"	Odetta Gordon	3:20

Personnel

Tom Jones – vocals
Ethan Johns – Bass, E-Bow, Electric Slide Guitar, 12 String Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mixing, Percussion, Slide Guitar, Toy Drums
Stella Mozgawa – Brushes, Drums, Percussion
Samuel Dixon – Bass
Ian Jennings – String Bass
Robin Baynton – Engineer
Dominic Monks – Engineer, Mixing
Jose Gomes and Patrick Philips – Assistant Engineers^[8]

Charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[9]	8

^[10]

References

1 2 Aizlewood, John (30 May 2012). "Neither a sea-change nor a slump, this 40th studio LP finds Sir Tom on fine form.". Retrieved 5 April 2013.
↑ "Spirit in the Room". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
↑ Jeffries, David. Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
↑ Gill, Andy (19 May 2012). "Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room: Spirits lift as the Voice shows he's a modern master". The Independent. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
↑ James, Matt (2013-04-26). "Tom Jones: Spirit in the Room". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
↑ Paton, Daniel (2012-05-21). "Album Review". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
↑ Cooper, Leonie (2012-05-18). "Album Review". Nme.com. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
↑ "Spirit in the Room - Tom Jones : Credits : AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
↑ OCC. "Tom Jones". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
↑ "TJI Fan Calendar Note; OFFICIALTomJones Updated With Pleasant News".

External links

Tom Jones

Studio albums	Along Came Jones (It's Not Unusual) (1965) A-tom-ic Jones (1966) From the Heart (1966) Green, Green Grass of Home (1967) Delilah (1968) Reload (1999) Mr. Jones (2002) Praise & Blame (2010) Spirit in the Room (2012) Long Lost Suitcase (2015)

Live albums	John Farnham & Tom Jones – Together in Concert (2005)

Songs	"All You Need Is Love" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Black Betty" "Burning Down the House" "Carrying a Torch" "Darlin'" "Daughter of Darkness" "Delilah" "Detroit City" "Gimme Shelter" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Help Yourself" "I (Who Have Nothing)" "Islands in the Stream" "It's Four in the Morning" "It's Not Unusual" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Kiss" "Lady Lay Down" "Mama Told Me Not to Come" "Move Closer" "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" "Sex Bomb" "Sixteen Tons" "She's a Lady" "Stoned in Love" "Till" "What's New Pussycat?" "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer"

Related articles	Discography This Is Tom Jones (1969–71 TV show) Tom Jones (1980–81 TV show) Tom Jones: The Right Time (1992 TV show) The Wexford Carols

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