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| name = The Lead and How to Swing It |
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| artist = ] |
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| cover = Tom_Jones_The_Lead_and_How_to_Swing_It_album_cover.jpg |
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| released = 1994 |
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| label = {{hlist|]|]|]}} |
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| producer = {{hlist|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|]|Michael Allen|Andrew Gray|David Werner|]|]|John McClain (also exec. producer)|] (exec. producer)}} |
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| prev_title = Carrying a Torch |
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| prev_year = 1991 |
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| next_year = 1999 |
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'''''The Lead and How to Swing It''''' is the 33rd studio album by Welsh singer ], released in 1994. It includes the ] "If I Only Knew", which reached number 11 in the ],<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11640/tom-jones/|title=TOM JONES|date=Feb 17, 1965|website=Official Charts|accessdate=Dec 22, 2024}}</ref> and "I Wanna Get Back with You", featuring ], which reached number 94.<ref name="auto1"/> |
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==Critical reception== |
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| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lead-and-how-to-swing-it-mw0000121771|title=The Lead and How to Swing It - Tom Jones | Album | AllMusic|accessdate=Dec 22, 2024|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> |
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In a review for ], ] said that on ''The Lead and How to Swing It'', Jones had recorded "with several of the hippest names in dance music" of that time. He described the album's title as "clumsy", and opined that the album is "neither true to Tom Jones' core audience nor appealing to ], simply because it doesn't feature Jones doing what he does best -- famous songs written by other people. Instead, it's a set of written-to-order dance numbers that are immaculately produced and sung, yet hardly engaging." He concluded the review by saying that the songs on the album are "devoid of the ] factor that made version of ]'s "]" so entertaining."<ref name="auto"/> |
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==Track listing== |
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{{Track listing |
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| title1 = If I Only Knew |
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| writer1 = ] |
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| length1 = 4:08 |
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| title2 = A Girl Like You |
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| writer2 = ]{{hlist|(Michael Allen|Mark Cox|Andrew Gray)}} |
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| length2 = 4:43 |
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| title3 = I Wanna Get Back with You |
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| note3 = featuring ] |
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| writer3 = ] |
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| length3 = 5:00 |
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| title4 = ] |
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| writer4 = {{hlist|]|]}} |
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| length4 = 3:10 |
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| title5 = Something for Your Head |
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| writer5 = {{hlist|]|]|]}} |
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| length5 = 5:12 |
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| title6 = Fly Away |
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| writer6 = {{hlist|]|]|Levi Little}} |
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| length6 = 4:38 |
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| title7 = Love Is On Our Side |
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| writer7 = {{hlist|]|]}} |
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| length7 = 4:02 |
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| title8 = I Don't Think So |
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| writer8 = {{hlist|]|James Wright|]|]}} |
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| length8 = 5:19 |
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| title9 = Lift Me Up |
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| writer9 = ] |
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| length9 = 3:45 |
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| title10 = Show Me |
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| writer10 = {{hlist|Allen|Gray}} |
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| length10 = 3:51 |
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| title11 = I'm Ready |
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| writer11 = {{hlist|Glover|]}} |
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| length11 = 4:11 |
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| title12 = Changes |
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| writer12 = {{hlist|David Werner|]|]}} |
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| length12 = 4:04 |
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==Personnel== |
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Adapted from the album's ].<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Lead and How to Swing It|others=Tom Jones|year=1994|publisher=Interscope|type=liner notes}}</ref> |
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===Musicians=== |
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* ] – lead vocals (all tracks) |
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* Michael Allen – bass (track 2, 10) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 3) |
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* Helen Andrew – backing vocals (track 1) |
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* David Ayres – guitar (track 11) |
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* Lisa Banks – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* Dave Bishop – tenor saxophone (track 10) |
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* Mildred Black – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* Antoinette Brown – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* Mike Campbell – guitar (track 3), bass (track 3) |
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* ] – keyboards (track 8) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 11) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 5) |
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* Mark Cox – keyboards (track 10) |
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* ] – guitar (track 1) |
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* ] – guitar (track 1), keyboards (track 1) |
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* ] – backing voclas (track 5) |
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* Orsine Daan – backing vocals |
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* ] – keyboards (track 8), drum programming (track 8) |
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* Alice Echols – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* ] – keyboards (track 3) |
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* Lisa Frazier – backing vocals (track 9) |
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* Simon Gardner – trumpet (track 10) |
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* Andrew Gray – guitar (track 2), guitars (track 10) |
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* Trevor Gray – ] (track 10) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 5) |
