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1999 studio album by Tom Jones From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reload is the 34th album by Tom Jones, released in 1999. It contains 15 duets with a range of artists including Van Morrison, Cerys Matthews, Stereophonics, Robbie Williams, and Portishead, recorded with their usual record producers and in their usual studios. The tracks are mainly cover versions, with a new version of one of Jones' own songs, "Looking Out My Window" (1968), and one original track, "Sex Bomb".
Reload | ||||
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Released | 16 September 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 62:36 | |||
Label | Gut/V2 | |||
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Singles from Reload | ||||
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Reload became the highest seller of Jones's career, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1999 and again in 2000. Its biggest single was the collaboration with Mousse T, "Sex Bomb", which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was later used in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons (a show Jones had guest starred on in 1992). The album has sold more than four million copies worldwide.[7] The album was not released in the US; instead the compilation Reloaded: Greatest Hits was issued there in 2003 and featured highlights from Reload.
The album was released on 16 September 1999 in the UK by Gut Records and was released a little later in the US by V2 Records. Five singles were released from the album: "Burning Down the House" (September 1999), "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (December 1999), "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (March 2000), "Sex Bomb" (May 2000), and "You Need Love Like I Do" (November 2000).
Reload became the highest seller of Jones' career, reaching number one on the UK Albums Chart in 1999 and again in 2000. As of April 2021, has sold nearly 1.5 million copies.[8]
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[36] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Belgium (BEA)[38] | Gold | 25,000* |
Canada (Music Canada)[39] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Denmark | — | 15,983[40] |
France (SNEP)[41] | Gold | 100,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[42] | Platinum | 500,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[43] | 2× Platinum | 200,000* |
Netherlands (NVPI)[44] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[45] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[46] | 2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
Sweden (GLF)[47] | Platinum | 80,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[48] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000‡ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[50] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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