 "Forever-cool Jones, unlike Tony Bennett and Johnny Cash, hasn't aged gracefully. He's aged invisibly, still belting sensual rockers with the hormonal uppercut of a first kiss. The album swings hard, thanks to Jones' sweaty, soulful and winningly dramatic vocals." - Edna Gundersen, USA Today "Treating Tom Jones as if he were camp reinforces the prissy notion that great pop is about authenticity and refuses to acknowledge that good work can come from anywhere. He was full to bursting with the passion of a great fan of pop music, and with the joy and release and gratitude he feels for performing. And he remains rawer than show biz usually allows itself to get. It was as purely pleasurable a show as I've seen in months." - Charles Taylor, The Boston Phoenix "The good stuff here is so good, you wonder how you've gotten along without Tom Jones for six years. This may be Jones' first true soul album; the tracks produced by New Jack Singmeister Teddy Riley are as funky as anything by Dr. Dre, and far less negative. While the bravura of this Welsh belter . . . remains, two other qualities are even more prominent now: daring and heart." - Carlo Wolff, Boston Globe "[Jones'] rock comeback album's first single, If I Only Knew, starts off with an extended scream that's both bloodcurdling and, of course, sex personified. Vocally he's no pussycat, and Jones goes on to creditably sing the living hell out of every track . . . [He's] a willing, able and appropriate vessel for reinvention, and a brassy tonic for the lately too-cool world of dance music." - Chris Willman, Los Angeles Times "Mr. Jones proved himself to be a pop-music interpreter able to transcend kitsch and nostalgia . . . [He] also sang with an unmistakable voice that switched from a throaty baritone to a smooth bedroom whisper, altering his style enough to attract new fans without alienating his old ones." - Neil Strauss, The New York Times
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