20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tom Jones (CD - 2000)

Compilation producer: Bill Levenson

Digitally remastered using 24-Bit technology by Suha Gur (Universal Studios, Edison, New Jersey).

Liner Note Author: Joseph F. Laredo.

Photographer: Wayne Knight.

Part of Universal's massive 20th Century Masters/The Millennium Collection, this 12-song budget set draws on a dozen of Jones' best-known tunes. Highlights include "It's Not Unusual," "What's New Pussycat?," "Green Green Grass of Home," "I'll Never fall in Love Again," "Delilah," and "She's a Lady." A perfect, bare-bones introduction to this artist's early hits. ~ Cub Koda

Universal's 20TH CENTURY MASTERS series of single-artist hits packages aren't meant for diehard fans of the artists chosen. If anything, a true Tom Jones fan may be somewhat disappointed in this 12-track anthology.

An inexpensive, all-meat, no-filler introduction for the novice, if you want to know what to love about Tom Jones, it's all here. "It's Not Unusual," "What's New Pussycat," "She's a Lady," the Bond theme "Thunderball," are all present, alongside such mellower material as "Detroit City" and "The Green Green Grass of Home." This is probably the best starting point for the Tom Jones beginner. minimize