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* ] – saxophone (track 9) |
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* Garry Hughes – keyboards (track 4, 11) |
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* ] – keyboards (track 7) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – guitar (track 8) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 1) |
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* ] – drums (track 3) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 12) |
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* Levi Little – backing vocals (track 5) |
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* ] – piano (track 9), guitars (track 9), keyboards (track 9), percussion (track 9), additional backing vocals (track 9) |
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* Cathy Merrick – backing vocals (track 9) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 12) |
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* Steve Monti – drums (track 2) |
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* Wendell A. Morrison Jr. – backing vocals |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 5) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 1) |
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* Perla – backing vocals (track 12) |
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* ] – backing vocals (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – keyboards (track 3) |
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* Owen Rossiter – drums (track 1) |
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* Michael Sanchez – ] (track 10) |
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* Neil Sidwell – trombone (track 10) |
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* ] – trumpet (track 10) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 8) |
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* Craig Vear – drums (track 10) |
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* ] – backing vocals (track 1) |
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===Technical=== |
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* Michael Allen – producer (track 10) |
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* Roland Alvares – assistant (track 3) |
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* ] – mixing (track 8) |
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* ] – mixing (track 3, 12) |
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* Bradley Cook – engineer (track 9) |
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* André Cymone – associate producer (track 5) |
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* DJ Battlecat – producer (track 8), mixing (track 8) |
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* ] – assistant (track 1) |
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* ] – vocal production (track 12) |
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* ] – engineer (track 1) |
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* ] – producer (track 2) |
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* Gus Garces – assistant (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – engineer (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – assistant (track 3) |
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* Andrew Gray – producer (track 10) |
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* ] – producer (track 10) |
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* John Haynes – engineer (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – producer (track 1) |
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* Greg Hunter – mix engineer (track 7) |
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* Garry Hughes – programming (tracks 1, 4, 11) |
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* ] – executive producer |
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* Marshall Jefferson – mixing (track 7) |
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* Howard Johnson – producer (track 8) |
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* ] – photography |
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* Susan Leary – typographer |
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* Jan Leyers – producer (track 12) |
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* Jeff Lynne – producer (track 9) |
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* Liz Magro – engineer (track 8) |
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* Glen Marchese – assistant (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – mastering |
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* ] – engineer (track 8) |
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* George Mayers – engineer (tracks 5, 6) |
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* John McClain – producer (track 8), executive producer) |
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* ] – producer (track 2) |
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* Carl Napper – assistant (tracks 5, 6) |
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* ] – producer (track 3), engineer (track 3), remixing (track 12) |
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* ] – producer (tracks 3, 8) |
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* Tony Phillips – mixing (track 1) |
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* ] – assistant (track 3) |
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* ] – engineer (tracks 4, 7, 11) |
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* Teddy Riley – producer (tracks 5, 6), mixing (tracks 5, 6) |
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* Alex Rodriguez – additional engineering (track 3) |
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* Richie "Vanilla" Rodriguez – digital editing (track 8) |
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* Matt Rowlands – programming (track 7) |
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* Mark Stebbeds – engineer (track 9) |
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* Susie Tallman – production manager |
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* Tracy Veal – art director/designer |
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* David Werner – producer (track 12) |
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* ] – producer (track 2) |
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* ] – producer (tracks 4, 7, 11), mixing (tracks 4, 7, 11) |
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* Wayne Yurgelun – additional engineering (track 3) |
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==Charts== |
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|+ Chart performance for ''The Lead and How to Swing It'' |
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!Chart (1994) |
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{{album chart|Australia|19|artist=Tom Jones|album=The Lead and How to Swing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 December 2024}} |
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{{album chart|Finland|1|artist=Tom Jones|album=The Lead and How to Swing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 December 2024}} |
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{{album chart|Germany|81|artist=Tom Jones|album=The Lead and How to Swing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 December 2024}} |
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{{album chart|Sweden|31|artist=Tom Jones|album=The Lead and How to Swing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 December 2024}} |
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{{album chart|UK|55|artist=Tom Jones|album=The Lead and How to Swing It|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 December 2024}} |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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